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  2. Pig butchering scam - Wikipedia

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    Shā Zhū Pán. A pig butchering scam, a.k.a. " Sha Zhu Pan " [2] or Shazhupan, [3] (Chinese: 杀猪盘), translated as Killing Pig Plate, [1] is a type of long-term scam and investment fraud in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. [4]

  3. Online dating - Wikipedia

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    Online dating, also known as internet dating, virtual dating, or mobile app dating, [ 1 ] is a method used by people with a goal of searching for and interacting with potential romantic or sexual partners, via the internet. An online dating service is a company that promotes and provides specific mechanisms for the practice of online dating ...

  4. Comparison of online dating services - Wikipedia

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    POF (PlentyofFish) Dating site mostly active in United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Brazil. Match Group, Inc. 100,000,000 registered as of 2015 [24] Yes. No; Features such as seeing the date and time a user viewed your profile and allowing you to see whether a user read and/or deleted your message.

  5. Blacklist (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a blacklist, disallowlist, blocklist, or denylist is a basic access control mechanism that allows through all elements (email addresses, users, passwords, URLs, IP addresses, domain names, file hashes, etc.), except those explicitly mentioned. Those items on the list are denied access. The opposite is a whitelist, allowlist, or ...

  6. Timeline of online dating - Wikipedia

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    1959. Happy Families Planning Service launches. Started by Jim Harvey and Phil Fialer as a class project at Stanford. Used a questionnaire and an IBM 650 to match 49 men and 49 women. [1] 1963. Ed Lewis at Iowa State University uses a questionnaire and an IBM computer "to optimize the meeting potential at dances".

  7. Romance scam - Wikipedia

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    A romance scam is a confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining the victim's affection, and then using that goodwill to get the victim to send money to the scammer under false pretenses or to commit fraud against the victim.

  8. The Blacklist Finale: How Did Liz Keen's Story End? And ... - AOL

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    The following post contains major spoilers for The Blacklist‘s Season 8 finale. Proceed with caution! Elizabeth Keen’s name was crossed off The Blacklist on Wednesday night — and it appeared ...

  9. Internet relationship - Wikipedia

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    An internet relationship is a relationship between people who have met online, and in many cases know each other only via the Internet. [1] Online relationships are similar in many ways to pen pal relationships. This relationship can be romantic, platonic, or even based on business affairs. An internet relationship (or online relationship) is ...