scam
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You don’t have to scroll far on sites including the BBB’s Scam Tracker, Trustpilot and on social media to find accounts of travelers who called the wrong customer-service number.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Scam operations at the compound continued until the arrest of its alleged owner, Ly Kuong, was announced on Jan. 15.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Scams have become a "mainstay" of modern crime and are "increasingly difficult to investigate because of their transnational nature", said Jeffery Chin, deputy director at the police Scam Public Education Office.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
For help and advice on how to beat scams, visit BBC Scam Safe 2025.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
A Stock-Market Scam Stock-market advisers are everywhere, and you can probably find one to say almost anything you might want to hear.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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