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The cancellation scam drew $30 million out of victims. Widespread scheme intentionally targeted older, vulnerable people Forty-three people were charged in an October 2020 complaint, USA v.
Victims may be invited to travel to the scammer's country; in some cases the victims arrive with asked-for gift money for family members or bribes for corrupt officials, only to be beaten and robbed or murdered. [11] The scam usually ends when the victim realizes they are being scammed or stops sending money.
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".
"Worst Case Scenario (NEED HELP)," said the subject line of an e-mail my wife received. She was surprised to see it was from one of her work colleagues, or so she thought. It said (all errors ...
The author says a close friend scammed him, so he wants to warn others about con artists. He shared his experience in his podcast "Queen of the Con." I fell for a close friend's scam and lost ...
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 ...
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