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Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
Scam City is a television show which started airing on Travel + Escape in June 2012, and has subsequently aired on the National Geographic Channel, [2] [3] and in Australia on the subscription channel Nat Geo People. [4] Host Conor Woodman travels to some of the world's most popular cities in an effort to expose the darker side of tourism.
The Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) fraud case was a case originally brought in 2008 that involved the alleged embezzlement of 1.8 billion Dirhams (approximately US$501 million or £330 million) by a group of six (originally seven) bank executives and expat businessmen over the period 2004-2007. [1]
The Embassy of the Philippines in the UAE asked laid-off Filipinos to register, because of the possibility of job openings in nearby Qatar. [7] However, the decline could also be attributed to new visa and passport requirements that the government of the UAE instituted midway through 2008, [ 12 ] [ 13 ] affecting up to 20,000 Filipinos. [ 14 ]
Academics have a theory called the “fraud triangle,” which argues that people are more inclined to commit fraud if they have incentive, rationalization, and opportunity. Gen Z is facing ...
[16] In January 2014, members of 419eater.com appeared in two segments of the Channel 4 show Secrets of the Scammers . In the first segment scambaiters persuaded a scammer to travel from London to a remote location in Cornwall by train and taxi to meet a victim (played by a baiter) and collect payment for a gold deal.
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France's government collapsed Wednesday after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was forced out in a no-confidence vote in Parliament, reigniting a summertime political crisis for the country as it ...