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Pigeon drop. The pigeon drop or Spanish handkerchief or Chilean handkerchief is a confidence trick in which a mark, or "pigeon", is persuaded to give up a sum of money in order to secure the rights to a larger sum of money, or more valuable object. [2] [3] [4] [page needed] One of the con artists will typically claim to have found the money or ...
Sakawa. Sakawa is a Ghanaian term for illegal practices which combine modern Internet-based fraud with African traditionalist rituals. The term or word Sakawa is an Hausa word which means putting inside, how to make money. [1] [2] The rituals, which are mostly in the form of sacrifices, are intended to spiritually manipulate victims so that the ...
April 24, 2024 at 3:35 PM. FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — A 74-year-old woman charged in the armed robbery of an Ohio credit union last week is a victim of an online scam who may have been ...
MMM Global. MMM Global (also known as МММ-2011 / МММ-2012) is a Ponzi scheme launched in 2011 by Sergei Mavrodi, with subsidiaries in up to 110 countries. [citation needed] MMM Global is a new avatar of the Russian company MMM, also created by Mavrodi and which operated from 1989 to 2004. The difference between the two is that MMM Global ...
Joe job. A Joe job is a spamming technique that sends out unsolicited e-mails using spoofed sender data. Early Joe jobs aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the apparent sender or inducing the recipients to take action against them (see also email spoofing ), but they are now typically used by commercial spammers to conceal the true origin of ...
An 81-year-old Ohio man has been charged with murder after allegedly gunning down an Uber driver who arrived at his home as part of a phone scam he also fell victim to. William Brock is accused of ...
And 4 Other Phone Call Scams. Laura Bogart. December 16, 2023 at 4:00 PM. Highwaystarz-Photography / iStock.com. By now, most of us are aware that the “Nigerian Prince” emailing us to ask for ...
Alma mater. Ahmadu Bello University. Occupation. Police officer. Ibrahim Magu (born 5 May 1962), is a Nigerian police officer who served as acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC from 9 November 2015, until his suspension on 7 July 2020. [1] He was replaced by Muhammed Umar as the acting EFCC chairman.