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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 ...
Ripoff Report allows users over the age of 14 [4] to complain anonymously about any firm or person. [5] The site requires creating an account before "reports" can be submitted [4] but it does not verify the identity of users. Ripoff Report results may show up on Google searches for the people (or firms) mentioned in the report, which can be ...
The white van speaker scam is a scam sales technique in which a con artist makes a buyer believe they are getting a good price on home entertainment products. Often a con artist will buy inexpensive, generic speakers [1] and convince potential buyers that they are premium products worth hundreds or thousands of dollars, offering them for sale ...
Then, on April 24, 2023, Trillium announced a supposed bid to acquire Getty Images outright at a price of $10 a share — nearly twice the stock's closing price a day earlier. While the company's ...
The men, both of Florida, and individuals hired by their business called timeshare owners across the U.S. while reading scripts and told them someone was interested in buying or renting their ...
A Guardian Australia investigation traced the source of a major crypto scam using Google ads to addresses in Moscow. Bitcoin Scam Using Unauthorized Celebrity Images in Ads Traced to Moscow ...
Eduardo de Valfierno (1850–1931): Argentine con man who posed as a marqués and allegedly masterminded the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911. Lord Gordon Gordon (1840–1874): British man who defrauded $1 million from Jay Gould, who was fighting for control of the Erie Railroad. Bertha Heyman (born c. 1851): American con artist, also known as ...
An angry driver has taken to TikTok to brand car insurance a “scam” after she received a huge increase to her monthly bill — despite not having any accidents.