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2. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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   Advance-fee scam. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [ 1][ 2] If a victim makes the ...

3. Top 15 financial scams targeting older Americans — and what ...

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   The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, causing seniors to lose over $3.4 billion. And those ...

4. FTC settles with mobile ad company Tapjoy over deceptive ...

   techcrunch.com/2021/01/07/ftc-settles-with...

   Failure to follow the terms of the settlement will result in further fines of up to $43,280 per each violation, the FTC says. Tapjoy’s business model has been to serve as an intermediary between ...

5. Top anonymous social app NGL forced to stop tricking its users

   techcrunch.com/2022/08/04/top-anonymous-social...

   By July, NGL had topped 15 million downloads and had pulled in $2.4 million in revenue by selling its subscriptions. Anonymous social app NGL tops 15M installs, $2.4M in revenue as users complain ...

6. Hacker finds bug that allowed anyone to bypass Facebook 2FA

   techcrunch.com/2023/01/30/facebook-two-factor

   Mänôz found the bug in the Meta Accounts Center last year, and reported it to the company in mid-September. Meta fixed the bug a few days later, and paid Mänôz $27,200 for reporting the bug ...

7. Discounts and allowances - Wikipedia

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   Trade discounts are given to try to increase the volume of sales being made by the supplier. The discount described as trade rate discount is sometimes called "trade discount". Trade discount is the discount allowed on retail price of a product or something. for e.g. Retail price of a cream is 25 and trade discount is 2% on 25.

8. Discount store - Wikipedia

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   Discount store. A discount store or discounter offers a retail format in which products are sold at prices that are in principle lower than an actual or supposed "full retail price". Discounters rely on bulk purchasing and efficient distribution to keep down costs. [ 1]

9. FTC study finds 'dark patterns' used by a majority of ...

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   In an analysis of 642 websites and apps offering subscription services, the study found that the majority (nearly 76%) used at least one dark pattern and nearly 67% used more than one.