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  2. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    Very similar to the casting agent scam is the "job offer" scam in which a victim receives an unsolicited e-mail claiming that they are in consideration for hiring to a new job. The confidence artist will usually obtain the victim's name from social networking sites, such as LinkedIn and Monster.com. In many cases, those running the scams will ...

  3. Hollywood Con Queen scam - Wikipedia

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    Hollywood Con Queen scam. The scam targets gig workers, usually based in Los Angeles. The "Con Queen" scam is a long-running and elaborate scam perpetrated by the so-called Hollywood Con Queen, an Indonesian impostor named Hargobind Punjabi Tahilramani who was eventually found and arrested. The con, which was successfully operated for several ...

  4. Casting couch - Wikipedia

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    The casting couch is a euphemism for the practice of soliciting sexual favors from a job applicant in exchange for employment in the entertainment industry, primarily acting roles. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The practice is illegal in the United States. Predominantly male casting directors and film producers use the casting couch to extract sex from aspiring ...

  5. Catch Me If You Can - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $352.1 million [2] Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical crime comedy-drama [3] film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams, and James Brolin in supporting roles. The screenplay by Jeff Nathanson is based on ...

  6. Fake Profile - Wikipedia

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    Fake Profile (Spanish: Perfil falso) is a Colombian drama streaming television series created by Pablo Illanes. It is produced by TIS Productions for Netflix. [1] The series premiered on 31 May 2023. [2] The series stars Carolina Miranda and Rodolfo Salas. [3] On 13 June 2023, the series was renewed for a second season. [4]

  7. Sylvia Browne - Wikipedia

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    Parapsychology. Related. v. t. e. Sylvia Celeste Browne (née Shoemaker; October 19, 1936 – November 20, 2013) [1] was an American writer and self-proclaimed medium and psychic. She appeared regularly on television and radio, including on The Montel Williams Show and Larry King Live, and hosted an hour-long online radio show on Hay House Radio.

  8. Taxi Driver - Wikipedia

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    Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological drama film [6][7] directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, and Albert Brooks. Set in a morally decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, the film follows Travis ...

  9. Female Agents - Wikipedia

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    Female Agents. Female Agents (French: Les Femmes de l'ombre) is a 2008 French historical drama film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé and starring Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, and Moritz Bleibtreu. [3] Written by Salomé and Laurent Vachaud, the film is about female resistance fighters in the Second World War ...