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  2. IRS impersonation scam - Wikipedia

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    An IRS impersonation scam is a class of telecommunications fraud and scam which targets American taxpayers by masquerading as Internal Revenue Service (IRS) collection officers. [1] The scammers operate by placing disturbing official-sounding calls to unsuspecting citizens, threatening them with arrest and frozen assets if thousands of dollars ...

  3. SIM swap scam - Wikipedia

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    SIM swap scam. A SIM swap scam (also known as port-out scam, SIM splitting, [1] simjacking, and SIM swapping) [2] is a type of account takeover fraud that generally targets a weakness in two-factor authentication and two-step verification in which the second factor or step is a text message (SMS) or call placed to a mobile telephone.

  4. ICICI-Videocon loan scam - Wikipedia

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    The ICICI-Videocon loan scam is about a criminal conspiracy by Chanda Kochhar as Managing Director of ICICI Bank who abused her position by sanctioning a ₹3,250 crore (US$696.34 million) loan to Venugopal Dhoot 's Videocon International Electronics Limited (VIEL) between June 2009 and October 2011 to cheat the bank in lieu of illegal ...

  5. Calls (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    March 19, 2021. ( 2021-03-19) Calls is a mystery thriller analog animated miniseries created by Fede Álvarez. The show is based on a French television series of the same name created by Timothée Hochet. The series is a co-production between Apple TV+ and French network Canal+, the latter being the production company behind the original French ...

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  7. Reacher (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Reacher is an American action crime television series developed by Nick Santora for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child, it stars Alan Ritchson as the title character, a self-proclaimed hobo and former U.S. Army military policeman with formidable strength, intellect, and abilities.

  8. Locksmith scam - Wikipedia

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    The locksmith scam is a scam involving fake business listings for cheap locksmith services that, once called out, overcharge the customer. The scam targets people who call a locksmith out of desperation, usually because of being locked out of their car or premises.

  9. Strip search phone call scam - Wikipedia

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    The strip search phone call scam was a series of incidents, mostly occurring in rural areas of the United States, that extended over a period of at least ten years, starting in 1994. The incidents involved a man calling a restaurant or grocery store, claiming to be a police officer, and then convincing managers to conduct strip searches of ...