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  2. Swampland in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Swampland in Florida is a figure of speech referring to real estate scams in which a seller misrepresents unusable swampland as developable property. These types of unseen property scams became widely known in the United States in the 20th century, and the phrase is often used metaphorically for any scam that misrepresents what is being sold.

  3. List of scams - Wikipedia

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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 hunts, and charms and talismans.

  4. SunPass scam crackdown: 10 fake websites shut down in Florida ...

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    The real SunPass website is sunpass.com, but the smashing messages sent people to fake websites. According to Moody, the state's Cyber Fraud Enforcement Unit recently shut down:

  5. I’m a Real Estate Agent: 3 Signs Your Property Deal ... - AOL

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    The United States Secret Service Cybercrime Investigations division "has observed a sharp increase in reports of real... I’m a Real Estate Agent: 3 Signs Your Property Deal Might Be a Scam Skip ...

  6. How to protect yourself from real estate wire fraud - AOL

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    A dream home became a nightmare when Raegan Bartlo and her husband lost $255K to real estate wire fraud. Learn how this elaborate scam works — and how to spot the signs you're about to be their ...

  7. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Don't respond to unsolicited emails or requests to send money. • Pay attention to the types of data you're authorizing access to, especially in third-party apps. • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams.

  8. General Development Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Both the Mackle Company and Chemical Research would create 4 subsidiaries for developing property on both coasts of Florida during October 1954. [2] Over time, the company became more diversified and by 1956, most of the company's operations had been concentrated in Floridian real estate and ended up changing their name to Florida Canada ...

  9. Scam alert: Report shows which companies are ... - AOL

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    Last year, the Federal Trade Commission received more than 330,000 reports of business impersonation scams, and nearly 160,000 government impersonation scams, often pretending to be with the ...