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  2. Phony $1,000 Target Gift Card is the Scam of the Year - AOL

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    A fake contest for a $1,000 Target (TGT) gift card has been declared 2012's "Scam of the Year" by online complaint resolution platform Scambook. The fraud, which Scambook spotted back...

  3. Smishing Scams: Sorry, You Did Not Win a $1,000 Target Gift Card

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    Some big scams making the rounds these days are trying to lure naïve consumers with promises of $1,000 gift certificates to Best Buy ( BBY ), Walmart ( WMT) or Target ( TGT ). The appeal is...

  4. I’m a Fraud Prevention Expert: 6 Scams To Avoid ... - AOL

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    Scams in which a thief reaches out and tries to convince someone to make a payment using gift cards or cryptocurrency are still surprisingly common, although the AARP survey revealed that most U.S.

  5. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    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 payment, the ...

  6. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    МММ was a Russian company that perpetrated one of the world's largest Ponzi schemes of all time. By different estimates from 5 to 40 million people lost up to $10 billion. The company started attracting money from private investors, promising annual returns of up to 1,000%.

  7. Carding (fraud) - Wikipedia

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    Carding is a term of the trafficking and unauthorized use of credit cards. [1] The stolen credit cards or credit card numbers are then used to buy prepaid gift cards to cover up the tracks. [2] Activities also encompass exploitation of personal data, [3] and money laundering techniques. [4] Modern carding sites have been described as full ...

  8. Unwanted Gift Cards: 5 Ways to Get the Most Value Out ... - AOL

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    Of the $3 billion loaded on those gift cards, the group says that approximately $1.7 billion will be "spillage": the amount of money left on a gift card that never gets spent, either because the ...

  9. Vroegh v. Eastman Kodak Co. - Wikipedia

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    Vroegh v. Eastman Kodak Company, et al. is a class action complaint that alleges that the defendants, " [i]n marketing, advertising and/or packaging their Flash Memory Cards and Flash Memory Drives, Defendants misrepresent the size of the memory storage contained in the Flash Memory Cards and Flash Memory Drives." [1] The complaint accuses the defendants of " false advertising, unfair business ...

  10. MrBeast Scams: What To Watch Out For in 2023 - AOL

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    The scam offers viewers a chance to claim $1,000 or sometimes other amounts of money.

  11. I’m embarrassed to admit it, but it’s true: I fell for a ...

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    If you think no one could ever convince you to go buy multiple $500 gift cards and send them the codes, you might be right. You also might be wrong.