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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 energy accessories through misrepresentation. Often, the fraud involves telling the victim that he or she owes the utility company money and that their power, gas, or water will be shut off immediately unless payment is made.
Utilityscams 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...
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. Victims contact...
custody since February 2023 on corruption charges in a major Delhi liquor scam. He is one of the founding members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and a member...
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...
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...
investigated the reports and concluded that the markings had been placed by utility firms to mark power lines, water pipes and similar features, prior to commencing...
SysKey Utility to lock Windows computer using USB stick". The Windows Club. Retrieved July 1, 2016. "SOLUTION: "This is Microsoft Support" telephone scam –...
construction. The Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB), the local state-run utility, was required by contract to continue to pay Enron plant maintenance charges...
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...
regulation and enforcement of securities law, ICOs have been the vehicle for scams and fraud. Fewer than half of all ICOs survive four months after the offering...
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...
after the vesting period. Utility tokens are used as proof to access a company's service or product. Unlike security tokens, utility tokens are for exchange...
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...
Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) have been criticized for a variety of environmental and automotive safety reasons. The rise in production and marketing...
displayed. While impersonation of police is common, other scams involved impersonating utility companies to threaten businesses or householders with disconnection...
attempts in the Philippines January 1 – Transition period for the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program begins. Non-consolidated PUVs, whose operation...
cross-platform file encryption utility developed in 2002 crypt – Unix C library function crypt – Unix utility ccrypt – utility Key derivation function Key...
license-produced in India by BEML, a public sector company. Following the Tatra bribery scam, a ban was imposed on Tatra and the supply of these trucks stopped. Thus...
18th-century Indo-Persian helmet; a bar of soap that was part of an obesity cure scam in the 1920s; a tuxedo worn by Ray Liotta for the role of Frank Sinatra in...
victory is achieved. Individuals caught up in psychologically manipulative scams will continue investing time, money and emotional energy into the project...