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  2. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    Get-rich-quick schemes are extremely varied; these include fake franchises, real estate "sure things", get-rich-quick books, wealth-building seminars, self-help gurus, sure-fire inventions, useless products, chain letters, fortune tellers, quack doctors, miracle pharmaceuticals, foreign exchange fraud, Nigerian money scams, fraudulent treasure hunts, and charms and talismans.

  3. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    Jacob Young, William Abrams, and Nancy Clem ran what author Wendy Gamber argues, in her book The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age, was the first-ever Ponzi scheme. [1] [2] In Munich, Germany, Adele Spitzeder founded the Spitzedersche Privatbank in 1869, promising an interest rate of 10 percent per month. By the time the ...

  4. John Ackah Blay-Miezah - Wikipedia

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    John Ackah Blay-Miezah (born John Kolorah Blay, 1941–1992) was a Ghanaian con artist.He was a pioneer of advance-fee fraud.He claimed to be worth $47 billion. From the 1960s to 1980s, he is said to have swindled over $200m from victims in North America, Europe, and Asia.

  5. India rescuing citizens forced into cyber fraud schemes in ...

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    The Indian government said it was rescuing its citizens who were lured into employment in Cambodia and were being forced to participate in cyber fraud schemes. The Indian embassy in Cambodia is ...

  6. Black money scam - Wikipedia

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    Authentic US$100 bills are coated with a protective layer of glue, and then dipped into a solution of tincture of iodine. [2] The bill, when dried, looks and feels like black construction paper. The mass of notes are real construction paper; when the victim picks a "note" for cleaning, it is switched with the iodine-coated note.

  7. Cybercrime in Ghana - Wikipedia

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    Cybercrime in Ghana can be traced back to the "419 schemes" in Nigeria, also known as "advance-fee scams" prior to the internet. [3] These scams were a form of credit card fraud whereby the perpetrator would offer a monetary incentive, usually in the form of an international money transfer, in exchange for several down payments from the victim.

  8. List of types of fraud - Wikipedia

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    Review Fraud – Alex Copola Podgor, Ellen S. Criminal Fraud, (1999) Vol, 48, No. 4 American Law Review 1. The Nature, Extent and Economic Impact of Fraud in the UK. February, 2007. The Fraudsters – How Con Artists Steal Your Money. ISBN 978-1-903582-82-4 by Eamon Dillon, published September 2008 by Merlin Publishing; Zhang, Yingyu.

  9. Quincy man pleads guilty to $1 million bank fraud scheme ...

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    BOSTON – A Quincy man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to a million-dollar bank fraud scheme in which he deposited hundreds of counterfeit checks, the U.S. attorney's office said. Hui ...