scam
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Some scam sites target job hunters, promising meetings with World Cup employees whose names and photos were lifted from LinkedIn.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
AFP reviewed dozens of now-inactive Facebook ads, in multiple languages, directing users to scam ticket pages such as "fifa.house."
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Courtney M. Werning, a partner and attorney in Meyer Wilson Werning’s Columbus, Ohio, office, has a 93-year-old client who recently lost $1.5 million to a government-impersonation scam.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
I was actually quite surprised when the people at the other end said they hadn’t contacted me and the whole thing was a scam.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
He’d also been convicted of fraud for a scam in which he got an obituary of himself published, then sued the newspaper for libel and damages up to $100 million.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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