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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.
The bearers of some self-assumed titles do not claim that such titles have been recognized by any nation at any time. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Where such titles have existed historically, the current bearer may make no claim that its use is pursuant to a hereditary grant to an ancestor by a fount of honor .
Big Yellow Group plc is a self-storage company based in Bagshot, England. [3] It is the largest self-storage company in the United Kingdom and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index and listed on the London Stock Exchange. [4] Big Yellow has the highest brand awareness in the sector. [5]
In early 2019, in the Kapa investment scam, the Philippine government shut down Kapa-Community Ministry International and its self-declared pastor, Joel Apolinario. [citation needed] In January 2020, the SEC filed a federal case against a Californian couple, Jeff and Paulette Carpoff, charging them of organizing a $910 million Ponzi scheme.
Safestore acquired Space Maker in July 2016 (adding 12 stores to the UK operation) [12] [13] [14] and it completed the acquisition of Alligator Self Storage in November 2017. [ 15 ] Safestore acquired the Ready Steady store in Heathrow from Rockpool Investments in August 2019 [ 16 ] and two stores joined the Safestore group in London through ...
Technical support scams rely on social engineering to persuade victims that their device is infected with malware. [15] [16] Scammers use a variety of confidence tricks to persuade the victim to install remote desktop software, with which the scammer can then take control of the victim's computer.
The renter of the storage unit was 33-year-old Chelsie Poplawski, who was last known to have entered the unit on April 6. Deputies charged Poplawski Friday with two counts of cruel treatment ...
Carousel fraud, explained by the Dutch State. Missing trader fraud (also called missing trader intra-community fraud or MTIC fraud) involves the non-payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) to a government by fraudsters who exploit VAT rules, most commonly the European Union VAT rules which provide that the movement of goods between member states is VAT-free.