Scam may refer to wiktionarypar scam scammer Forms of deception Confidence trick Fraud Hoax Title expressive works Scam Jamiroquai song Scam Jamiroquai song , on The Return of the Space Cowboy album Scam album Scam album , by The Screaming Jets Scam film Scam film Abbreviations Superconducting camera Soluble cell adhesion molecules sCAM Alternative medicine Supplementary, Complementary and Alternative Medicine disambig de SCAM fr Scam ... more details
A scam letter is a document, distributed electronically or otherwise, to a recipient misrepresenting the truth with the aim of gaining an advantage in a fraudulent manner. The origin of scam letters Currently it is unclear how far back the origin of scam letters date. The oldest reference to the origin of scam letters could be found at the Spanish Prisoner scam. ref http home.austin.rr.com tsote scams various.html Scams that Keep Being Used on People ref This scam dates back to the 1588 s where the fictitious ... money to bribe their guards. Today scam letters are a general part of our electronic life, ending up in our mailboxes in hordes. Types of scam letters Nigerian 419 advance fee fraud scam letter The most common scam letter received by e mail users are the typical Nigerian 419 advance fee fraud scam letter. In short, this scam letter contains a statement that a large sum of money is available for transfer ... the funds, with a promise of a generous percentage share. This is a typical scam , as these funds do ... the funds released, which will never materialize. Lottery scam letter Based on fairly the same principles than the Nigerian 419 advance fee fraud Scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e ... money released, which never materializes. Phishing scam letter Phishing scam letters in short, is a notification ... the scam letter and logs into the account , the login details are sent to the offenders. Cheap Viagra Software product scam letter This is yet another scam where the misrepresentation is made as an offer ... the goods or in certain instances a fake version of the goods ordered. The dating love scam letter ... of the scam letter to pay the funds necessary for the relocation. Once paid, the correspondence ends and the writer never appears. Subscription scam Users to some internet sites are sometimes faced ... forms of scam letters distributed on the Internet. The mentioned examples above acts as an indication on how these scam letters work and how victims are defrauded. The distribution of scam letters Postal ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Scam Type Album Artist The Screaming Jets Cover Scam The Screaming Jets album cover art .JPG Released October 2000 Recorded 2000 Genre Rock music Rock , Pub rock Australia Pub Rock Length nowiki nowiki Label Grudge Records Producer The Screaming Jets Reviews Last album Hits And Pieces br 1999 This album Scam br 2000 Next album Live Forever Screaming Jets album Live Forever br 2002 Scam is the fifth studio album by the Australia n band The Screaming Jets . It was their first record to be released under a different label. Singles taken from the album were Individuality , Higher With You and I Need Your Love . Track listing Individuality Realise Shine Over Me Watching the Grass Grow No Way Out The Protest Song Higher With You Thinking About You Over Excited Maggots Hitting Myself in the Head Close to You I Need Your Love Don t Be Sorry The Screaming Jets DEFAULTSORT Scam Album Category Screaming Jets albums Category 2000 albums 2000s rock album stub ... more details
Main Internet vigilantism Refimprove date June 2010 Scam baiting is a form of Internet vigilantism , where the vigilante poses as a potential victim to the scammer in order to waste their time and resources, gather information that will be of use to authorities, and publicly expose the scammer. It is, in essence, a form of Social engineering security social engineering that may have an altruistic motive or may be motivated by malice. It is primarily used to thwart the Advance fee fraud scam and can be done out of a sense of civic duty, as a form of amusement, or both. A bait is very simply initiated, by answering a scam email, from a throwaway email account, i.e. one that is only used for baiting. The baiter then pretends to be receptive to the financial hook that the scammer is using. The objectives of baiting are, in no particular order Keep the bait going as long as possible, thus costing the scammer time and energy. Gather as much information as possible, so that the scammer can be personally identified and publicly exposed. Ensuring the scams, and any names used, are easily found by search engine spiders, as a preventive strategy. The most important element of scam baiting, however, is simply to waste as much of the scammer s time as possible. The idea is that when a scammer is preoccupied with a baiter who has no intention of falling victim to the scam, it prevents the scammer in question from conning genuine victims out of their money. Amusements that the baiter may gain from the interaction include fooling the scammer into falling for claims just as ludicrous as the ones that the scammer is using to defraud his victims. Baiters will often use joke names which, while ... and Networking Email Spam Humor Scam Baiting Scam baiting dmoz Society Issues Fraud Advance Fee Fraud Humor Advanced fee fraud humor DEFAULTSORT Scam Baiting Category Social engineering computer security es Scam baiting sv Scam baiting ... more details
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about the album the song The Royal Scam song Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Royal Scam Type Album Artist Steely Dan Cover The Royal Scam album cover.jpg Released May, 1976 Recorded November 1975 March 1976 small at ABC Studios, Los Angeles and A & R Studios, New York small Genre Rock music Rock , jazz fusion jazz rock , funk rock Length 41 11 Label ABC Records ABC br MCA Records MCA Producer Gary Katz Last album Katy Lied br 1975 This album The Royal Scam br 1976 Next album Aja album Aja br 1977 The Royal Scam is the fifth album by Steely Dan , originally released by ABC ... The Royal Scam features more prominent guitar work than other Steely Dan albums. Guitarists on the recording ..., Aja album Aja . In common with other Steely Dan albums, The Royal Scam is littered with cryptic allusions ... Steely Dan The Royal Scam Album Review url http www.rollingstone.com artists steelydan albums album 321794 review 6487010 the royal scam accessdate date 2007 08 22 archiveurl http web.archive.org ... the royal scam archivedate date 2007 10 01 ref RSreissue ref The album was not as highly rated upon ... Ken Tucker title Steely Dan The Royal Scam Album Review url http www.rollingstone.com music albumreviews the royal scam 19760701 accessdate date 2008 12 26 deadurl no archiveurl http web.archive.org ... scam archivedate date 2008 07 25 ref RSreview ref , and ultimately the magazine gave it five ... 55 Guitar solo by Larry Carlton The Royal Scam song The Royal Scam 6 30 Guitar solo by Larry Carlton ... id r18951 label The Royal Scam Steely Dan Charts & Awards Billboard Albums publisher Billboard ... tab charts awards billboard single id r18951 label The Royal Scam Steely Dan Charts & Awards ... Royal Scam Category Steely Dan albums Category 1976 albums Category ABC Records albums Category Albums produced by Gary Katz fr The Royal Scam ja no The Royal Scam sv The Royal Scam tr The Royal Scam ... more details
Infobox Film name Scam image Scam 1993 film movie poster .jpg image size caption VHS Artwork director John Flynn director John Flynn producer David Lancaster writer Craig Smith narrator starring Christopher Walken br Lorraine Bracco br Miguel Ferrar br Martin Donovan music Stephen Graziano cinematography Ric Waite editing Michael N. Knue distributor Viacom Enterprises released May 22, 1993 runtime 102 min. country USA language English language English budget gross preceded by followed by Scam is a 1993 in television 1993 film adaptation of crime drama novel by Craig Smith named Ladystinger . It originally aired on Showtime TV network Showtime in May 1993. Plot Maggie Rohrer Lorraine Bracco is a seductive con artist scamming the rich in Miami Beach. When she picks the wrong mark, Jack Shanks Christopher Walken , he blackmails her into working with him on the ultimate scam in Jamaica. He wants to use her talents in a much bigger scam ripping off a crime lord by getting at his programmer s computer files. But she starts to have doubts about what he s really after when she finds a huge stash of loot with the disks. He claims no knowledge of the money, she distrusts him, he s using her, things start getting dangerous and even murderous and then her boyfriend shows up. When the scam turns deadly, murder and double cross become the only way to finish their dangerous game. DVD release It is unknown if Paramount Pictures Paramount will release the film onto DVD or Blu Ray. Cast class wikitable Actor Actress Role Christopher Walken Jack Shanks Lorraine Bracco Maggie Rohrer Miguel Ferrar Barry Landers Martin Donovan Gordon Wexler James McDaniel Daniel Poole Daniel von Bargen Albert Magliocco Eric Avari Mr. Ayub External links imdb title id 0108048 title Scam DEFAULTSORT Scam Film Category 1993 films Category Crime drama films Category 1990s crime films Category 1990s drama films Category English language films Category American films Category Crime thriller films Category Gangster ... more details
Infobox Film name The Scam Artist image writer Cliff Hensley starring Kimberly Page br Michael Larson actor Michael Larson br Diamond Dallas Page br Angie Fox br Tim McNally director Cliff Hensley producer Cliff Hensley br Diamond Dallas Page br Edgeworks Entertainment distributor IndieFlix br Edgeworks Entertainment released 2004 runtime 76 min. language English language English budget The Scam Artist was a 2004 independent film that was meant to catapult the acting career of Kimberly Page . The movie stars Kimberly Page, her then husband Diamond Dallas Page and Michael Larson actor Michael Larson . The plot was set in the future in the United States . Corporations rule America and the daughter of a wealthy CEO, Sylvia Heinrich Kimberly Page , cooks up a scheme with her boyfriend, David Sands Larson , to fake her kidnapping and to leave the country with the ransom money. They involve a mercenary, Lenny Diamond Dallas Page to assist but then things start to go haywire and greed begins to rear it s ugly head. Sylvia s father, Winston Tim McNally does not want to pay a ransom and adds his thugs to the mix. External links imdb title id 0392749 http www.thescamartist.com Official Site http www.edgeworks entertainment.com Production Company DEFAULTSORT Scam Artist, The Category American science fiction action films Category 2004 films Category 2000s action films Category 2000s science fiction films ... more details
refimprove date February 2009 A lottery scam is a type of advance fee fraud which begins with an unexpected email notification that You have won a large sum of money in a lottery. The recipient of the message the target of the scam is usually told to keep the notice secret, due to a mix up in some of the names and numbers, and to contact a claims agent. After contacting the agent, the target of the scam will be asked to pay processing fees or transfer charges so that the winnings can be distributed, but will never receive any lottery payment. ref http www.microsoft.com protect yourself phishing hoaxes.mspx How to identify and avoid hoax or fraudulent e mail scams , Microsoft ref Many email lottery scams use the names of legitimate lottery organizations or other legitimate corporations companies, but this does not mean the legitimate organizations are in any way involved with the scams. Identification There are several ways to recognize a fake lottery email Unless someone has bought a ticket, they cannot have won a prize. There are no such things as email draws or any other lottery where no tickets were sold . This is simply another invention by the scammer to make the victim believe that they have won. The scammer will ask the victim to pay a fee before they can receive their prize ... up by the scammer to get money out of their victim . Scam lottery emails will nearly always come from ... scams are a type of advance fee fraud . A typical scam email will read like this width 85 align ... br UK LOTTO Co ordinator tt Mis selling by lottery win Another type of lottery scam is a Confidence trick scam email or web page where the recipient had won a sum of money in the lottery. The recipient ... purchase. This type of scam is legal in many jurisdictions. Sometimes lottery scam messages are sent ... how to spot a lottery scam.html How To Spot A Lottery Scam , and where to report it http spamranking.de tag gewinn Lottery Scam examples Fraud Spamming Category Fraud Category Lotteries Category Spamming ... more details
In a reloading scam , a victim is repeatedly approached by con artist s, often until sucked dry . This form of fraud is perpetrated on those more susceptible to pressure after the first losses, perhaps because of hopes to recover money previously invested, perhaps because of inability to say no to a con man. The term has been current at least since 1923, when it was used to describe a specific repetitive stock fraud To reload a holder of stock, he is approached with an offer to buy from him a larger block of the stock at a higher price than he paid, and about the same time the opportunity is given him to purchase more at the original offering price. When he has done so, he finds that the bid is an illusive one it is now for a larger block, and if he buys still more stock in order to take advantage of it, it still keeps ahead of him. ref John K. Barnes, Releading and dynamiting financial dupes , World s Work, Jan 1923, p.322. ref The term reloading has since expanded to cover all repeated attempts to scam money from the same victim. This form is widespread because people who become victims of, for example, a telemarketing fraud , often are placed on a sucker list . Sucker lists, which include names, addresses, phone numbers and other information, are created, bought and sold by some fraudulent telemarketers. They are considered invaluable because dishonest promoters know that consumers who have been tricked once are likely to be tricked again. How the scam works Double scammers, known as reloaders, use several methods to repeatedly victimize consumers. For example, if they have ... to those reluctant to admit that they made a bad investment. Another reloading scam uses prize incentives ... not receive unsolicited calls. See also Liar Game a manga that makes frequent use of the scam References ... website is a fraud and scam Complaint Center dedicated to serve as a vehicle to receive, record and publish fraud and scam complaints. Category Confidence tricks Scams and confidence tricks ja ... more details
Image GrassHay1.jpg thumb right 250px The Fodder Scam involved hundreds of millions of dollars in alleged ... supplies for non existent livestock. The Fodder Scam Devanagari , ch r gho l was a Political ... gst fullpage.html?res 9E07E6DE1430F931A35754C0A961958260 Fodder Scam Could Bring Down a Shaky ... scam Charges framed against Lalu newspaper Outlook India date 2005 05 17 accessdate 2008 11 04 url ... dollar fodder scam ... ref The scandal led to the end of Laloo s reign as Chief Minister. The theft ... Besides the magnitude and duration of the theft, the scam was and continues to be covered in Indian ... ? What is the fodder scam? , BBC , 2001 12 14. Accessed 2008 10 29. ... ... of the mafia raj that has penetrated several state run economic sectors in the country. The scam The scam had its origins in small scale embezzlement by some government employees submitting false expense ..., was the earliest Chief Minister chief minister to be accused of knowing involvement in the scam. ref ... bail on adjournment of hearing for regular bail in a conspiracy angle case of the fodder scam ... embezzlement. ref name tribune1998l Citation title Fodder scam AG denies lapses newspaper ... and bureaucratic officials in the Bihar government. ref name rediff1997a Citation title Anatomy of a scam ... quote Snippet ... The Rs 9.5 billion fodder scam in Bihar came to light on January 27, 1996 at Chibasa ... scam and likely involvement at the chief ministerial level to the director general of the same ..., ISBN 81 87431 00 8. ref ref name index2008b Citation title Once there was a scam... newspaper Indian Express date 2008 07 15 accessdate 2008 10 31 url http www.indianexpress.com news once there was a scam ... as corruption cases relating to the scam went to trial, and reinstated by order of the Jharkhand ... Yadav , then chief minister of Bihar , was a prime accused in the fodder scam investigation. On January .... ref name merinews2008 Citation title CBI convicted 64 in fodder scam newspaper Merinews date ... more details
Orphan date September 2010 Refimprove date September 2010 A bride scam is a confidence trick scheme to cheat possible groom s by foreign alleged bride s. This phenomenon increased in number with the rise of the internet with its online dating sites and online chat s. Citation needed date October 2010 The basis of the confidence trick is to seek men from the western world who would like to marry foreign women and pretend to be willing to marry them the women from a foreign country such as Russia or Kenya ask the men to send money, e.g. for the airline ticket or visa they do not intend to buy. After the money has been wired and received or multiple times , the relationship ends. TOC limit Introduction A bride scam is not just a bride scam, it consist of other different scams such as dating scams, sex scams, and bride order scams over the internet. Many men are victims of a Bride Scam before they even realized it. Most of these men are looking for cheap sex but they end up falling in love with these beautiful woman. ref Whats Love Got to Do with It? Transnational Desires and sex tourism in the Dominican Republic by Denise Brennan April 23, 2009 pg.107 ref Most of these women think marrying a tourist can be seen as hitting the jackpot. ref Whats Love Got to Do with It? Transnational Desires and sex tourism in the Dominican Republic by Denise Brennan April 23, 2009 pg.107 ref They think that these men will have money and solve all their problems. ref Whats Love Got to Do with It? Transnational ... scam refers to the first category, crimes facilitated by a computer, and is punishable according to U.S. ... of the anti scam sites look to combat this particular form of bride scam. ref Patrol. 2008 2011 ... been used by scammers in the past. ref Scam Info. 2005 2011. http www.anti scam.org . Date of Access November 1, 2011. ref ref Burilova, Evgenia. Russian Bride Scams and Online Dating Scam . http www.natashaclub.com ... criminal law References Reflist 2 fraud Scams and confidence tricks DEFAULTSORT Bride Scam Category ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Scam titles are titles which have no legal validity which have generally been sold illegally . British Titles The sale of British titles is prohibited by the Honours Prevention of Abuses Act 1925 . However this legislation only covers titles granted by the sovereign and did not address the misrepresentation of some other British titles . Misleading advertisements for Lord of the Manor lordships of manors sometimes appear in the press and on the internet suggesting that the buyer can call themself Lord lady. According to John Martin Robinson , Maltravers Herald Extraordinary and co author of The Oxford Guide to Heraldry , Lordship of this or that manor is no more a title than Landlord of the Dog and Duck. A manorial lordship is not an aristocratic title, but a semi extinct form of landed property. Lordship in this sense is a synonym for ownership, although this ownership involved an historic legal jurisdiction in the form of the Court baron . ref name Can I buy a British title http ukinusa.fco.gov.uk en about us faqs knighthood honours buy british title Can I buy a British title? page from British embassy in US ref The journal Justice of the Peace Local Government Law advises that the position is unclear as to whether a lordship of a manor is a title of honour or a dignity, as this is yet to be tested by the courts. ref name books.google.co.uk http books.google.co.uk books?id B4IwAQAAIAAJ&q dignities, lord of the manor&dq dignities, lord of the manor&hl en&ei enLZTcmvOcnX8gOGnKGEBQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 10&ved 0CF0Q6AEwCTgU Justice of the Peace Local Government Law legal journal ref A manorial lordship or ladyship is not connected to the British honours British honours system , but rather the feudal system. ref name Can I buy a British ... ref A common scam is to charge a fee gain a title which in reality amounts to an explanation of how ... and is against Wikipedia rules See also Scam genealogical book Category Noble titles ... more details
A romance scam is a confidence trick involving feigned romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining their affection, and then using that goodwill to commit fraud. Fraudulent acts may involve access to the victims money , bank account s, credit card s, passport s, e mail accounts, and or national identification numbers or by getting the victims to commit financial fraud on their behalf. ref name KMBC http www.kmbc.com money 9246998 detail.html Online Romance Scams Continue To Grow , KMBC TV KMBC ref Adult magazines Scammers post profiles, using stolen photographs of attractive women, asking for men to contact them. Letters are exchanged between the two until the scammer feels they have groomed the victim enough to ask for money. This might be for requests for airplane tickets, medical expenses, education expenses etc. There is always the promise that the fictitious female character will one day join her love in his country. The scam only ends when the victim realises they are being scammed and stops sending money. Victims can be highly traumatised by this and are often very embarrassed and ashamed when they learn they have become a victim. The Internet Scammers post profiles on dating website s to fish for victims. Upon finding victims, scammers lure them to more private means of communication, such as providing an e mail address to allow for fraud to occur. ref name KMBC Researchers have found that victims feel that there is an equal balance of self disclosures Whitty & Buchanan, in press .http www2.le.ac.uk departments media research research groups digital identities research group online dating romance scam project In 2011, Sarah Lacy managed to update the story from Nigeria, where many earlier 419 scams had evolved into online dating scams. The scammer was more a long distance emotional prostitute, providing a service men appear to be happy to pay for, on the one hand, but on the other was also often a brilliant entrepreneur who made the business reporter in Lacy ... more details
The Royal Scam is the title track from the 1976 Steely Dan album, The Royal Scam . The song was written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker , and the song itself seems to be about Puerto Rican immigrants who come to New York City to build a life, but only to be misled into the dingier side of life there. It consists of lyrics sung by Fagen, guitar work from Larry Carlton , Bernard Purdie Bernard Pretty Purdie on drums, and a host of session musician s. Running time is six minutes 31 seconds. ref http www.discogs.com Steely Dan The Royal Scam master 16969 Royal Scam album at Discogs ref References reflist 2 1970s song stub Steely Dan DEFAULTSORT Royal Scam, The Category Steely Dan songs Category 1976 songs Category Songs written by Donald Fagen Category Songs written by Walter Becker ... more details
The parcel mule scam , also known as the reshipping scam , involves scammers and unsuspecting victims handling goods ref name reg cite journal last Leyden first John journal The Register url http www.theregister.co.uk 2008 10 28 parcel mule scam ref to other countries. In some ways it is similar to the money mule scam. Scammers use fake advertising ref name compact cite web url http www.computeractive.co.uk computeractive news 2229142 fraudsters target vulnerable title Criminals dupe vulnerable into handling stolen goods last Greek first Dinah accessdate 22 May 2010 ref to hire mules. Items are bought with stolen cards, ref name compact and since the goods are typically re sold once shipped, this scam can be viewed as an indirect form of money laundering . Example One famous scam is called Air Parcel Service ref name rsa cite web url http www.rsa.com blog blog entry.aspx?id 1541 title Deep Inside a Reshipping Scam Mules Victimized by Air Parcel Express accessdate 22 May 2010 ref where criminals purchased items in the United States ref name reg and sent them to Eastern Europe via mules ref name reg to Russia and Belarus , ref name rsa where they were then sold. Items included iPods, PlayStations and laptops. ref name rsa References reflist fraud Scams and confidence tricks DEFAULTSORT Parcel Mule Scam Category Illegal occupations Category Fraud Category Money laundering crime stub ... more details
Infobox film name The Scam image thescam2009poster.jpg image does not exist director Yoon Sam yuk producer Kim Su jin br Yoon In beom br David Cho writer Lee Ho Jae starring Park Yong ha br Kim Min jeong br Park Hie soon br Kim Mu Yeol music Mok Yeong jin cinematography Gi Se hun editing Sin Min gyeong distributor Showbox Mediaplex released Film date 2009 2 12 runtime 119 minutes country Film South Korea language Korean budget gross The Scam Korean hangul rr Jak jeon is a 2009 South Korean film which stars Park Yong ha and Kim Min jeong is the first stock market film in Korean movie history and also the last work of Park Yong ha before he committed suicide one year later. Plot An unemployed individual investor becomes deputy manager of ruthless gangster turned financier runs large scam caused fueled by greed and betrayal. Cast Park Yong ha .... Kang Hyun soo Kim Min jung .... Yu Seo yeun Park Hie soon ....Hwang Jong ku Kim Mu yeol .... Jo Min hyeong Kim Jun Sung Brian Choi External links IMDb title 1535490 The Scam http www.hancinema.net korean movie The Scam.php The Scam at HanCinema http www.kmdb.or.kr eng md basic.asp?nation K&p dataid 10077 The Scam at the Korean Movie Database DEFAULTSORT Scam Category South Korean films Category Korean language films Category 2009 films Category 2000s crime films Category Trading films Category South Korean crime films SouthKorea film stub ko ja The Scam ... more details
The Fertilizer Fund Scam is a Philippines Philippine political controversy involving accusations that Department of Agriculture Philippines Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante diverted Philippine peso P 728 million in fertilizer funds to the 2004 election campaign of President of the Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo . Details In March 2004, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that Senator Panfilo Lacson accused Gloria Macapagal Arroyo President Arroyo of vote buying by authorizing the release of 728 million. ref name ABS CBN News cite web url http www.abs cbnnews.com nation 07 10 08 timeline joc joc bolante and fertilizer scam title Joc joc Bolante and the Fertilizer Scam work Newsbreak author Llanto, Jesus F. publisher ABS CBN News Online accessdate 2008 12 04 ref The money was supposedly to be used for the purchase of fertilizers which would be distributed to the local officials. After a year, an episode of the Probe Team reported that some farmers claimed that they did not receive fertilizers from the funds released by the Department of Agriculture. A Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism PCIJ special report was released later saying that billions of farm funds were used to fund the presidential campaign of Arroyo. ref name ABS CBN News Jocelyn Bolante Jocelyn Bolante Jocelyn Joc Joc Bolante was the Agriculture Undersecretary when the fertilizer fund scam erupted. He is accused of diverting at least ... philippines&Itemid 18 title Bolante Faces Off with Senators Over Fertilizer Fund Scam work ANC date ... scam despite the findings of the Commission on Audit that there was excessive overpricing of the liquid ... Article.aspx?ArticleId 417871 title More lawmakers may face raps over fertilizer fund scam author ... in the fertilizer fund scam. Investigation Task Force Abono is currently looking into the involvement ... Arroyo, January 30, 2006 References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Fertilizer Fund Scam Category Political ... more details
Zig zag scam is a confidence trick where one is falsely accused of shoplifting, and then held by police or those claiming to be authorities until they pay a large bail for the alleged theft. At times those fleeced are shown fake closed circuit television footage. In multiple specific cases in Thailand, this confidence trick has occurred at the airport, and thus is called a Thai airport scam or Thai zig zag scam . Specific cases According to BBC, police in Bangkok s Suvarnabhumi Airport have participated in a series of these scams, ref name bbc http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi asia pacific 8154497.stm BBC News Tourists warned of Thailand airport scam ref robbing tourists of thousands of dollars each time. A British couple was charged with stealing a wallet, ref name bbc an Irish woman was charged with stealing eye liner, ref name bbc and an Australian man was charged with stealing a donut, ref http www.news.com.au travel story 0,28318,25525480 5014090,00.html News.com.au Sydney school teacher Sean Kearney accused of stealing doughnut in Thailand ref all in July 2009. References Portalbox Thailand reflist Scams and confidence tricks Category Confidence tricks Category Crime in Thailand Category Fraud in Thailand Category Organized crime ... more details
The art student scam is a confidence trick in which cheap, mass produced paintings or prints are misrepresented ... money for art supplies or tuition fees. ref cite news title Scam art ripples Peninsula Students ... 1 work News quote An Israeli art scam with suggested links to espionage and fundamentalist fundraisers ... scam ringleaders ordered to leave Canada , Vancouver Sun , Vancouver, B.C. Aug 7, 2004. pg. A.8 ... on an Israeli Art Scam publisher KOMO TV Komo News date August 30, 2006 ref ref name moyes In some early instances of the scam the sellers represented themselves as Israeli art students, but the scam ... Foreign students caught up in fake art scam publisher Australian Broadcasting Corporation date April ... title Israeli art scam preying on people s kindness publisher Calgary Sun date August 19, 2009 ... news general oil painting scam hits the border 1494344.aspx title Oil painting scam hits the Border ... NZ Herald date February 4, 2004 last Dye first Stuart title Brush with law reveals art scam url ... title Door slammed on original art scam br cite news publisher Waikato Times date January 19, 2010 ... warnings art scam ai n48688542 ?tag content col1 title Warnings out over art scam ref Mass produced ... claims of spying as nonsense. ref name Haaretz In 2010 the scam surfaced again in Saratoga Springs ... auckland local news east bays courier 3403169 Warning on art scam title Warning on art scam ... were taken to court in Dunedin for the scam in 2003 but were discharged as the judge said that they were ... from the scam. The Consumers Institute of New Zealand suspected that an Auckland man was the organiser ... the scam and 50 oil paintings were found in his car. ref cite news url http www.abc.net.au news stories 2008 12 13 2445638.htm?site idx nsw title Police arrest 23yo over alleged art scam date ... All around the world, students from various countries are doing this. She suggested that the scam s organiser ... www.stuff.co.nz auckland local news north shore times 3399549 Door to door art scam title Door to door ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Welsh Thrasher faith scam was a scam that targeted people of faith, ref cite web url http www.guardian.co.uk uk 2004 aug 24 ukcrime.usa title Fraud victims await answer to prayers work The Guardian last Oliver first Mark date August 24, 2004 accessdate 2008 10 23 ref operating as a Ponzi scheme . ref name timesonline cite web url http www.timesonline.co.uk tol news uk article397302.ece title Yard hold couple over scam made in heaven Times Online last Tendler first Stewart date November 30, 2004 publisher Times Online accessdate 2008 10 23 location London ref It offered the marks or targets a combination of a tax avoidance entity a corporate sole and a high return investment program or deposit in a fictitious bank or other enterprise. The proposition at the core of the scam was promoted by an Englishman named Howard Welsh and a native of Virginia named Lee Hope Thrasher. Welsh and Thrasher allegedly received US 31,000,000 from about 900 people who believed themselves to be bona fide investors in so called Living Your Sole Purpose entities. The FBI had been searching for them for two years and had placed them on FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives its most wanted list when they were arrested by Scotland Yard in late 2004. ref name timesonline They signed a plea agreement on 11 October 2006. ref http www.usdoj.gov usao vae Pressreleases casedocuments us v welsh and thrasher Statement 20of 20Facts Welsh.pdf US Department of Justice Press Release ref References reflist refbegin http www.religionnewsblog.com 11019 faith scam pair face trial in the us Religion News Blog http home.att.net fcwriter news3.htm News 3 refend Category Confidence tricks Category Article Feedback 5 ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Clothing scam companies are companies or gangs that purport to be collecting Used goods second hand clothes for Charitable organization charities or to be working for charitable causes, when they are in fact working for themselves, giving little if anything to charitable causes. They are a particular problem in the United Kingdom UK , where they rely on people s awareness of proper charities established practise of collecting used clothes for good causes. These companies cause major problems for established charities in terms of lost donations and making the public distrustful of all clothes collectors. Advertising A popular tactic of clothing scam companies is to leaflet a particular area and then move on before people become aware that the company is a clothing scam company. These leaflets will often illegally claim that they are either charities or working for established charities. Often they will state in small print that they are a commercial company, but will prominently place wording that implies they are, often quoting very vague charitable aims such as third world collection etc. These companies are very difficult to prosecute as frequently they are not in fact companies at all, quoting fictitious company names or someone else s company name, when in fact they are just a gang of people getting together to resell used clothes. Many clothing scam companies use casual labour to deliver the leaflets and collect bags of clothing. They are not officially employed by the clothing scam company, which doesn t keep a record of the people they use that can be checked. External links cite web title Charity Commission homepage date 2007 url http www.charity commission.gov.uk index.asp accessdate 2007 08 23 cite web title The Safer Giving Campaign Charity Commission date 2007 url http www.charity commission.gov.uk registeredcharities sgc.asp accessdate 2007 08 23 Category Fraud ... more details
Thai Tailor Scam also known as the Bangkok Tailor Scam is one of the most common confidence trick performed in many tourist hotspots in Thailand, like Pattaya , Bangkok , Phuket city Phuket , and even quaint beach towns like Khao Lak . The scam The scam usually involves a friendly person approaching their chosen victim, offering quality tailor made clothes for cheaper than in department stores. The seller will claim to have an international export company that just opened. ref cite web url http www.bangkokscams.com undercover top 10 scams in thailand.html title BangkokScams.com publisher BangkokScams.com date 2008 09 27 accessdate 2009 07 03 ref After paying up front, the buyer will receive an item made of polyester rather than the promised Cashmere wool cashmere or other high quality thread, and which often does not fit properly. ref cite web author Chris Mitchell url http travelhappy.info bangkok bangkok scams and how to avoid them title Bangkok Scams and How to Avoid Them publisher TravelHappy.info date 2007 11 12 accessdate 2009 07 03 ref Scammers may not always be Thai, in one case, a Singapore an had been working with Thais to trick Singaporean tourists, the victims are sweet talked into buying tailor made clothes, which turn out to be poorly made. ref cite web url http www.asiaone.com Travel News Story A1Story20080528 67367.html title AsiaOneTravel S pore conman in Thailand 13 more victims publisher Asiaone.com date 2008 05 28 accessdate 2009 07 03 ref The scam is listed on the http www.nzembassy.com info.cfm?c 21&l 67&CFID 6668&CFTOKEN 49719424&s nz&p 61081 New Zealand Embassy website. References reflist External links http www.bangkokscams.com undercover top 10 scams in thailand.html BangkokScams.com Top 10 Scams in Thailand http travelhappy.info bangkok bangkok scams and how to avoid them Bangkok Scams and How to Avoid Them Scams and confidence tricks Category Confidence tricks Category Crime in Thailand Category Clothing Category Fraud in Thailand Category ... more details
Refimprove date January 2010 No footnotes date January 2010 The Thai Gem Scam also known as the Bangkok Gem Scam is a confidence trick performed in Bangkok , Thailand as well as other cities in the country. It is one of the most pervasive scams in Thailand. Most of the shops are gold or jewelry shops. It has been alleged that this scam has been operating for the past 20 years, sometimes in the same premises. It has been suggested that individuals in the Royal Thai Police and even politicians protect this scam. The scam was demonstrated on an episode of the BBC series The Real Hustle , except the hustlers used a tourist hot spot in Ibiza as opposed to Thailand. Citation needed date January 2010 The scam A network of tout s and confidence trick con men present the Mark victim mark with an opportunity to profit from buying discount gems from a jewelry shop. The mark is convinced that he can buy gems at duty free price and bring them overseas for a threefold or more profit. Through a network of helpers, each of whom tells the mark bits of information, the mark is guided to the jewelry shop. Citation needed date January 2010 A tout will be on the lookout at popular tourist spots like the Grand Palace, Bangkok Grand Palace , Wat Pho , Khaosan Road , Siam Square , or other temples or tourist attractions in Bangkok. Also, the scam may often be initiated by a tuk tuk driver. The tout will be dressed as a student or gentleman and will approach the mark to tell him the place he is about to visit is closed today because of some made up public holiday holiday . The tout, taking advantage of the Thai people s reputation for friendliness, may strike up a conversation, asking where the mark ... www.scaminfo.org thailand tourist scams gem scam Thai Gem Expo which allows people to buy jewelry ... Gem Scam The Daily Mail http thestar.com.my news story.asp?file 2010 1 2 nation 20100102151817&sec nation Malaysians falling prey to Bangkok gems scam The Star Malaysia The Star Scams and confidence ... more details
title A coffin scam Tribune India publisher Archive.cscs.res.in date ... scam title CBI files chargesheet in Kargil coffin scam Times Of India publisher Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com ... and was later given a clean chit from the scam. The Central Bureau of Investigation officials ... more details
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