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Rathkeale, County Limerick, Ireland, the base of many tarmac scam gangs. Tarmac fraud is particularly associated with the Rathkeale Rovers and other gangs from the Irish traveller community. [16] [17] [1] [18] The organiser of the scheme may lead a gang of low-paid workers, [3] or human trafficking victims. [19] [20] [8] Cases have been ...
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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.
• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
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]
Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...
FBI special agent Ethan Via described the McDonaghs' scam as a "travelling roadshow of fraud" - going from state to state, knocking on doors and telling homeowners they had problems with their ...
Officials are warning Sedgwick County residents about unsolicited scam mail that looks like it came from the county recorder of deeds office. The letters, received by several residents in January ...