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scam

[skam] / skæm /


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Scam artists are on the march, and everyone needs to be on their guard.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Scam artists do not want to give you time to think.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

He fired off a social media post on Monday calling the OpenAI chief "Scam Altman".

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Scam operations at the compound continued until the arrest of its alleged owner, Ly Kuong, was announced on Jan. 15.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

A Stock-Market Scam Stock-market advisers are everywhere, and you can probably find one to say almost anything you might want to hear.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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