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Get-rich-quick schemes are extremely varied; these include fake franchises, real estate "sure things", get-rich-quick books, wealth-building seminars, self-help gurus, sure-fire inventions, useless products, chain letters, fortune tellers, quack doctors, miracle pharmaceuticals, foreign exchange fraud, Nigerian money scams, fraudulent treasure ...
The alleged scam began when Baugh knocked on the door of a 101-year-old woman’s home in Lakewood on Dec. 4, 2023, charging document show. Her partner, a 75-year-old man, answered the door.
The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, causing seniors to lose over $3.4 billion. And those ...
Roblox has been accused by the investigative journalism YouTube channel People Make Games of "exploiting" child game developers by promising them huge amounts of money when they monetize their games, while only giving them little to no money in return by having high revenue cuts, an exchange rate in selling Robux lower than the rate for buying ...
Advance-fee scam. 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 ...
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Glue is the weapon of choice in a new ATM scam that drains victims of their money at machines that have touchscreens. Thieves glue down the "enter," "cancel," and "clear" buttons on an ATM's keypad.
The two pieces of copy-protection software at issue in the 2005–2007 scandal were included on over 22 million CDs [ 7] marketed by Sony BMG, the record company formed by the 2004 merger of Sony and BMG's recorded music divisions. About two million of those CDs, [ 7] spanning 52 titles, contained First 4 Internet (F4I)'s Extended Copy ...