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  2. Adopt Me! - Wikipedia

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    Adopt Me! (stylized in all caps) is a massively multiplayer online video game developed by Uplift Games (formerly known as DreamCraft) on the gaming and game development platform Roblox. [ 2 ] The original focus of the game was a role-play wherein players pretended to be either a parent adopting a child, or a child getting adopted, but as the ...

  3. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    Advance-fee scam. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [1][2] If a victim makes the ...

  4. Adoption fraud - Wikipedia

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    The couple was sent fake ultrasounds and fake medical reports, and received money. With the use of technology, the scammer was able to keep the lie about giving the child to them for more than nine months. The episode informed people about signs to look out for when adopting a child, especially when it is not through an adoption agency. [9]

  5. 5 ways to protect yourself from social media marketplace scams

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    Try AOL Tech Fortress free for 30 days, then $3.99 per month*. 2. Ignore deals that seem too good to be true. One of the most common tactics for social media marketplace scammers is the honey trap ...

  6. Scams Are Good, Actually. “Scam Goddess” Laci ... - AOL

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    Living a bold, but highly structured, Hollywood life gives me a chance to be in the world, around people, without the anxiety of being in the world, around people. As an actor, comedian and ...

  7. Scammer Payback - Wikipedia

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    2020. 1,000,000 subscribers. 2021. Scammer Payback, also known by his nickname " Pierogi ", is 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 ...

  8. List of Roblox games - Wikipedia

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    As the primary user base of Adopt Me! is on average younger than the rest of Roblox, they are especially susceptible to falling for scams. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Uplift Games , the studio behind the game, has accumulated over $16 million in revenue, mostly from microtransactions ; [ 9 ] [ 10 ] the game was the highest profiting game on the platform in the ...

  9. List of international adoption scandals - Wikipedia

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    1870s-1970s. The British Home Children scheme forcibly relocated up to 150,000 children from the UK to other commonwealth countries, often without parents' knowledge, as uncovered by Margaret Humphreys in 1987. The scandal later garnered international public attention with the 2010 film Oranges and Sunshine. 1949-1976.