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Michael Sabo, best known as a check, stocks and bonds forger; became notorious from the 1960s through to the 1990s as a "Great Impostor" with over 100 aliases, earning millions but also receiving numerous prison terms [52]
The scammer begins with a large pool of marks, numbering ideally a power of two such as 1024 (2 10). The scammer divides the pool into two halves, and sends all the members of each half a prediction about the future outcome of an event with a binary outcome (such as a stock price rising or falling, or the win/loss outcome of a sporting event).
Claimed he was amnesic victim of World War I. Alvin Clarence "Titanic Thompson" Thomas (1892–1974): Gambler, golf hustler, proposition bet conman. Barton H. Watson (1960–2004): Former CEO of global technology company CyberNET who died of suicide after the FBI raided his offices. Watson was accused of stealing millions as a con man, but died ...
In the scam, Florida residents received text messages notifying them about an outstanding charge on their SunPass toll road payments. "We've noticed an outstanding toll amount of $12.51 in your ...
Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes, once the wunderkind of Silicon Valley, is only the latest in a long line of corporate scammers. Ever since Charles Ponzi swindled millions from investors more than a ...
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МММ was a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time. By different estimates from 5 to 40 million people lost up to $10 billion. By different estimates from 5 to 40 million people lost up to $10 billion.
The first known direct attempt against a payment system affected E-gold in June 2001, which was followed up by a "post-9/11 id check" shortly after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. [10] 2003. The first known phishing attack against a retail bank was reported by The Banker in September 2003. [11] 2004