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  2. Scam - Wikipedia

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    A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim's credulity , naivety , compassion , vanity , confidence , irresponsibility , and greed .

  3. The latest scams you need to be aware of in 2025 - AOL

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    AI images: Scammers can use AI-generated images to quickly create eye-catching websites, social media ads, fake identification documents, explicit photos and fake headshots for social media profiles.

  4. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    The scammer begins with a large pool of marks, numbering ideally a power of two such as 1024 (2 10). The scammer divides the pool into two halves, and sends all the members of each half a prediction about the future outcome of an event with a binary outcome (such as a stock price rising or falling, or the win/loss outcome of a sporting event).

  5. Romance scam - Wikipedia

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    Scammers post profiles on dating websites, non-dating social media accounts, classified sites and even online forums to search for new victims. [ 14 ] [ 5 ] The scammer usually attempts to obtain a more private method of communication, such as an email or phone number, to build trust with the victim.

  6. What are phishing scams trying to do? An explainer - AOL

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    What are phishing scams, again? "Phishing is the practice of sending communications that impersonate a reputable party and claim to come from that party, in order to trick recipients into taking ...

  7. How to not fall in love with AI-powered romance scammers - AOL

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    Report the profile or scammer: Online dating apps and social media have built-in reporting features to warn against fraud. If the account disappears soon after your report, it’s likely that the ...