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  2. Phone fraud - Wikipedia

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    This is known as Wangiri (literally, "One (ring) and cut") from Japan where it originated. 809 scams take their name from the former +1-809 area code which used to cover most of the Caribbean nations, since split into multiple new area codes, adding to the confusion.

  3. Tagalog profanity - Wikipedia

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    Hiya is a Filipino psychological concept similar to face and modesty in other cultures. Author Mary Isabelle Bresnahan has described it thus: "just as the sensitive makahiya plant protects its inside from direct touch, so too do people hold back in defense of loob [their inner selves]."

  4. The Book 3 - Wikipedia

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    Yoasobi released their first two extended plays in 2021—The Book and The Book 2—with the concept of a "reading CD" with a binder package. [1] [2] The EPs peaked at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart, [3] [4] In 2021, the duo collaborated with Naoki Prize-winning four novelists Rio Shimamoto, Mizuki Tsujimura, Miyuki Miyabe, and Eto Mori for the short story collection Hajimete no ...

  5. How 'hiya,' 'kapwa' and other cultural values play a role in ...

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    hiya, shame, which is “governed by the notion that the goal of the individual is to represent oneself or one’s family in the most honorable way,” Nadal writes in “Filipino American ...

  6. Scam - Wikipedia

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    A long con or big con (also, chiefly in British English, long game) [3] is a scam that unfolds over several days or weeks; it may involve a team of swindlers, and even props, sets, extras, costumes, and scripted lines. It aims to rob the victim of a huge amount of money or other valuables, often by getting them to empty out banking accounts and ...

  7. Sakawa - Wikipedia

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    Sakawa is a Ghanaian term for illegal practices which combine modern Internet-based fraud with African traditionalist rituals. The term or word Sakawa is an Hausa word which means putting inside, how to make money.

  8. KK Park - Wikipedia

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    Illegal organ harvesting was also reported to take place inside KK Park. [3] KK Park victims could only leave by paying a "contract termination" fee which is calculated by the inflated cost of transportation and how much money the victims earned for the scam companies. Victims often had to borrow from family members and friends to pay this fee. [3]

  9. Talk:Wangiri - Wikipedia

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