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Counterfeit consumer goods —or counterfeit, fraudulent, and suspect items ( CFSI )—are goods, often of inferior quality, made or sold under another's brand name without the brand owner's authorization. The colloquial terms knockoff or dupe (duplicate) are often used interchangeably with counterfeit, although their legal meanings are not ...
An folder filled with spam messages. Email spam, also referred to as junk email, spam mail, or simply spam, is unsolicited messages sent in bulk by email ( spamming ). The name comes from a Monty Python sketch in which the name of the canned pork product Spam is ubiquitous, unavoidable, and repetitive. [1] Email spam has steadily grown since ...
An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [1] [2] If a victim makes the payment, the ...
“Seventy to 80% fall for fake love,” he said. Rakesh was eventually released in 2023 when his contract ended. He believes he was let go because he simply wasn’t good enough at scamming.
In a few days, bankrupt Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox will begin paying back thousands of users almost $9 billion worth of tokens. The platform went under in 2014 following a series of ...
So, for example, research and brokerage firm Bernstein is forecasting that Bitcoin could hit a price of $200,000 in 2025. Based on today's Bitcoin price of $65,000, that's a gain of 200%. Using a ...
Clone phishing is a type of attack where a legitimate email with an attachment or link is copied and modified to contain malicious content. The modified email is then sent from a fake address made to look like it's from the original sender. The attack may appear to be a resend or update of the original email.
We're talking a Samsung 65-inch TV that's discounted by $1,700 (yes, really), a popular laptop for just $290 (that's nearly 80% off) and a bestselling Dyson cordless stick vac for $300 (was $420).