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2. Bogus escrow - Wikipedia

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   The bogus escrow scam is a straightforward confidence trick in which a scammer operates a bogus escrow service. Escrow services are intended to ensure security by acting as a middleman in transactions where the two parties do not trust each other. Rather than sending money or goods directly to the other party (which is insecure, as one or the ...

3. Exit scam - Wikipedia

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   In 2016, the darknet market (online black market) Evolution was previously cited as the biggest exit scam yet, where the administrators apparently made off with $12 million in bitcoin, which was held in escrow on the marketplace. [6] Most exit scams and Ponzi schemes involving cryptocurrencies take place in the context of initial coin offerings ...

4. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   If you get an email claiming to be from AOL, but it's not marked this way, it's likely the email is fake and you should immediately delete it. What are pyramid schemes? Pyramid schemes on the internet involve emails sent requesting you to send money to another person and will place your name on a list to get money in the future.

5. Scam baiting - Wikipedia

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   In May 2004, a Something Awful forum poster asked for advice on how to deal with a bogus escrow scam from a buyer on eBay. Since the eBay auction was for an Apple PowerBook G4, the poster sent a three-ring binder crudely dressed as a PowerBook and declared it to customs at the value of a real product. The buyer, who lived overseas, paid several ...

6. Scammer Payback - Wikipedia

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   Pierogi was born on the 16th July, 1986, [3] he previously worked as a cybersecurity professional. [4] He launched his YouTube channel "Scammer Payback" on May 15, 2019, focusing on high-production scam-baiting content in which he pretends to be a scam victim by portraying a variety of characters with the use of a voice changer to waste the scammers' time and distract them.

7. 12 Used Car-Buying Scams To Watch Out For — and How ... - AOL

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   3. Gift Card Scam. Another hallmark of many scams targeting used car buyers is a request for gift cards as payment. When the buyer calls the fake toll-free number, they’re told to purchase gift ...