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  2. Blessing scam - Wikipedia

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    The blessing scam, also called the ghost scam or jewelry scam, is a confidence trick typically perpetrated against elderly women of Chinese origin. The scam originated in China and Hong Kong and victims have fallen to it worldwide including in Chinatowns and overseas Chinese communities. The object of the scam is to persuade the victim to put ...

  3. Charges filed in jewelry scam reported around Alaska - AOL

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    Oct. 7—At least four people from Romania, one of them in custody, face charges connected to a jewelry sales scam that continues to target people along Alaska's road system from Fairbanks to the ...

  4. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    The blessing scam targets elderly Chinese immigrant women, convincing them that an evil spirit threatens their family and that this threat can be removed by a blessing ceremony involving a bag filled with their savings, jewelry or other valuables. During the ceremony, the con artists switch the bag of valuables with an identical bag with ...

  5. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • 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.

  6. Gem scam - Wikipedia

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    The gem scam is a confidence trick performed usually against tourists. The most known version occurs in Bangkok, Thailand as well as other cities in the country. It is one of the most pervasive scams in Thailand. Most of the shops are gold or jewelry shops. The marks tend to be tourists from outside Thailand. It has been alleged that this scam ...

  7. Scam artists using Tri-Cities interstate to sell costume ...

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    The Washington State Patrol is looking for witnesses to come forward.

  8. This Queens woman got swindled out of $700K in life savings ...

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    This Queens woman got swindled out of $700K in life savings in shocking gold bar scam — here’s how it works and the 3 red flags to watch out for Danielle Antosz January 31, 2025 at 6:55 AM

  9. List of con artists - Wikipedia

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    Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845): Scottish con man who tried to attract investment and settlers for the non-existent country of "Poyais". [2]Jeanne of Valois-Saint-Rémy (1756–1791): Chief conspirator in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, which further tarnished the French royal family's already-poor reputation and, along with other causes, eventually led to the French Revolution.