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This time they've been uncovering the basic tricks and cons performed by your friendly neighborhood fairground staff. ... ...that involves throwing balls into metal buckets. But here's the scam. The bottom of the bucket is convex and the bucket is angled just right, so the ball almost always bounces out. How nice!
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www.wisebread.com/carnival-of-scams-top-4-fairground-co...
www.wisebread.com/carnival-of-scams-top-4-fairground-cons
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Confidence trick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko , con , flim flam , gaffle , grift , hustle , scam , scheme , or swindle ) is an attempt to defraud a person or group...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_trick
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A description of many of the fraud schemes and scams out there and how to prevent becoming a victim by security consultant, Chris McGoey. ... Internet E-Mail Scam ... Scams Cons Fraud Internet & Telephone...
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www.crimedoctor.com/scams.htm
www.crimedoctor.com/scams.htm
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Police search for a phoney priest who conducted funeral services before making off with hundreds of euros left by mourners in the collection plate. - ... Dressed in a dog collar and full Catholic robes, he conducted the funerals helped by two "altar servers" who were his accomplices in the scam.
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www.theage.com.au/news/world/scam-cons-mourners/2007/07...
www.theage.com.au/news/world/scam-cons-mourners/2007/07/29/1185647740321.html
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Across the country, in small towns like Dothan, Alabama, to large cities like Washington, DC, elderly and disabled people, some with walkers and canes, line up at storefront lenders to receive their monthly “allowance.” A recent article in the Wall ... 3 Responses to “Payday Lender Scam Cons Elderly, Disabled”...
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carestation.agis.com/2008/02/14/payday-lender-scam-cons...
carestation.agis.com/2008/02/14/payday-lender-scam-cons-elderly-disabled/
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Terminology from the world of the scam artist is employed and explained, and the marks are fully informed of the cons/scams straight afterwards and repaid any money they'd lost. The show is a spin-off documentary of the BBC drama series Hustle.
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www.xploremagic.com/BBC-The-Real-Hustle/
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A mother who wanted to earn extra money for Christmas fell victim to a home-working scam. ... Grace Dale, of Stanway Close, Witney, answered an advert earlier this month offering readers as much as £3,000 per month for typing and mailing envelopes.
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www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.973665.0....
www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.973665.0.homeworking_scam_cons_mum.php
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An SMS scam is stalking residents of Victoria and Tasmania presently. The scam is blanketing the two regions with SMS’es imploring for help. Devonport police believes the scam has visited around 9000 people so far.
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www.419legal.org/blog/2008/08/26/sms-scam-brother-victo...
www.419legal.org/blog/2008/08/26/sms-scam-brother-victoria-tasmania/
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Thanks to new technology like VOIP (Internet-based phone service), cons can set up a local phone number but be millions of miles away. That appears to be the case with another phishing scam targeting GESA Credit Union members.
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www.atg.wa.gov/BlogPost.aspx?id=19000
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