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  2. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Great Diamond Hoax - Wikipedia

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    Dan Plazak, A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top ISBN 978-0-87480-840-7 (contains a chapter on the great diamond hoax) Harpending, Asbury. "The Great Diamond Hoax and Other Stirring Episodes in the Life of Asbury Harpending - An Epic of Early California - Edited by James H. Wilkins". San Francisco: James H. Barry Press. 1913

  4. 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 ...

  5. 'Recovery Services' Phone Scam Seeks Potentially Scary ...

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    But if there's any hesitation, the pitch changes quickly into a variation on the classic lottery scam, with the same caller now claiming he has an envelope with $275,000 or $277,000 awaiting the ...

  6. Syndicate Accused in Phony 'Free' Grants Scam Has ... - AOL

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  7. 'Trump Bucks' websites taken down after being exposed for ...

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    For example, the ads say, a “$10,000 Diamond Trump Bucks” bill purchased for $99.99 can be cashed in for $10,000 at major banks like Bank of America and retailers like Walmart, Costco and Home ...

  8. Gemological Institute of America - Wikipedia

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    Diamond reports from GIA (as well as other, for-profit sources) are now demanded by most consumers purchasing diamonds over a certain size, typically for over 0.5 carat (100 mg), and almost always for over 1.0 carat (200 mg), and are considered an important tool in guaranteeing that a diamond is accurately represented to a potential buyer.

  9. FTC Sues Over 'Free' Government Grant Scams - AOL

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