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Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".
A seller pays someone a small amount to place a fake order, or just uses another person's information to place an order themselves. [5] Because a shipment usually has to take place for an order to be considered valid by the e-commerce site, the seller will frequently ship an empty box or some cheap item.
MonaVie products were sold by non-employee distributors who were eligible to receive commissions based on product sales. Individual distributors were encouraged to build their own sales networks by recruiting new distributors to sell the products (referred to in multi-level marketing parlance as a "downline"); the recruiter could have, in ...
Whether your bank refunds money lost in a scam depends on several factors: the type of scam, how you sent the funds, the bank’s policies and if you authorized the transaction. Learn more in our ...
Customs reforms would oblige online platforms to provide data before goods arrive in the EU, allowing officials to better control and inspect packages, according to a draft proposal seen by FT.
Lalu Prasad Yadav, on the left, is the highest-profile person convicted in the fodder scam. The Fodder Scam was a corruption scandal that involved the embezzlement of about ₹ 940 crore (equivalent to ₹ 48 billion or US$550 million in 2023) from the government treasury of the north Indian state of Bihar. [1]
Almost $500 million in food aid is at risk of spoilage as it sits in ports, ships and warehouses after funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, was paused by the Trump ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 February 2025. American fraudster and pseudoscientist Kevin Trudeau Trudeau in 2022 Born 1962 or 1963 (age 61–62) Nationality American Occupations Author television personality Known for Promoting alternative medicine and questionable diet and financial remedies Founding the International Pool Tour ...