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A soccus (pl. socci) or sýkkhos (Ancient Greek: σύκχος, pl. sýkkhoi), sometimes given in translation as a slipper, was a loosely fitting slip-on shoe [2] in Ancient Greece and Rome with a leather sole and separate leather, bound without the use of hobnails. The word appears to originate from the languages of ancient Anatolia.
Currently it is unclear how far back the origin of scam letters date. The oldest reference to the origin of scam letters could be found at the Spanish Prisoner scam. [1] This scam dates back to the 1580s, where the fictitious prisoner would promise to share non-existent treasure with the person who would send him money to bribe the guards.
Barefoot sandals, footwear with the appearance of sandals but lacking a sole. Birkenstock sandals, a comfortable and trendy sandal made from cork. Caligae, a heavy-soled classical Roman military shoe or sandal for marching, worn by all ranks up to and including centurion; Carbatina, open footwear worn in ancient Greece, Italy and the Middle East
A 60-year-old warehouse worker named Renato Calalang received an email notification informing him that a distant relative, a cousin in Calalang’s native Philippines, had passed away and left him ...
Email fraud (or email scam) is intentional deception for either personal gain or to damage another individual using email as the vehicle. Almost as soon as email became widely used, it began to be used as a means to de fraud people, just as telephony and paper mail were used by previous generations.
According to the petition website, Walmart first noticed the gift card scams in 2015 when “unknown fraudsters” directed victims to buy Walmart gift cards with values that typically ranged from ...
A recovery room scam is a form of advance-fee fraud where the scammer (sometimes posing as a law enforcement officer or attorney) calls investors who have been sold worthless shares (for example in a boiler-room scam), and offers to buy them, to allow the investors to recover their investments. [92]