A scam, or a confidence trick (shortened to con), is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit...

up scam or scammer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A scam is an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence. Scam or Scams may...

A pig-butchering scam is a form of online relationship and investment fraud in which perpetrators cultivate fake romantic or social relationships with...

Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story is an Indian Hindi-language biographical financial thriller streaming television series on SonyLIV directed by Hansal...

An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is a common scam. The scam works by promising the victim a large sum of money in return for a small upfront...

market scam was a market manipulation carried out by Harshad Mehta with other bankers and politicians on the Bombay Stock Exchange. The scam caused significant...

A scam center, fraud factory, fraud park, scam factory, scam compound, scam hub, scam park, fraud center, fraud compound, or fraud hub is a collection...

The Royal Scam is the fifth studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released in May 1976 by ABC Records; reissues have been released by MCA Records...

and convicted fraudster. Mehta's involvement in the 1992 Indian securities scam (about ₹30,000 crore (equivalent to ₹2.3 trillion or US$24 billion in 2023))...

Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list...

Scam 2003: The Telgi Story is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language biographical financial thriller streaming television series on SonyLIV directed by Tushar Hiranandani...

The parcel mule scam, also known as the reshipping scam, involves scammers and unsuspecting victims handling goods to other countries. In some ways it...

The gem scam is a confidence trick performed usually against tourists. The most known version occurs in Bangkok, Thailand, as well as other cities in the...

A romance scam is a confidence trick involving feigning romantic intentions towards a victim, gaining the victim's affection, and then using that goodwill...

Phishing is a form of social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information or installing malware such as viruses...

The Vyapam scam was an entrance examination, admission and recruitment scam. It was functional since the 1990s and was finally unearthed in the Indian...

A technical support scam, or tech support scam, is a type of scam in which a scammer claims to offer a legitimate technical support service for computing...

Scam rap is a subgenre of hip-hop music that emerged in Detroit during the mid to late 2010s. It is characterized by lyrics that focus on various forms...

The strip search phone call scam was a series of incidents, mostly occurring in rural areas of the United States, that extended over a period of at least...

Scam centers in Cambodia are clandestine fraud operations, controlled by international and organized criminal networks specializing in online fraud and...

The violin scam is a fraudulent public performance where someone pretends to play the violin using pre-recorded music. The scammer solicits donations using...

Stamp paper scam Best Bakery case Provident Fund Taj corridor case Uttar Pradesh food grain scam JBT teacher recruitment scam Manesar land scam Death of...

stock market scam NSE co-location scam Mining scam in India Indian coal allocation scam Saradha Chit Fund Scam Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam Concerns and controversies...

An exit scam or rug pull is a confidence trick or fraud, perpetrated under the guise of a legitimate business, that ends when the originator absconds with...

An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith. In the most basic form, an...

Scam baiting (or scambaiting) is a form of internet vigilantism primarily used towards advance-fee fraud, IRS impersonation scams, technical support scams...

Scam Interceptors is a British factual television programme about Internet fraud. Inspired by a 2020 episode of Panorama featuring ethical hacker Jim Browning...

money by printing counterfeit stamp paper in India, with the size of the scam estimated to be around ₹200 billion (US$2.1 billion). Abdul Karim's mother...

The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam, was a political scandal involving the alleged misuse...

Twitter accounts were compromised by outside parties to promote a bitcoin scam. Hackers used social engineering against Twitter employees to gain access...

Enforcement Directorate launched a multi-agency probe to investigate the Saradha scam and similar Ponzi schemes. In May 2014, the Supreme Court of India, due to...

Digital arrest scam (also referred to as digital house arrest or virtual arrest) is a form of organized cybercrime and fraud in which perpetrators impersonate...

Girls. Mosley is best known for her podcast Scam Goddess, which focuses on historical and contemporary scams. She was also a cast member on A Black Lady...

The Fertilizer Fund scam is a Philippine political controversy involving accusations that Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante diverted ₱728 million...

to online scams. Common cybercrimes involving internet fraud including social engineering, phishing, cryptocurrency frauds, and romance scams such as pig...

SCAM is a zine produced by Erica Lyle (a.k.a. "Iggy Scam"), launched in 1991. The zine covers punk rock culture and grassroots activism in various locations...

the origin of scam letters date. The oldest reference to the origin of scam letters could be found at the Spanish Prisoner scam. This scam dates back to...

Gagan Dev Riar is an Indian actor. He is mainly known for his roles in Scam 2003, A Suitable Boy, Sonchiriya. Riar was born in New Delhi and brought up...

The black money scam, sometimes also known as the "black dollar scam" or "wash wash scam", is a scam where con artists attempt to fraudulently obtain money...

The art student scam is a confidence trick in which cheap, mass-produced paintings or prints are misrepresented as original works of art, often by young...

TA/DA scam (Travel And Dearness Allowance) is a corruption scandal during the Siddaramaiah administration in Karnataka state in India. The scam was exposed...

DiPascali and his team on the 17th floor of the Lipstick Building, where the scam was based (Madoff's brokerage was based on the 19th floor, while the main...

The DMAT scam was a ₹10,000 crore (US$1.56 billion) dental and medical college admission scam, which was fully exposed in June 2015 in Madhya Pradesh when...

bujo or egg curse scam, is a type of confidence trick, based on a claim of secret or occult information. The basic feature of the scam involves diagnosing...

An 809 scam is a form of phone fraud which exploits the tendency of telephone subscribers in Canada and the United States to presume that a number in the...

Utility scams are fraudulent acts where a perpetrator calls or arrives unannounced at a utility customer's house in an attempt to take money or sell unnecessary...

The Fodder Scam was a corruption scandal that involved the embezzlement of about ₹940 crore (equivalent to ₹48 billion or US$500 million in 2023) from...

A pyramid scheme or pyramid scam is a fraudulent business model in which participants earn money primarily by recruiting new members rather than by selling...

The Patra Chawl scam was an alleged financial fraud case in Mumbai, India, involving the redevelopment of Patra Chawl (Siddharth Nagar) in Goregaon. The...

grab scam, Haryana Forestry scam case and Haryana Raxil drug purchase scam. He has been already chargesheeted in the Manesar-Gurugram land scam, while...

School Service Commission recruitment scam is an ongoing education SSC scam in West Bengal, India since 2022. The scam is being currently investigated jointly...

Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) Scam. She was convicted of plunder for her involvement in the PDAF Scam and is facing charges for alleged involvement...

A monk scam is a fraudulent activity in which individuals pose as Buddhist monks to solicit donations from unsuspecting people, most often tourists. The...

A moving scam is a scam by a moving company in which the company provides an estimate, loads the goods, then states a much higher price to deliver the...

included the Harshad Mehta scam of 1992, the Enron scam, the Industrial Development Bank of India scam, the Ketan Parekh scam in 2001. She worked closely...

blessing scam, also called the ghost scam or jewelry scam, is a confidence trick typically perpetrated against elderly women of Chinese origin. The scam originated...

The white van speaker scam is a scam sales technique in which a con artist makes a buyer believe they are getting a good price on home entertainment products...

defaming him by accusing him of being involved in the Rose Valley ponzi firm scam. In 2020, she filed a defamation suit against Zee Media and the company also...

In a reloading scam, a victim is repeatedly approached by con artists, often until "sucked dry". This form of fraud is perpetrated on those more susceptible...

The coal allocation scam, dubbed in the media as Coalgate, was a major political scandal concerning the Indian government's allocation of the nation's...

A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering...

convicted in 2008 for involvement in the Indian stock market manipulation scam that occurred from late 1998 to 2001. During this period, Parekh artificially...

The Thai zig zag scam is a confidence trick where one is falsely accused of shoplifting, and then held by police, or those claiming to be police, until...

The tarmac scam is a confidence trick in which criminals sell fake or shoddy tarmac (asphalt) and driveway resurfacing. It is particularly common in Europe...

the JD(U) eventually returned to the NDA. Lalu was convicted in the Fodder Scam and was serving a term until 17 April 2021, when he was granted bail by the...

alleged telephone scam, sometimes classified as an internet hoax. There is no record of anyone having ever been defrauded in such a scam, according to the...

The Scam (Korean: 작전; RR: Jakjeon) is a 2009 South Korean crime thriller film and was the first South Korean film to tackle the stock market. After losing...

with the operator absconding is similar to an exit scam. The main difference is that an exit scam does not involve any sort of investment vehicle with...

functionality. AnyDesk is often used in technical support scams and other remote access scams. AnyDesk Software GmbH was founded in 2014 in Stuttgart,...

casually wrong ... or just bipartisanly ridiculous". In 2022, The College Scam: How America's Universities Are Bankrupting and Brainwashing Away the Future...

SCV Srl (formerly SCAM srl.). Partnered with Iveco from the start, SCV/SCAM builds vehicles using the Iveco Daily as a base. They produce special vehicles...

locksmith scam is a scam involving fake business listings for cheap locksmith services that, once called out, overcharge the customer. The scam targets...

Scam centers are large compounds of fraudulent and criminal activities which are often disguised as business parks or towns around the country. In Myanmar...

investigating the scam. Koda was arrested by state police's vigilance wing on 30 November 2009 in connection with the mining scam. On 31 July 2013, he...

Navy in its affidavit to committee probing Adarsh Scam. Sr journalist Ravindra Ambekar expose this scam. In 2010, it was again raised by various newspapers...

A SIM swap attack (also known as port-out scam, SIM splitting, simjacking, and SIM swapping) is a type of account takeover fraud that generally targets...

The Maharashtra Irrigation Scam was an alleged government scam which involved financial irregularities of ₹35,000 crore (US$3.6 billion) in the Indian...

target them for criminal purposes. This includes investment and romance scams (often called "pig-butchering"), ransomware payments, thefts and exchange...

scams involved several of New York's public landmarks, often using sophisticated tactics to acquire thousands of dollars, with his most notable scams...

West Bengal cow smuggling scam is an ongoing cattle theft in India scam going on since August 2022. The scam is currently being jointly investigated by...

Scam 1770 is a 2024 Indian Kannada-language thriller film written and directed by Vikas Pushpagiri. The film stars Ranjan, B. Suresha, Raghu Shivamogga...

The "Con Queen" scam is a long-running and elaborate scam perpetrated by the so-called Hollywood Con Queen, an Indonesian impostor named Hargobind Punjabi...

fraud, including employment fraud, bogus business opportunities, reshipping scams, and money mule schemes. Work-at-home schemes typically promise high earnings...

Gurugram-Manesar Industrial Model Township land grab scam case pertains to the chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against former...

relationship with the important person or agency to leverage and scam money. IRS scam: The scammer poses as an IRS official or immigration officer. The...

Bellary mining area. He was also involved in 2024 Valmiki department funds scam & was sent to Bengaluru Jail. He defeated BJP leader and former Transport...

The Kargil coffin scam refers to the case involving the purchase of US-made coffins for Indian soldiers killed during the Kargil military conflict. A Comptroller...

the Enforcement Directorate on 31 January 2024 in connection with a land scam case. He contends that the arrest was an act of political vendetta by the...

COVID-19 scams are scams whose cover story primarily relies on the existence of the COVID-19 pandemic. They have been reported in multiple countries,...

Scam (released theatrically in the Philippines as Restless Heart) is a 1993 television film adaptation of crime drama novel by Craig Smith titled Ladystinger...

The Maria Duval scam is one of the most successful mail scams in history, having defrauded millions of people out of at least $200 million over twenty...

foreign nationals are trafficked into the country and forced to commit online scams. In August 2024 CNN published its year-long investigation concluding that...

Award for Best Film for Faraaz (2023). He directed the television series Scam 1992 (2020), for which he won the Filmfare OTT Award for best director and...

Email fraud (or email scam) is intentional deception for either personal gain or to damage another individual using email as the vehicle. Almost as soon...

Scam City is a television show which started airing on Travel + Escape in June 2012, and has subsequently aired on the National Geographic Channel, and...

case was argued. Corruption in India 1992 Indian stock market scam NSE co-location scam Corruption Perceptions Index List of scandals in India Jan Lokpal...

portrayal of journalist Sucheta Dalal in Sony LIV's biographical drama series Scam 1992 (2020). Shreya Dhanwanthary was born on 29 August 1988 in Hyderabad...

software engineer and YouTuber from Northern Ireland whose content focuses on scam baiting and investigating call centres engaging in fraudulent activities...

Scam Goddess is a true crime documentary series based on the podcast of the same name. The series premiered on January 15, 2025, on Freeform. On July 2...

Tatra Truck scam is a scam that came to light in 2012 involving the sale of some 7,000 trucks to the Indian army over a period of more than two decades...

tour in a two-person show that Cameron wrote, called The Nigerian Spam Scam Scam. Cameron was born in Morrison, Illinois, the son of Kay Elizabeth (Kytle)...

on Mauerberger's ties to a $1.5 billion money laundering network tied to scam centers in Southeast Asia. Wright had published photographs of Mauerberger...

Reporting Authority (NFRA) 1992 Indian stock market scam NSE co-location scam IVRCL loan fraud "Satyam scam: All you need to know about India's biggest accounting...

services, and have been described as scams. This list includes examples of both respectable publications and notable scams: Who's Who, the oldest listing of...

March 1974) is an Irish author and broadcaster best known as the host of Scam City and Around the World in 80 Trades. Woodman was born in Galway, Ireland...

out for revenge after his kind-hearted landlady falls victim to a phishing scam. The Beekeeper was released in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios and...

Scam is the fifth studio album by the Australian band the Screaming Jets. It was their first record to be released under Grudge Records, after leaving...

An SSA impersonation scam, or SSA scam, is a class of telecommunications scam targeting citizens of the United States by impersonating Social Security...

The green goods scam, also known as the "green goods game", was a fraud scheme popular in the 19th-century United States in which people were duped into...

foreign scam callers using UK numbers". The Times. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023. "Fraud Strategy: stopping scams and protecting...

about scam baiting against phone scams and Internet scams. He works against a variety of scams over the phone, such as technical support scams, refund...

The TRP manipulation scam of 2020 in India involved the alleged inflation by some television channels of their viewership ratings. The investigation was...

(UK) – "Share scams" The Motley Fool consumer website – Boiler Room FAQ The Guardian – "Lifting the lid on 'boiler room' scams" BBC – "Boiler room scams"...

producer based out of Chicago, Illinois. Best known for the popularization of scam rap, a sub-genre of hip hop, he has produced various songs and videos relating...

The Jalgaon housing scam, sometimes called the Jalgaon Gharkul scam (Marathi: जळगाव घरकुल घोटाळा), was the illicit diverting of approximately ₹110 crore...

The Bhutanese refugees scam was a fraud scheme that duped over 800 Nepalis out of millions of rupees by giving them fictitious documents in the name of...

"Scam Likely" is a song by American rapper Jaydes, released as the third track of his debut extended play (EP) !? on December 31, 2021. Written by Jaydes...

Uttar Pradesh food grain scam took place between years 2002 and 2010, in Uttar Pradesh state in India, wherein food grain worth ₹350 billion (US$3.6 billion)...

victims and demands for government intervention. The Gorkha Media Cooperative Scam is a major Nepal economic scandal involving the suspected diversion of some...

Melinda Murray Absent: Daniella Monet as Trina Vega 11 11 "The Great Ping-Pong Scam" Steve Hoefer Matt Fleckenstein October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) 115 N/A Tori...

Sanchayita Chit Fund Scam was a major financial scam caused by the collapse of a Ponzi scheme. The scam was unearthed in 1980 and it affected over 1.31...

12 July 2023. "Valmiki corporation scam: ED detains Karnataka ex-minister B. Nagendra in connection with alleged scam". The Hindu. 12 July 2024. ISSN 0971-751X...

widespread recognition for portraying Harshad Mehta in the Sony LIV series Scam 1992 (2020). Gandhi has also starred as Raju in the National award-winning...

Scams in intellectual property include scams in which inventors and other rights holders are lured to pay money for an apparently official registration...

Celebrity impersonation scams via social media are forms of fraud that occur when an individual or group fraudulently represents themselves as well-known...

October 2020, following an announcement by Mumbai Police related to busting a scam to manipulate TRP ratings and in turn advertising revenue, an investigation...

The film is based on the true events of a large-scale technical support scam and features an ensemble cast that includes Vishnu Manchu, Kajal Aggarwal...

Communications Minister during a major telecom scam. In 2011 he was sentenced to 5 years in jail for corruption in this scam. India portal Politics portal List of...

Clothing scam companies are companies or gangs that purport to be collecting used good clothes for charities or to be working for charitable causes, when...

After being ruined financially, she began running a similar real estate scam herself, eventually making a fortune through deception. Jacky and Janaki...

An IRS impersonation scam is a class of telecommunications fraud and scam which targets American taxpayers by masquerading as Internal Revenue Service...

Thai tailor scam, also known as the Bangkok tailor scam is one of the most common confidence tricks performed in tourist hotspots in Thailand, such as...

KK Park (Chinese: KK園區) is a scam centre located in Myawaddy Township, Myanmar. Located next to the Moei River on the Myanmar–Thailand border, the complex...

implicated in the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam, otherwise known as the pork barrel scam. JLN Corporation - company of Janet Lim-Napoles. Agri...

for the series Scam Nation (previously Scam School), a show where he teaches the audience entertaining tricks at bars so they can "scam" a free drink....

Lalita Niwas land grab scam or Lalita Niwas land scam (Nepali: ललिता निवास प्रकरण) is a scam where the land ownership of government owned Lalita Niwas...

A lottery scam is a type of advance-fee fraud that begins with an unexpected message (sometimes including a fake check) stating that the victim has won...

The Speak Asia scam (also known as the Speak Asia Ponzi scheme) was a Ponzi-cum-pyramid scheme perpetrated between 2010 and 2011 by Singapore-based Speak...

psychic scam. Claiming to have psychic powers, she gained some fame before her name became associated with a vast and sophisticated mail scam. Gamba was...

its price, surging by thousands of percentage points. The mechanics of the scam involved enticing investors with the promise of earning rewards by purchasing...

The Punjab National Bank scam refers to the fraudulent letter of undertaking (LoU) scam worth ₹14,357 crore (approximately US$2 billion in 2018). The LoUs...

A bride scam is a form of romance scam, a confidence trick that aims to defraud potential grooms with the offer of a foreign bride. The basis of the confidence...

sentence was finally reduced to one year and a half. Anubhav Teak Plantations scam (India): From 1992 to 1998, a number of teak plantation Ponzi schemes were...

809 scam involves calling cellular telephones then hanging up, in hopes of the curious (or annoyed) victim calling them back. This is the Wangiri scam, with...

variants of the fraud include the advance-fee scam, in particular the Nigerian money transfer (or 419) scam. In its original form, the confidence trickster...

personal communication devices has made penny stock scams easier to perpetrate. Though not a scam per se, one notable example is rapper 50 Cent's use...

The 2025 TASMAC scam is an alleged financial scandal involving Tamil Nadu’s state-run liquor company, TASMAC (Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation)....

The National Anti-Scam Centre (NASC) is a consumer protection subagency of the Government of Australia, located within the Australian Competition & Consumer...

investigation into the 2022 West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment scam. In the 2024 Indian general election, she contested and won from Jadavpur...

year 419 C.E. 419 (number) Advance-fee scam, also known as the "419 scam", a form of fraud and a common scam Area code 419 for the northwestern part...

leak scandal in India, first reported by the media in 2018. The alleged scam was popularized when several students reported a large scale paper leak,...

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on corruption charges in a major liquor scam. There are counter-allegations against the Central Government and the ruling...

compounds (often referred to as cyber fraud factories, scam centres, cyber slavery rings, or scam parks), primarily located in Southeast Asia. Prior to...

The 2013 Kerala solar panel scam occurred in 2013, when a solar energy company, Team Solar, in Kerala, India, used two women to create political contacts...

DIAL Scam, also called Delhi Airport Land Scam, Airport Scam and the IGI Scam is a title popularly used in the media to refer to the irregularities pointed...

Bihar topper scam. In June 2016 a Patna court issued arrest warrant against her and her husband in connection with the scam. "Bihar toppers scam: Former JDU...

for the Vyapam scam, a massive admission and recruitment scam involving politicians, senior officials and businessmen. After the scam was unearthed, 2...

implementation, there were a batch of complaints alleging a “multi-crore scam” in the policy, one of which was filed with the Delhi Police in June 2022...

the Anti-Scam Division in 2021. In March 2022, the Anti-Scam Command (ASCom) was formed to include the Anti-Scam Centre and three Anti-Scam Investigation...

A similar scam emerged due to the prevalence of wireless phones which display callback numbers automatically, known as the "one ring scam". The perpetrator...

be delivered soon. There are suggestions that the Freedom 251 sale is a scam. It is alleged that the phone looks like a Chinese phone with the original...

Maslog is a Filipina businesswoman who was implicated in the 1998 textbook scam along with some Department of Education, Culture, and Sports (DECS) employees...

exploits avaricious folks and businessmen through various schemes. His scams include selling ignorant people ordinary snakes, claiming that they are...

you need to know about JBT scam". Firstpost. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2022. TNN (16 January 2013). "Recruitment scam: Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash...

[citation needed] Since 2012, some US citizens have been targets of a "jury scam", wherein they are called by persons posing as officers from a court, claiming...

Scam call centers operate in Ukraine, including major cities such as Kyiv and Dnipro. The activities of these call centers may be punished under Article...

railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal. The minister allegedly involved in the scam was made to resign from his post on 10 May 2013, after a long meeting held...

acting coach. He is best known for his role as Ashwin Mehta in the web series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story. Hemant Kher was born in Kosamba, Gujarat,...

administrative body. After he was found guilty by district court in Jalgaon housing scam, due to political pressure he resigned from the post of state's Urban transport...

accusing it of covering up the NEET scam. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera likened the NEET scam to Vyapam scam, claiming that the Modi government wants...

Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam is a 2024 three episode documentary film series which explores the career of music mogul Lou Pearlman, who launched the boy...

seized DeepDotWeb for discussion around market law enforcement activity and scams. It came to prominence in 2018 after Reddit banned several darknet market...

housing scam. He was a minister in the Maharashtra government and was a main conspirator in the Jalgaon Gharkul Ghotala (transl. Jalgaon housing scam). The...

Monopoly promotion scam that occurred between 1989 and 2001. Directed by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte, the series details how the scam was perpetrated...

Austria-Hungary, who undertook a criminal career that involved conducting scams across Europe and the United States during the early 20th century. Lustig...

Impilo: The Scam is a South African television drama series produced by A Tribe Called Story for Mzansi Magic. The series premiered in 2019 and focuses...

role in the Vyapam scam investigation. Pandey worked as an IT consultant with the Special Task Force (STF) investigating the Vyapam scam. In 2014, he was...

watch. A boy named Scam (Darius McCrary), an 11-year-old street hustler, befriends him and aids Obie in retrieving his watch. Scam takes Obie to a bar...

of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 Vyapam scam 2024 NEET controversy West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment scam Staff Selection Commission exam controversies...

online scams. These victims are usually moved to locations in Southeast Asia, such as Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, where they are forced to work in scam centers...

A rent-sangla scam, also known as rent-tangay scam, is a confidence trick that began to be performed in the Philippines in early 2017. According to local...

then suffered a severe price drop, leading to allegations of a rug pull scam and $251 million in losses for investors. This scandal has been dubbed Cryptogate...

These include a scam version of flow, the search engine, and even copies of the drug marketplaces indexed. Several competing scams have replicated the...

into a period of uncertainty unsurpassed since the days of the securities scam were: Reliance issued fake shares. It switched shares sent for transfer by...

and manufactured the DC Avanti. In 2020, he was arrested for running a car scam. Dilip Chhabria graduated with a bachelor's degree in commerce. He then studied...

services offered may be illegal, allowing the establishment to maintain the scam with little fear of punishment from law enforcement, since its victims cannot...

film stars Florence Pugh and Ben Lloyd-Hughes as a brother–sister team of scam artists who fake paranormal encounters. During an assignment at a country...

The Aavin milk scam involved continuous diversion of supply vans from various districts midway on the route to Chennai and diluting with water. Aavin is...

serving as the counsel of Benhur Luy, a whistleblower in the 2013 pork barrel scam, and counsel to politician Mike Defensor and 18 individuals who gained controversy...

malicious software that includes rogue security software, ransomware and other scam software that tricks users into believing their computer is infected with...

The 2016 Bihar school examination scandal or topper scam was a corruption scandal in the Indian state of Bihar which came to public light on 31 May 2016...

Web". He is called the originator of this subgenre, which he refers to as "scam rap." On June 13, 2019, he released his debut album Under Pressure. On August...

the fictional city of Benkha is about two grieving mothers, who revive a scam ringleader to avenge their daughters, one who is deceased, and the other...

The Valmiki Corporation scam was a major Indian financial fraud scam involving the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation...

Gurugram-Manesar IMT land scam, Robert Vadra DLF land grab scam, Gurugram Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam, Sonepat-Kharkhoda IMT land scam case, Garhi Sampla...

received from NYS scam by receiving ksh 15 million($120,000) into his law firm's bank account as part of the money received from the scam then paid out to...

known primarily for his channel on which he investigates and discusses scams, usually surrounding cryptocurrency, internet fraud, decentralized finance...

fraud/scams as well as public list of warnings recorded by the FCA. Official FCA Investment Firm Warning List Online guide on how to avoid scams FCA Guide...

and is told by officer Zhao Dongran that Tianzhi is likely the victim of a scam. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup final, Tianzhi sits at a bar and bets a large...

Chautala is in jail: All you need to know about JBT scam". TNN (16 January 2013). "Recruitment scam: Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala convicted, arrested"...

Scam Culture". The Hollywood Reporter India. Retrieved 2026-06-25. Srivastava, Abhishek (2026-06-05). "The Pyramid Scheme Review: A fascinating scam story...

Kumar is a skilled con man. He dreams of doing ingenious scams and executes them perfectly. His scams include selling ignorant people ordinary snakes, claiming...

to transfer the proceeds from online fraud, such as phishing scams, malware scams or scams that operate around auction sites like eBay. After money or...

Xīng) was kidnapped by a Myanmar-based fraud group and forced to work in a scam center. Wang travelled to Bangkok from Shanghai after being offered a fake...

his father suddenly died. He discovered that his father was involved in a scam, which caused shame and problems in his family and his work. Now, he has...

Domain name scams include a range of fraudulent schemes where scammers trick domain registrants into buying, selling, listing, or transferring a domain...

The Lokpal Bill, 2011 Jan Lokpal Bill 1992 Indian stock market scam NSE co-location scam "Delhi loses patience with Commonwealth Games". Live Mint. 3 September...

08 September 2003) is a hacker and Internet activist, known for exposing scams in Madhya Pradesh. At the age of 13 he had hacked the Madhya Pradesh and...

barrel scam. According to the National Bureau of Investigation, Raymond Estrella allegedly received ₱22,675,000 in kickback from pork barrel scam mastermind...

multi-crore Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam (Vyapam scam). He was charged with rigging the forest guard recruitment examination...

elected from Jharkhand to the Rajya Sabha. He had some involvement in coal scam. He was previously an NRI based in Hong Kong who promoted a factory manufacturing...

Ed, Edd n Eddy: Scam of the Century is a 2007 action platformer video game developed by Japanese developer Art Co., Ltd and published by D3 Publisher for...

leak involving state officials. Perhaps the most infamous is the Vyapam Scam in Madhya Pradesh, a long-running scandal uncovered around 2013 involving...

farce career. While employing his fake injury scam, he also made use of his aforementioned toy mobile phone scam by pretending to speak English to buy himself...

new fleet of helicopters. The scandal has been referred to as the Chopper scam or Choppergate by the media and popular press. Several Indian Congress politicians...

Bhaijan (2015), Bombay Velvet (2015), Dangal (2016), Dil Bechara (2020), Scam 1992 (2020), Laal Singh Chaddha (2022), Commando (2023), Jawan (2023), Dunki...

land evictions, cyber scams and human trafficking. In 2016, 70 Chinese nationals were arrested for running an online extortion scam at Crown Casino, which...

affected by telemarketing scams alone. Reports from adults 60 and older losing $10,000 or more to business and government imposter scams increased more than...

BBC Three. The show demonstrated confidence and magic tricks, distraction scams and proposition bets performed on members of the public by hosts Alexis...

accompanied his nephew Tejasvi Surya when he claimed to have unearthed a scam in BBMP's hospital bed allocation system for COVID-19 patients. He was criticised...

Video Cam Scam is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller streaming television series directed by Vaibhav Khisti for Epic On. It stars Rajneesh Duggal...

subsequent to Khattri's comments, some users on Twitter nicknamed Pepper "Scam Pepper", though Pepper was known to swiftly block anyone who used the nickname...

slideshows and video effects that show interactions with authors of scam emails (known as scam baiting). In 2020, several women accused Veitch of sexual assault...

while authorities are investigating the details of the alleged marriage scam. An LAPD spokesperson commented that Kobayashi was not a suspect in any criminal...

appeared before ED for the third time in November 2023 in Bengal school jobs scam, inked to alleged improprieties in recruitment of teacher in state-aided...

The Scam Artist was a 2004 independent film that was meant to catapult the acting career of Kimberly Page. The movie stars Kimberly Page, her then husband...

Sandiganbayan for their alleged involvement in the Malampaya fund scam. Andaya's alleged role in the scam was his signing of the Special Allotment Release Order...

against Dayanidhi in connection with an estimated Rs.16,000 crore mining scam. His bank accounts have been frozen, a look out notice has been issued against...

upon it at the same time as the mark, hence the term "drop". Typically the scam involves two or three scammers (con artists) performing together to defraud...

the United States and United Kingdom for their alleged role in operating scam centers and online fraud. The group was founded by Chen Zhi in 2015. The...

Roshni Act controversy, also referred to as Roshni Act scam or Roshni land scam, is an alleged scam in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, involving...

financial scandal in India. The company was subsequently revealed to have been a scam based on fraud, as teak, being an agriculture-based commodity, could not...

Investigation court in Ranchi convicted him, along with 44 others, in the Fodder Scam. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment and a fine of 200,000 rupees...

Tunnel (Spanish: Túnel de Usera, also Spanish: Túnel de la muerte) was a scam operated by Republican security units during the Spanish Civil War. It took...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 115–97 (text) (PDF)), is a United States federal law that amended the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and also known...

Finds Herself In Middle Of Financial Scams". The Pamphlet. Retrieved 29 January 2025. Role of Sucheta Dalal in NSEL Scam 'NSEL Investors Letter to Mumbai...

counterfeiting services. Many such sites are scams themselves. Phishing via cloned websites and other scam sites are numerous, with darknet markets often...

Margolin. The film stars June Squibb as a woman who falls victim to a phone scam, and sets out to find the perpetrators with the help of her grandson (Fred...

Totally Spies! is a French animated spy fiction television series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel mainly produced by French company...

Fund scam case". Inquirer. Retrieved 2020-02-25. Roxas, Joseph Tristan (March 7, 2019). "Andaya loses bid to dismiss P900-M Malampaya fund scam case"...

"Kadaknath poultry scam: Farmers who took loan to invest worst hit". The New Indian Express. 15 September 2019. "Kadaknath poultry scam: One more case registered...

partners, which had no realistic chances of success. The new law was called "scam law" by its detractors, including some dissidents of minor government parties...

structured water, cluster water, H3O2 or H3O2 is a term used in a marketing scam that claims the ability to create a certain configuration of water that is...

breach. Customers who believed they may have been the victim of brushing scams were advised to immediately notify the retailer in question, as well as...

detaining 104 people, mostly Chinese nationals, for alleged online scams. Scam centers in Cambodia Under Chinese nationality law, China does not recognize...

by an episode of Wowowee "Roxas seeks probe on 'Hello, Pappy' game show 'scam'". GMA News. GMA News and Current Affairs. August 30, 2007. Retrieved November...

Anand Rai is best known as whistleblower for exposing the Vyapam scam. The Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (MPPEB), also known by its Hindi...

Jaya, 10 others in colour TV scam". Rediff. 14 May 1998. Retrieved 3 November 2015. "Jayalalitha acquitted in colour TV scam". Press Trust of India. Chennai:...

and Muslim League leader VK Ebrahim Kunju MLA in the Palarivattom flyover scam. February 29, 2020: The vigilance and anti-corruption bureau interrogated...

Krishna-Godavari gas basin contract, Commonwealth Games scam, Indian coal allocation scam and the controversial purchase of aircraft. He figured as...

to real estate scams in which a seller misrepresents unusable swampland as developable property. These types of unseen property scams became widely known...

The Scorpène deal scam was an alleged Indian bribery scandal, in which USD 1750 million (Rupees 1,100 crores) were alleged to have been paid to the Government...

products 2016 - Over 800,000 products A namesake app, which was an online scam platform that claims to reward its users daily. Which lured its users into...

been exploiting sick children since ancient times. The success of such scams relies on a particular compassion in people towards children. When a child...

Mining scams in India (colloquially known as the Indian mining scam) refer to a series of alleged widespread scams in various ore-rich states of India...

certification. Some commentators indicate that the Freedom 251 sale is a scam. The phone looks like a Chinese phone where the original brand label was...

Connection with Alleged Scam at Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. "Valmiki Scam: Ex-Congress Minister...

high-yield investment program (HYIP) is a type of Ponzi scheme, an investment scam that promises unsustainably high return on investment by paying previous...

its scambaiting and internet vigilantism content with a focus on exposing scams and fraudulent activities. Bingham and Kulik launched Trilogy Media in 2016...

launched an investigation into the Television Rating Points (TRP) manipulation scam. With an inflated TRP, ARG Outlier Media (the company which owns Republic...

False titles of nobility or royal title scams are claimed titles of social rank that have been fabricated or assumed by an individual or family without...

initiating CBI enquiry in Abdul Karim Telgi fake stamp scam case involving fifty thousand crores scam in 2003 also paid results and besides the supreme court...

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for her involvement in the co-location scam. In 1985, she started as a chartered accountant, at the project finance division...

about their business practices to outright declarations that they were scams. After Hotjobs and Monster.com pulled over a thousand of the company's job...

but ended up with the band's keyboardist Toby Smith. The following track, "Scam", is said to feature orchestral arrangements "with which Rich Tufo and Johnny...

by multiple high-profile investigations by central agencies into alleged scams, which became central themes in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly...

"Facebook status: In a scam relationship". Salon. Retrieved August 11, 2011.[permanent dead link] "Beware! Online Love Scam". Valley News Live. July...

2012. Retrieved 10 November 2013. "Raja faces heat as CBI raids DoT on 2G scam". India Today. 23 October 2009. Archived from the original on 27 October...

CTRL. He also returned to acting, appearing as the antagonist in the series Scam 1992 (2020). Nikhil Dwivedi was born on 25 November 1978 in Kanpur, Uttar...

conduct searches and aggregate information. ScamShield, a mobile application which identifies and blocks scam SMSes and calls. Li is a member of the Lee...

CEO of Sansad TV. He is noted for his role in bringing to light the Fodder scam, in which Rs. 940 crores were embezzled in Bihar over many years, and successive...

A vehicle matching scam works by people approaching owners who have put their cars up for sale in car sales publications and promising falsely to match...

Retrieved January 1, 2025. Black, Kat (December 31, 2024). "'Biggest Influencer Scam of All Time'?: PayPal Accused of Poaching Commissions Via Its 'Honey' Browser...

American Twitch streamer and YouTuber whose content primarily focuses on scam baiting against phone fraud. His channel has over one million followers on...

2018. "Rahul calls Rafale deal a 'scam'". Outlook. Asian News International. "Rahul terms Rafale jet deal a 'scam', Cong demands govt to reveal price...

The miracle cars scam was an advance-fee scam run from 1997 to 2002 by Californians James R. Nichols and Robert Gomez. In its run of just over four years...

Corruption in India National Herald scam Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust land grab cases Robert Vadra land grab cases List of scams in India Hooda misused post...

housing scam". DNA India. Retrieved 3 March 2021. Shiv Sena MLA arrested in Jalgaon Gharkul scam-NewsX, retrieved 3 March 2021 "Jalgaon housing scam: State...

Murphy, was dismissed after blowing the whistle on a $7 million insider trade scam. Murphy uncovered a scheme carried out by Lukas Kamay and Chris Hill, who...

Thakkar is an Indian composer from Mumbai. Achint composed music for the show Scam 1992 – The Harshad Mehta Story (2020). For his work in the 2024 films Jigra...

from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi liquor scam, becoming the first sitting chief minister in Indian history to be arrested...

Coin-rolling related scams are a collection of scams involving coin wrappers (rolls of coins). The scammer will roll coins of lesser value or slugs of...

remove them and confirm that the property was actively occupied. Locksmith scam Hobo signs Warchalking "FEMA Marking Mailboxes with Colored Stickers". Snopes...

Haryana Forestry scam case is a multi-crore fake plantation scam allegedly involving Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Kiran Chaudhary and others where government...

Katha, Krrish, Satya, Mohalla Assi,[citation needed] and web series like Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story. He worked with directors including Prem Tiwari...

The Belekeri port scam relates to 3.5 million tons of confiscated iron ore that was exported illegally from Belekeri port near Karwar in Karnataka, India...

Borbon started scamming in 2016, attempting to scam JV Ejercito. Three years later, he attempted to scam Bong Go. He acted as Representative Arnulfo Fuentebella...

"Big Baby Scam" is the ninth episode of the second season of The Ren & Stimpy Show. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on December...

Lenny is a chatbot designed to scam bait telemarketers, scammers, and other unwanted incoming calls using messages. Telemarketers may be perceived by some...

a fictional cannabis industry entity established as part of a three-year scam. The perpetrator, Mark Roy Anderson – a repeat con artist and disbarred attorney...

Agent Lipari and gives him information on Soprano's stolen airline tickets scam, leading to Tony's brief arrest. Tony accepts his suspicions about Sal after...

accusations of misconduct by many of these people and served a precursor to the 2G scam and a stronger checks for the media. Niira Radia used to run a public relations...

Ghatak, Priyesh Kaushik, Kartik R. Iyer, and Rohit Phale. Based on M.P Vyapam scam. The web series is available in multiple languages - Hindi, Tamil, Telugu...

linked to a form of telephone fraud known as the "one ring scam". The person perpetuating the scam calls the victim via a robodialer or similar means, sometimes...

NSEL scam". The Economic Times. "NSEL scam: SFIO wants SEBI to put broker-firms through 'fit and proper' test". @businessline. January 2019. "NSEL Scam: SEBI...

RBI Governor during 1992 Indian stock market scam also sometimes referred to as the Harshad Mehta scam, after the principal accused. The incident was...

investigative reports have highlighted ongoing issues with fraudulent and scam advertisements on Facebook platforms, revealing that the company earned significant...

registered against 3 Congress MLAs in Kerala solar scam". thenewsminute.com. 15 March 2019. "Kerala solar scam: 3 Congress MLAs booked for rape". theweekendleader...

Punjabi: ڈبل شاہ; 3 March 1964[citation needed] – 30 October 2015), was a scam artist in Pakistan, who gained notoriety by starting and managing a Ponzi...

The Nagarwala case or Nagarwala scandal refers to an Indian fraud case where Rustom Sohrab Nagarwala allegedly imitated Prime Minister of India Indira...

criminal penalties. Pump-and-dump scams differ from many other forms of spam (such as advance fee fraud emails and lottery scam messages) in that it does not...

Scale of the scandal This dwarfs by orders of magnitude any financial scam in the history of markets. — Andrew Lo, MIT Professor of Finance The Libor scandal...

actions concerning media coverage of alleged criminal activity and online scam networks, which he has denied. Australian media have also linked him to a...

protections. In 2025, the product was further expanded with the addition of Scam Guard, an AI-based mobile tool designed to identify potentially fraudulent...

acquisition in the same way as it was done in Gurugram-Manesar IMT land scam Manesar during Hooda's administration. On 2 March 2015, builder Uddar Gagan...

called the Rose Valley chit fund scam, is a financial fraud case and political scandal in Northeastern India. The scam came to light in April 2013 after...

profits that they had been promised. Although there were many prime bank scams in 1990s, Omega is set apart by the enduring faith of victims that they...

Hornigold’s biological mother, making her betrayal profoundly personal. The scam cost Hornigold £300,000, strained his relationship with Kaniuk (resulting...

family used insider information to orchestrate a massive ₹45-crore land scam in Ujjain. The political row erupted in late June 2026 following an investigative...

controversial organizations, businesses, internet personalities, and alleged scams. Benjamin Paul Schneider is from Fairfield, Ohio. During his teenage years...

Scam 2019 is an Indian Assamese webseries streaming on Red Cinemas OTT App. The series stars Jatin Bora in the lead role, is directed by RK and produced...

Uttar Pradesh NRHM Scam is an alleged corruption scandal in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, in which top politicians and bureaucrats are alleged to...

The Welsh Thrasher faith scam was a scam that targeted people of faith, operating as a Ponzi scheme. It offered the "marks" or targets a combination of...

being accused of corruption. The documentary chronicles major financial scams in India and was released in part, following a lawsuit initiated by Subrata...

including the LIC Housing Finance CEO Ramchandran Nair, in connection with the scam. CBI alleged that the officers of various public sector banks and financial...

about the scam, but Indulekha does not listen to him as she has not forgiven his rejection. Vetrivel learns that Jerry has learnt about his scam and soon...

2026. "Bikaner land scam: ED attaches assets of Robert Vadra". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 May 2026. "Explained: WBikaner Land Scam Case". Times of India...

The Palmolein Import Scam (Palmolein Case, Palmolein Corruption Case, 1991–92) refers to the alleged irregularities in the import of palm olein by the...

been commonly cited as a textbook example of the cryptocurrency influencer scam and serves as a warning for other influencers to refrain from participating...

a list of people who have previously fallen for a scam such as a telemarketing fraud, lottery scam, high-yield investment program, get-rich-quick scheme...

Haryana Raxil drug purchase scam case is a case under investigation by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)...

of crash scams". BBC. Retrieved December 2, 2007. The One Show Team - September 15, 2008 3:50 PM (September 15, 2008). "Crash for cash - a scam for the...

over 80 times and convicted in more than a dozen trials over a series of scams committed in the states of California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts,...

Ludhiana City Centre was center of accusations of a multi-crore land and fund scam surfaced in 2006. The opposition MLAs accused then Chief Minister Captain...

formed in April 2001. It was assigned to probe the Ketan Parekh share market scam. Then parliamentary affairs minister Pramod Mahajan piloted a motion in the...

shorter-lived markets as well as semi-regular law enforcement takedowns, hacks, scams and voluntary closures. Atlantis, the first site to accept Litecoin as well...

The NSE co-location scam relates to the market manipulation at the National Stock Exchange of India, India's leading stock exchange. Allegedly select players...

the Borders. YouTuber Scott Shafer's video alleging that the company was a scam caused significant controversy and many YouTubers to drop sponsorships from...

PayPaI (paypai in lower-case letters) is a phishing scam, which targets account holders of the widely used internet payment service, PayPal, taking advantage...

as hero". NDTV India (in Hindi). 9 May 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2025. "'Scam 2003' actor Mukesh Tiwari says friends used to help him understand English...

politician, and promoter. He became well-known as a con man who ran a confidence scam by claiming rightful ownership of the estate of Francis Drake. Oscar Merril...

Nebula is self-proclaimed spiritual guidance platform that most likely uses scam tactics. The service has been developed by OBRIO, a Ukraine-based IT company...

Charity fraud, also known as a donation scam, is the act of using deception to obtain money from people who believe they are donating to a charity. Often...

American Greed (also known as American Greed: Scams, Scoundrels and Scandals and as American Greed: Scams, Schemes and Broken Dreams) is an American documentary...

son and a daughter. Dhillon is a key figure in the large-scale irrigation scam involving alleged quid-pro-quo tenders worth ₹1,000–1,200 crore. He faces...

Tokyo. He also starred in the movie The Scam as an individual investor (small-time investor) Hyun-soo Kang. The Scam was released on February 12, 2009. He...

He was arrested by C.B.I for alleged links to the Rose Valley chit fund scam in December 2016, and was given bail after 13 months. Tapas Paul graduated...

Barapukuria coal scam is a sensational corruption scandal of Bangladesh concerning the misappropriation of around 1.42 hundred thousand tons of coal, worth...

corruption, particularly in 2G spectrum case, Commonwealth Games scam, Coal mine allocation scam and others. In November 2009, the as CAG, he requested the...

The Hawala scandal, also called the Jain Diaries case or the hawala scam, was an Indian political and financial scandal involving payments allegedly sent...

in the Delhi liquor scam. She has been questioned and investigated by Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding her role in the scam. She was arrested by...

hit in November 2010 due to what has come to be known as the 'Radiagate' scam. Open Magazine in an exposé, covered the story of Niira Radia's nefarious...

Legislative Assembly, was expelled from the party due to involvement in Chit fund scam and anti-party activities. He is known to be one of the most corrupt members...

The Bikaner land scam involves allegations that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra. Here it has been alleged that Vadra's company,...

scam, was a financial laundering scam which happened on 27 February 2015 and caused losses of more than US$ 11 million to the nation. The bond scam is...

quit as chairman of the NSE and IL&FS in the wake of the 1992 securities scam. On 21 May 1992, less than 12 days after resigning as NHB chairperson Pherwani...

the scholarship scheme meant for tribal students, exposed a multi-crore scam spanning across Madhya Pradesh, India. The initial investigation revealed...

found offshore. In recent years, illicit economic activities like cyber scam center operations have become an increasingly prominent of Cambodia's economy...

events involving a large-scale financial scam in Thrissur. The series revolves around a shocking financial scam that unfolds in Thrissur. Sudev Nair plays...

operation targeting online scammers. Scams that were taken down included phishing, romance scams, investment scams, fake shopping websites, and other internet...

2025. "Railway Hotel Scam Case: Tejaswi Yadav Appears Before CBI". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 6 October 2017. "Railway hotel scam: ED asks Tejashwi Yadav...

Karnataka Wakf Board Land Scam, exposed in 2012 by a report submitted by the Karnataka State Minorities Commission Chairman Anwar Manippady, entails alleged...

writer, and actor. Among other ventures, he creates social media videos on scams. Falcone was born in 1984 grew up in Reno, Nevada, the son of journalists...

a share plan, and then lost. Ryle reported on the Rick Mayne scam, along with other scams involving fuel saving, in his book Firepower, and also on ABC...

links to the Prince Group, a multinational criminal network that operates scam centers in Cambodia. They also charge 13 companies with offences related...

email without the owner's knowledge. Phishing and business email compromise scams generally involve an element of email spoofing. Email spoofing has been...

Naseeruddin Shah, and Anupam Kher. Loosely inspired by the Adarsh Housing society scam, the film follows an Indian Army officer who attempts to stop his rogue protégé...

was to air episodes based on the Om Prakash Chautala teacher recruitment scam in the show. On 22 February 2013 Delhi High Court restrained Sony TV from...

its alleged involvement scams such as the Commonwealth Games Scam of 2010, the 2G spectrum case, the Indian coal allocation scam, and the AgustaWestland...

He was suspended in 2004 for his alleged involvement in Telgi stamp paper scam, but was reinstated in 2009, and posted as DCP ATS Mumbai, after he was found...

WhatsApp account was placed under surveillance. There are numerous ongoing scams on WhatsApp that let hackers spread viruses or malware. In May 2016, some...

A booster bag is a handmade bag used to shoplift, typically from retail stores, libraries, and any other location employing electronic security detectors...

expected for the price. A ripoff is usually distinguished from a scam in that a scam involves wrongdoing such as a fraud; a ripoff may be considered excessive...

court on 4 December 2001. He was convicted by a trial court in Colour TV scam on 30 May 2000 and was later acquitted by the High court on 4 December 2001...

been involved in illegal gambling, human trafficking, extortion, and cyber scam operations. Shwe Kokko is home to the headquarters of the Kayin State Border...

Channel 4 stated that the scam might have occurred over two series of the show. Both hosts denied involvement in the scam, which was exposed by The Mail...

In July 2008, the United States Department of Justice investigated around 900 cases of alleged fraud committed by contractors. Similarly, the Defense Contract...

The granite scam was a corruption scandal that occurred in Tamil Nadu, India. It gained notoriety after former civil servant of Madurai Ubagarampillai...

Similar publications which offer biographical honors are regularly used in scams, and Who's Who participates in direct marketing and blind outreach to populate...

misuse of the official telephone. Tota Singh was implicated in a recruitment scam involving the appointment of 134 clerks to the PSEB during his time as education...

men's soccer coach placed on leave after indictment in college admissions scam". Los Angeles Times. March 12, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2019. Levitsky,...

utilities used to provide energy to scam operations". It further alleges that the KNA provides security for the KK Park "scam site". On 8 September 2025, OFAC...

cryptocurrency scheme OneCoin, which The Times described as "one of the biggest scams in history." She was the subject of the 2019 BBC podcast series The Missing...

and 150,000 people are believed to be working under forced conditions in scam centres in Cambodia. Victims are primarily from across Asia. They are lured...

The Hallmark-Sonali Bank loan scam is a massive loan fraud that took place in Bangladesh between 2010 and 2012. State owned Sonali Bank's Ruposhi Bangla...

the NSEL case, Coal mining scam, Maharashtra Sadan Scam, Adarsh Scam, Wheat Scam, DMAT scam, and Maharashtra Irrigation Scam. As a People's Activist, Somaiya...

scams such as advance fee fraud, pyramid schemes and fly-by-night operators. In response, the SAPS established a project which identified 419 scams and...

part of its strategy to combat cybercrime. It primarily targets online scams and other cybercrime activities. It is led by the Commander of Cyber Command...

Retrieved 14 July 2011. "2G spectrum scam". India Today. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2014. "Coal Block Allocations Scam". Daily News and Analysis. 30...

service for advance fee fraud. Scammers engaging in various 419 advance fee scams including offering fake job offers and lottery prizes, were able to process...

company collapsed in 2023, amid allegations of a £170 million investment scam Dominguez was born to a Sindhi Indian father and Spanish mother in Puerto...

Government Procurement Act, and the Revised Penal Code. The Fertilizer Fund scam case was the eighth graft case filed against Lapid before the Ombudsman....

Critics' Week, and Acid). Initiated by the Civil Society of Multimedia Authors (SCAM - Société Civile des Auteurs Multimédia) and its president Julie Bertuccelli...

the company in Pagadian City. After the manhunt for the brain behind the scam was launched, two of the company's employees surrendered. Maria Donna Coyme...

related to investment scams, where the victim is tricked into sending money for investments that do not exist, and to romance scams, where the fraudster...

billing scams: Learn about scams that ask you or your business to pay fake invoices, how to avoid getting scammed and where to report false billing scams"....

nicknamed the "phishing capital of India", due to a history of pan-Indian scam incidents originating there. 8km 5miles B I H A R W E S T B E N G A L l Mayurakshi...

operational in 1977. It was, along with Tiger Lily Records one of the major tax scam labels, releasing around one hundred albums. Guinness Records was established...

stock-market manipulation and running a boiler room as part of a penny-stock scam in 1999. Belfort spent 22 months in prison as part of an agreement under...

Senator Gregorio Honasan, and other lawmakers in relation to the pork barrel scam. Prior to launching a senatorial bid, he tendered his resignation from the...

malpractice. OneCoin was described by The Times as "one of the biggest scams in history". US prosecutors alleged the scheme brought in approximately...

The Family Entertainment and Disruptive, the mixtape is notable for its scam-centric lyrics. Black Air Force Activity 1 contains a sole guest appearance...

that were linked to scam centers in Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates doing pig butchering scams. In December 2024...

bureaucrats who worked with Hooda while he was Chief Minister were charged. The scam had allegedly resulted in a 15 billion INR loss to farmers in Manesar and...

Na-Scam Ka Na Ba? (transl. were you scammed?) is a 2006 Philippine television documentary show broadcast by QTV. Hosted by Leo Martinez and Maureen Larrazabal...

send premium texts at a fee of $6 each. QR codes have also been linked to scams in which stickers are placed on parking meters and other devices, posing...

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. Narain brought out a series of land scams involving the sitting chief justices of India.[citation needed] As a result...

acquitted in 2007. In 2014, he was arrested and detained over the pork barrel scam, where he was accused of receiving ₱183 million in kickbacks. Although acquitted...

Home Minister of Nepal and a convicted criminal in the Bhutanese refugees scam. Khand is a central working committee member of the Nepali Congress party...

Kapa-Community Ministry International and its executives, citing an investment scam. President Rodrigo Duterte was the first government official to announce...

Con Edison regarding various scams, including "Green Dot scams." In March 2012, Time magazine reported on how the 419 scam was now being adapted to the...

2011. "Shahid Balwa arrested in 2G scam – ndtv.com India". NDTV. 9 February 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011. "2G scam: CBI arrests Shahid Balwa's cousin...

call the phone by Tower, in the hopes of scam money, but was caught first, her teamed up with Tower to scam money from Petch, her ex-boyfriend. Thiti...

Together, they seek to expose the telemarketing industry as the wide-scale scam that it is. In 2001, Sam Lipman-Stern began working at Civic Development...

e-marketing and business". The Delhi High Court also called it a multi-victim scam and refused to quash FIR against the directors of Indian franchise of Qnet...

registered against MC Kamaruddin in various police stations on a financial scam worth Rs 1.30 billion. He along with IUML district-level leader TK Pookoya...

Hearts" dating scam targeting gay men. It would later turn out however, that Vincent Sherry had never stolen money from Kirksey Nix's dating scam and that it...

Fund Covid Scam". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2025-01-06. Dolmetsch, Chris (2022-06-08). "Ex-Citadel Analyst Gets 51 Months in Prison for Covid Scam (1)". Bloomberg...

inquiry uncovered criminal wrongdoing which is commonly known as Fodder Scam. "Gujarat Model, UP Babu: 5 reasons why PM chooses Nripendra Misra as his...

paying for son to cheat through Georgetown classes in college admissions scam". CNN. Archived from the original on December 17, 2019. Retrieved December...

college in 1976. He portrayed Manohar J. Pherwani in the Sony LIV series Scam 1992. Vijeta (1982) – Wilson Aadharshila (1982) Gandhi (1982) – Nehru's Friend...

publicly apologised live on air due to the discovery of a TV quiz phone scam regarding the daily phone in You Say We Pay. On the same show, Madeley and...

quickly and easily. Get-rich-quick schemes can take the form of investment scams, bogus business opportunities, work-at-home offers, and coaching or training...

the senatorial race in 2010. His alleged involvement in the pork barrel scam led the Sandiganbayan to issue an arrest warrant against him and other co-accused...

Refund) is a tax fraud related to the concept of reparations for slavery. The scam claims that filers can receive $5,000 or increased social security payouts...

foul "Irrigation scam: Punjab vigilance again summons ex-ministers, bureaucrats". Hindustan Times. 28 January 2023. "Irrigation scam: Lookout notice against...

ChongLuaDao (Vietnamese: Chống Lừa Đảo, lit. 'Scam Fighters') is a Vietnamese non-profit cybersecurity organization that helps clients verify the legitimacy...

Benhur Luy in the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) Pork Barrel scam through agent Catherine Mae "Maya" Santos. He allegedly channeled ₱100 million...

COVID-19 misinformation by governments has also been significant. Commercial scams have claimed to offer at-home tests, supposed preventives, and "miracle"...

Mortgage elimination is a type of mortgage fraud in the United States. In this scam, the promoter first convinces a mortgage holder that the debt that has been...

The Uttar Pradesh illegal sand mining scam is a political scandal relating to events that occurred in 2012–2017 during the Samajwadi Party (SP) rule in...

that he (along with the other graduates) has been made a pawn in a massive scam. His neighbor, who works in the police department, and his friend Balaji...

January 31, 2019. Sudhir, Uma (January 31, 2019). "8 Indians Caught In Visa Scam In US Undercover Op, Many Face Deportation". NDTV.com. Retrieved January...

Kerala High Court's comments on his alleged involvement in Kerala BAR licence scam and bribery case. K. Babu - Resigned from the post of Minister of Excise...

mostly in news with her father Uttam Khobragade for Adarsh Housing Society scam. On 12 December 2013, Devyani Khobragade, India's Deputy Consul General at...

The superconducting camera, SCAM, is an ultra-fast photon-counting camera developed by the European Space Agency. It is cooled to just 0.3 K (three-tenths...

television sitcom Family Matters, which ran from 1989 to 1998. He also played Scam in the 1987 comedy film Big Shots, which was his film debut. He provided...

reservation to the Muslim community. Jaleel took a stance against financial scams plaguing cooperative banks and societies. In a letter addressed to Prime...

the user community panicked. The shut down was discovered to be an exit scam, with the operators of the site shutting down abruptly in order to steal...

in Cornwall. On 1 August 1898 it was the subject of an elaborate punting scam. A man named Mr. Martin contacted the offices of a leading newspaper, The...

000 people in Cambodia were held in scam operations. A 2025 Amnesty International report identified at least 53 scam compounds in Cambodia and documented...

minimum security prison located in northern Florida. The trio embark on a scam to deceive and exploit wealthy closeted gay men. None of them is gay, but...

were frequently denounced as scams by politicians, journalists, and others. The Government of Western Australia's ScamNet service considers the American...

its legitimacy, and it drew early criticism for its perceived status as a scam. The development was marred by legal disputes involving Fntastic, as well...

three years of investigating the school, he was convinced that it was a "scam". A report published in December 2021 by the Ohio Department of Education...

who must go to Cambodia to collect his share of money from an insurance scam. The film was made in Cambodia, in locations that include Phnom Penh and...

Singaporeans had lost over S$96.8 million (US$72.24 million) to prepaid job scams on Telegram and WhatsApp since the start of the year. In March 2024, a judge...

Al-Qadir Trust case also known as the £190 million National Crime Agency (NCA) scam, is a case involving former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and Pakistani...

additional pictures. Advance-fee scam – Type of confidence trick fraud Pig butchering scam – Type of investment fraud Romance scam – Confidence trick using romantic...

political gain as Fox Business ran a chyron saying "Coronavirus Impeachment Scam." Regan said, "The chorus of hate being leveled at the President is nearing...

been described as "like the tooth fairy" and a "very successful marketing scam". Dylan Evans, a lecturer in behavioral science at Cork University's School...

organisation as a cult, its leader as a conman, and his micronation of Kailaasa a scam; although his organization has denied any wrongdoing. Nithyananda was born...

performance-enhancing drugs. He operated a $3 million stolen car and scrap metal scam at his scrapyard in Cleveland. In 2017, he accepted a plea deal that involved...

from office over corruption allegations relating to Adarsh Housing Society scam. In the 2014 general elections, despite the allegations and anti-incumbency...

organized crime, including human trafficking, scams (particularly jobs, romance and pig butchering scams), among other illicit activities. The official...

control and laundered some of the profits of a £3 million "crash-for-cash" scam, while knowing the money had been defrauded out of insurance companies. Jalil...

his involvement in the kids-for-cash scam. He and his family went as far as accusing Conahan of lying about the scam. They claimed Ciavarella was being...

2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019. Khan, Mohammad Hussain (8 December 2022). "Scam-hit M6 motorway to have groundbreaking tomorrow". Dawn. Retrieved 8 December...

the elderly, or professional groups. The fraudsters who promote affinity scams frequently are – or successfully pretend to be – members of the group. They...

operations have been linked with human trafficking, extortion, and cyber scams. On 10 November 2025 he was extradited to China. He was born in c. 1982...

Investigation (CBI) against Bhupinder Singh Hooda. This under-investigation scam pertains to acquisition of 700 acre land in 3 villages near Kharkhoda in...

February 2016). "Behind the Scam: What Does It Take to Be a 'Best-Selling Author'? $3 and 5 Minutes". Observer. "Man Reveals How Scam Artists Hack Amazon to...

Saradha scam, back in Trinamool fold". Frontline. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2025. "Mamata Banerjee 'biggest beneficiary' of Saradha scam: Kunal Ghosh"...

from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013. "QNet scam: Lookout notices against Michael Ferreira, four others". Livemint. 2 January...

Singh Hooda and Kiran Chaudhary. He was a whistleblower later in larger scams in the health sector during his tenure as chief vigilance officer of AIIMS...

sites were launched. Caller ID spoofing also has been used in purchase scams on web sites such as Craigslist and eBay. The scamming caller claims to...

job market due to a criminal record, who gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles. Emily the Criminal...

women's 1,500 m and 5,000 m was reinstated after she appealed in the dope scam. India moved up to the seventh spot from the previous eighth spot in the...

Supreme Court of India's order. In the Gurugram Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam between 2004 and 2014, then Government of Haryana administration of Indian...

speaking down sanctimoniously to the servile masses while running corrupt scams, like those of which Nixon was accused. Zihuatanejo has been interpreted...

online "pig butchering" scams in which victims were tricked into investing in cryptocurrency. Funds resulting from the scams were laundered by gambling...

of Maharashtra, resigned under pressure for his role in this scam. CBI is probing the scam. Gen. N. C. Vij along with two other former military chiefs...

victim into undergoing unnecessary treatments or lawsuits. "Crash For Cash Scams" Crash for cash scammers choose their victims carefully – they keep an eye...

meets the required standard. The festival has historically faced issues with scam or ghost ads created solely for awards. In 1995, jury chairman Frank Lowe...

The 2010-11 Bangladesh share market scam was a period of instability in the stock market from 2009 to 2011; the turmoil occurred in both stock exchanges...

Return fraud is the act of defrauding a retail store by means of the return process, returning goods ineligible for refund to a retailer in exchange for...

through the Internet. The term encompasses vigilantism against alleged scams, crimes, and non-Internet-related behavior. The expanding scope of media...

involved in the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam to divert the public's attention from the scam. Magdalo party-list representative Gary Alejano claimed...

association scam". The Times of India. 27 July 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 September 2025. < ED questions Farooq Abdullah in JKCA scam' Business Standard'...

being lost by individuals through credit card fraud, identity theft and scams. In 2015, the Minister for Justice and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister...

and drug dealing, Nix's primary money-making scheme was a "lonely hearts" scam designed to defraud homosexual men. Nix and his prison syndicate would place...

she was arrested and remanded on allegations of running a money‑doubling scam, luring congregants to pay sums in hopes of getting them multiplied, in violation...

linked to a form of telephone fraud known as the "one ring scam". The person perpetuating the scam called the victim via a robodialer or similar means, sometimes...

updated. Other protection measures are antivirus software and being aware of scams. During the course of browsing, cookies received from various websites are...

Levine and Steven Levine), have come to scam his grandmother (Míriam Colón). In actuality, they were attempting to scam Betsy Kettleman, the wife of the Bernalillo...

Sujan Chakraborty was accused as one of the top beneficiary of Saradha Scam by Sudipta Sen in his letter that he has sent to the Prime Minister of India...

Publishing, Singapore, 2011. ISBN 9789810873646 The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam. April 25, 2024 – via Apple Podcasts. Swindled. November 24, 2025 – via Apple...

April 2024, Singapore's Inter-Ministry Committee on Scams gave Shopee a favorable rating for its anti-scam measures, including user verification, transaction...

The Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) is the governing body of cricket activities in Delhi, India. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for...

Magazine. May 2026. "Myanmar's Scam Centres". BBC. 2026. Orishaba, Prossy (17 May 2026). "Myanmar advised to dismantle scam compounds holding Ugandan trafficking...

April 2025, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) said it discovered a “scam” in the KP government, where Rs 40bn was misappropriated over a period of...

and an Indian politician. He is widely known for his probe into the Fodder Scam and for bringing down the once-powerful RJD leader and Bihar Chief Minister...

expose the scam and Durai's involvement in it to the media, but Durai wriggles out of arrest. Mathimaran decides to finish off Durai to end the scam once and...

the 1920s through to the 1960s. His gang managed cash robberies and, in a scam, defrauded London's high society of millions at the card tables of John Aspinall's...

alleged $8m romance scam". GBC Ghana Online. 11 December 2025. "FBI indicts 'Abu Trica' in multi-million dollar elderly romance scam". Daily Graphic. Accra...

Steely Dan, released in 1976 as the opening track on their album The Royal Scam. An edited version was released as a single, reaching number 82 on the Billboard...

fraudulent or deceptive practices, defined by the FTC as "invention promotion scams". The USPTO and the FTC both provide guidelines for finding legitimate invention...

of Fidel V. Ramos: PEA Amari scam (1995) Centennial Expo Scam Under the presidency of Joseph Estrada: Expo Filipino scam (1998) Juetengate scandal (2000)...

ShoppyBag was an Internet phishing scam that harvested personal information such as e-mail addresses. The scam was presented as a social network dedicated...

number anywhere - this feature is used in a variety of scams. Concerned at the number of scams, Ofcom consulted on removing revenue share from the 070...

structured around six different stories with two bonus levels, each involving a scam by the titular trio to acquire enough money to buy jawbreakers, a plot that...

BlueHippo Funding, LLC was an installment credit company operating in the United States founded by Joseph Rensin that claimed to offer personal computers...

consumer protection group dedicated to identifying and shutting down 419 scam websites. Its volunteers seek to stop, disrupt, or hinder fraudsters' activities...

and Sanjay Chandra Chandrashekhar Azad, an Indian politician Delhi liquor scam accused, including K. Kavitha, Manish Sisodia, Satyendra Kumar Jain, and...

Retrieved 6 August 2005. $150 for a plasma TV? A bad bet – MSNBC Warning over iPod scam – This is London eBay scam uses iPods as bait – Wired MSNBC article...

pairs. TeamViewer and similar programs can be abused for technical support scams. In this process, attackers pretend to be employees of well-known companies...

June 2018. "official data" (PDF). "Indore Sugni Devi Land Scam Case: Indore Sugni Devi Land Scam Case News in Hindi, Breaking News, Photos, Videos | Patrika...

denying reports that Vorapak had been named to lead Thailand's new anti-scam committee. Vorapak resigned on 22 October 2025. He denied the allegations...

Commissioner of Mumbai on 29 February 2020. He handled the cases of the TRP scam, the Anvay Naik suicide and the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. On 18 March...

used to conduct illegal activities, such as the so-called pig butchering scam. In March 2025, the National Bank of Cambodia revoked Huione Pay's banking...