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  2. Jessica Mydek hoax letter - Wikipedia

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    The letter represented itself as a letter from a seven-year-old girl with terminal brain cancer. She requested the email be forwarded to the recipients' email contacts, with a carbon copy to an email address the letter represented as that of the American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society denied involvement in the campaign and ...

  3. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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    The oldest reference to the origin of scam letters could be found at the Spanish Prisoner scam. [1] This scam dates back to the 1580s, where the fictitious prisoner would promise to share non-existent treasure with the person who would send him money to bribe the guards.

  4. Did you get an unsolicited $199 ‘check’ in the mail? Don’t ...

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    Officials are warning Sedgwick County residents about unsolicited scam mail that looks like it came from the county recorder of deeds office. The letters, received by several residents in January ...

  5. Ashley Todd mugging hoax - Wikipedia

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    She also alleged that after the robber saw a McCain bumper sticker on Todd's car, he assaulted her, cut a reversed letter B into her cheek, [4] and told her "you are going to be a Barack supporter." [5] Todd's story received international attention, including prominent coverage on Drudge Report and Fox News.

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    • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.

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  8. “Girls Gone Wild” Victims, Enemies and Employees ... - AOL

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    Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story offers a behind-the-scenes look at the multi-million dollar franchise created by notorious film producer Joe Francis, in which young women were filmed exposing ...

  9. Sick baby hoax - Wikipedia

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    The success of such scams relies on a particular compassion in people towards children. When a child is sick, this particularly touches people's hearts. [ 1 ] An early example of this kind of hoax online is the "sick child chain letter ", [ 1 ] an email making the claim that "with every name that this [letter] is sent to, the American Cancer ...