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  2. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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    Today scam letters are a general part of electronic life, ending up in mailboxes in hordes. Types Lottery scam letter. Based on mostly the same principles as the Nigerian 419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won large sums of money ...

  3. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    1860s. Jacob Young, William Abrams, and Nancy Clem ran what author Wendy Gamber argues, in her book The Notorious Mrs. Clem: Murder and Money in the Gilded Age, was the first-ever Ponzi scheme. [ 1][ 2] In Munich, Germany, Adele Spitzeder founded the "Spitzedersche Privatbank" in 1869, promising an interest rate of 10 percent per month.

  4. Lottery scam - Wikipedia

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    A lottery scam is a type of advance-fee fraud which begins with an unexpected email notification, phone call, or mailing (sometimes including a large check) explaining 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 ...

  5. 5 THINGS TO KNOW: Foreign lottery scams and other scams - AOL

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    Sep. 13—The U.S. Postal Service and AARP provides details regarding foreign lottery scams and other scams. 1 Are many people targeted through lottery scams and other scams? Con artists target ...

  6. What a fake lottery check cashing scam looks like - AOL

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    It's so popular that it was named the number one scam of 2009 by the. Fake check schemes, or advanced fee check cashing fraud, are one of the most common scams that criminals use to trick victims ...

  7. Not the Real Thing: Beware the Coca-Cola Foreign Lottery Scam

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    Typical words from a phishing scam: "You are among the lucky winners. Send your name, address, phone number, occupation, sex, age, and nationality to this email."

  8. Lottery fraud - Wikipedia

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    Lottery fraud is any act committed to defraud a lottery game. A perpetrator attempts to win a jackpot prize through fraudulent means. The aim is to defraud the organisation running the lottery of money, or in the case of a stolen lottery ticket, to defraud an individual of their legitimately won prize. Several common techniques are used ...

  9. 'You Won the Lottery': Scams Not Worth the Gamble, Warns ...

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