Fake profiles on dating sites to get people to join. Yahoo Personals was sued for their romance scams. Most dating sites, if not all of them, have many fake profiles to get people to pay, or, for sites that are free, it gets people to sign up and bring a lot of traffic to their site, making the businesses gain profit from their advertisers. Plenty of Fish, a free dating website, is full of romance scams.
Think about how a personals website starts if it starts with zero members. Who would sign up? It is theorized all dating sites start out with and continue to have romance scams. It is an unethical, yet very effective way for their business to make money.
Think about how a personals website starts if it starts with zero members. Who would sign up? It is theorized all dating sites start out with and continue to have romance scams. It is an unethical, yet very effective way for their business to make money.
Don't sign up for Plenty of Fish--you will waste most of your time with romance scams.
Most, if not all, of the beautiful women on dating sites are more than likely romance scams.
Most, if not all, of the beautiful women on dating sites are more than likely romance scams.
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Get the romance scam mug.Shotgun Fraud, or Shotgun Scam, is a method of fraud in which multiple loans, mortgages, fraudulent cheques, or other financial withdraws are made in a very short amount of time. The scam works by going fast enough that it is over before the transactions are entered into the public record where banks and other institutions can view them.
There are two main types of shotgunning, Cheque Shotgunning, and Home Equity Shotgunning.
In the former, the same cheque is cashed at multiple banks, or at multiple branches of the same bank via online methods (ie. mobile banking) before the cheque is officially posted.
In the latter, multiple home equity loans are taken out against the same property with multiple banks, with them all closing within a short window of each other. This works because the credit bureau tradeline will not appear for 30 days, so the other banks cannot see that money is already being borrowed against the property.
There are two main types of shotgunning, Cheque Shotgunning, and Home Equity Shotgunning.
In the former, the same cheque is cashed at multiple banks, or at multiple branches of the same bank via online methods (ie. mobile banking) before the cheque is officially posted.
In the latter, multiple home equity loans are taken out against the same property with multiple banks, with them all closing within a short window of each other. This works because the credit bureau tradeline will not appear for 30 days, so the other banks cannot see that money is already being borrowed against the property.
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Get the Shotgun Scam mug.Robux Scam is an Roblox scam witch scammers ask target's password for "free robux", in witch will change your password and waste your robux (if you have).
This scam is most used in Trade Hangouts.
This scam is most used in Trade Hangouts.
Scammer : Hi Jack, do you want some free robux?
Jack (target) : Sure, here is the password : insertrandompasswordhere.
Matt (target's friend) : Wait! This is a Robux Scam! Now you will have your account hacked!
Jack (target) : Sure, here is the password : insertrandompasswordhere.
Matt (target's friend) : Wait! This is a Robux Scam! Now you will have your account hacked!
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Get the Robux Scam mug.Somebody sends you unordered stuff, because it lets them give themselves a great review in your name
In a brushing scam, third-party sellers on retail sites like Amazon create fake accounts, but use real addresses.
by Cassander August 27, 2020
Get the Brushing scam mug.A tlTemu scam is typically a slideshow on tiktok telling you "how to get rich" or an inspirational slideshow, and then the next slide shows a Temu code which they ask you to enter their code so that they can get more rewards. This is used a lot, and is called a pyramid scheme, where an app tells you that you can earn more rewards, but you must invite someone, which makes their app more popular so that Temu gains revenue off of it.
Anyway, you shouldn't really be using Temu, as it is not a trustworthy app.
Anyway, you shouldn't really be using Temu, as it is not a trustworthy app.
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Get the Temu Scam mug.Scam that originates in Nigeria, usually sent out via mass emails. The scammer pretends to be a millionaire CEO and tells a fake story about having assets seized unfairly by the government, and needing somebody to help stash millions of dollars in a secret account. A 20% cut is promised as a reward, but only if you give the scammer an up-front fee, or your bank account number. Something gullible people fall for.
"Dude! I just got conned by a 419 scam! This Nigerian oil executive promised me a cut of his investment, but I gave him my bank account number and now all my money is gone!!
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