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  2. Vyapam scam - Wikipedia

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    The Vyapam scam involved collusion among exam candidates, government officials and middlemen: undeserving candidates were offered high marks in the exams, in exchange for kickbacks. The following tricks were used by those involved in the scam: [14] Impersonation.

  3. Nirav Modi - Wikipedia

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    Nirav Deepak Modi (born 27 February 1971) is an Indian-born Belgian businessman and fugitive who was charged by Interpol and the Government of India for criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating and dishonesty including delivery of property, corruption, money laundering, fraud, embezzlement and breach of contract in August 2018.

  4. Foreign exchange fraud - Wikipedia

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    Foreign exchange fraud is any trading scheme used to defraud traders by convincing them that they can expect to gain a high profit by trading in the foreign exchange market. Currency trading became a common form of fraud in early 2008, according to Michael Dunn of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission .

  5. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    In September 2011, Microsoft dropped gold partner Comantra from its Microsoft Partner Network following accusations of involvement in cold-call technical-support scams. However, the ease of which companies that carry out technical support scams can be launched makes it difficult to prevent tech support scams from taking place.

  6. Nigerian government response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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    The government also extended the locking down of Lagos State, Ogun State and the FCT, for a period of one week, announcing an indefinite nationwide curfew from 8 pm to 6 am starting on 4 May, while also placing an indefinite ban on non-essential inter-state passenger travel, allowing partial and controlled interstate movement of goods and ...

  7. Scammer Payback - Wikipedia

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    Scammer Payback, also known by his nickname " Pierogi ", is the internet alias of an American YouTuber and streamer who specializes in creating content about scam baiting against phone scams. Pierogi works against a variety of scams over the phone, such as technical support scams, refund scams, social security scams, and IRS impersonation scams ...

  8. Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Government of the United Kingdom is divided into departments that each have responsibility, according to the government, for putting government policy into practice. [1] There are currently 24 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments, and 422 agencies and other public bodies, for a total of 465 departments. [2]

  9. List of corporate collapses and scandals - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of England refused to advance money, and it collapsed. The directors were sued, but exonerated from fraud. Friedrich Krupp. Germany. 1873. Steel, metals. Krupp's business over-expanded, and had to take a 30m Mark loan from the Preußische Bank, the Bank of Prussia . Danatbank. Germany.