advance fee
Example Sentences
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One could imagine a bettor making a credit card deposit, paying a $10 cash advance fee, and then placing a $10 bet at −110 odds.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2024
Another frequent scam is to ask "successful" job applicants to hand over money upfront, with a promise that they'll be paid back - commonly known as an advance fee scam.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023
Peloton primarily has to worry about paying the PROs an agreed advance fee and providing the stream logs.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2021
The defendants also operated a so-called advance fee scheme, making false promises to investors to induce them to pay fees for non-existent services to sell their illiquid penny stock shares, according to the indictment.
From Reuters ● Aug. 13, 2013
He hastily signed a traveler's check for the advance fee, then the four hiked back to the hotel and got down to business.
From The Pirates of Shan by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
