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  2. Lottery scam - Wikipedia

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    Another type of lottery scam is a scam email or web page where the recipient had won a sum of money in the lottery. The recipient is instructed to contact an agent very quickly but the scammers are just using a third party company, person, email or names to hide their true identity, in some cases offering extra prizes (such as a 7 Day/6 Night Bahamas Cruise Vacation, if the user rings within 4 ...

  3. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    This scam can be seen in the movie Nights of Cabiria. Variants of these employ bots or even live people who offer to go to live cam sites to video chat with the mark. The sites almost always require a credit card to be entered. The scammer insists the site is free and the card is only for purposes of age verification.

  4. Opinion: Consumers lose millions to lottery and sweepstakes ...

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    Scammers are always trying creatively to bilk people of their money and sweepstakes are one proven avenue of success for them. Beware.

  5. Publishers Clearing House - Wikipedia

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    The company revenue had grown to US$50 million by 1981, and $100 million by 1988. [7] In 1967 PCH ran its first sweepstakes as a way to increase subscription sales, [10] based on the sweepstakes held by Reader's Digest. [5] The first prizes ranged from $1 to $10 and entrants had a 1 in 10 chance of winning.

  6. Finance columnist goes viral after admitting to being scammed ...

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    A financial columnist for New York Magazine has gone viral after she admitted to being scammed out of $50,000 from someone posing as a CIA agent.. Charlotte Cowles, a writer living in New York ...

  7. AOL "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." MOVIE SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES

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    no purchase required to enter or win. a purchase will not increase your chances of winning. odds of winning will depend on the total number of entries received. void where prohibited by law.

  8. Amazon Prime Video - Wikipedia

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    Amazon Prime Video, or simply Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming television service owned by Amazon.The service primarily distributes films and television series produced or co-produced by Amazon MGM Studios or licensed to Amazon, as Amazon Originals, with the service also hosting content from other providers, content add-ons, live sporting events ...

  9. Internet fraud - Wikipedia

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    A prime example was the global 2008 Beijing Olympic Games ticket fraud run by US-registered "Xclusive Leisure and Hospitality", sold through a professionally designed website with the name "Beijing 2008 Ticketing". [11] On 4 August it was reported that more than A$50 million worth of fake tickets had been sold through the website. [12]