Confidence trick
hideA confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, hustle, scam, scheme, or swindle) is an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence.
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News tagged with scam
Facebook fights 'phishing' scam
May 01, 2009 |
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Facebook Thursday said it has blocked a link at the heart of a "phishing" scam being used to dupe members into revealing passwords to accounts at the social networking website.
Developer of system to prevent ID theft forms joint venture
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Ray de Beasley's dream of seeing his identity theft prevention system come to life is one step closer to reality. He just formed a joint venture with Ayoka LLC, an Arlington, Texas, software development firm, to create a ...
Bing ads to warn of online scams
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Microsoft on Tuesday began serving up scam warnings with Bing search results for topics such as fixing credit scores or rescue from home foreclosure that are prime material for online cons.
Why people fall victim to scams
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The psychological reasons consumers may fall victim to mass marketed scams are revealed today in groundbreaking research.
Technology, sour economy breed, feed Internet scams
May 06, 2009 |
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Ute Schnetzinger thought the bride was demanding. Only later did the Richardson, Texas, florist learn she was bogus.
Official-looking e-mails claiming to be from IRS are fraudulent
Feb 15, 2009 |
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Schemers claiming to be Uncle Sam are filling e-mail boxes in Contra Costa County, Calif., and across the country with messages asking for people's personal information.
Taiwan man arrested for cyber love scams
May 27, 2009 |
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A Taiwanese man has been arrested for allegedly swindling more than 200 million Taiwan dollars (6.25 million US) from 50 women in one of the largest cyber scams in the country, police said.
Man charged in record ID theft case in plea talks
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- An accused computer hacker charged with stealing millions of credit and debit card numbers has been negotiating a plea deal with the federal government, people close to the case said Thursday.
