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scam

[skam] / skæm /


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"It was such an elaborate scam," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Some scam sites target job hunters, promising meetings with World Cup employees whose names and photos were lifted from LinkedIn.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

AFP reviewed dozens of now-inactive Facebook ads, in multiple languages, directing users to scam ticket pages such as "fifa.house."

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Courtney M. Werning, a partner and attorney in Meyer Wilson Werning’s Columbus, Ohio, office, has a 93-year-old client who recently lost $1.5 million to a government-impersonation scam.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The odds were always in favor of a scam.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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