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  2. Knowledgeable scammers are tricking parents into paying for ...

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    How to avoid test prep scams • Always be wary of unsolicited callers. If someone calls out of the blue asking for payment, always research their organization before you share personal ...

  3. Virgin Voyages shares cruise scam warning - AOL

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    A recent uptick in cruise scams targeting Virgin Voyages passengers prompted the exclusively-adult cruise line to send out an important warning to its passengers this week.

  4. 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 .

  5. Credit card fraud - Wikipedia

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    A fake automated teller slot used for "skimming". Credit card fraud is an inclusive term for fraud committed using a payment card, such as a credit card or debit card. [1] The purpose may be to obtain goods or services or to make payment to another account, which is controlled by a criminal.

  6. Romance scam - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] These scams are often perpetrated by the fraud factory operated by the organized criminal gangs, who work together to take money from multiple victims at a time. [5] [6] [7] Pig butchering scam (PBS or PB Scam) is increasingly rampant and widespread type of romance scam which usually also entail the high-yield investment program (HYIP ...

  7. Pig butchering scam - Wikipedia

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    A pig butchering scam (in Chinese sha zhu pan [2] or shazhupan, [3] (Chinese: ĉ€çŒŞç›˜), translated as killing pig game) [1] is a type of long-term scam, which usually but not always combines the various forms of romance scams and investment frauds, in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent ...

  8. Microcap stock fraud - Wikipedia

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    The expanding use of the Internet and personal communication devices has made penny stock scams easier to perpetrate. [8] Though not a scam per se, one notable example is rapper 50 Cent's use of Twitter to cause the price of a penny stock (HNHI) to increase dramatically. 50 Cent had previously bought 30 million shares of the company, and as a ...

  9. Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    In May 2012, the Munich Oberlandesgericht court confirmed a ruling against a company that edited Wikipedia articles with the aim of influencing customers. The court viewed the edits as undeclared commercial practice according to The Act against unfair Competition Section 4, 3 [6] as it constituted covert advertising, and as such were a violation of European fair trading law (see the Unfair ...