Victoria Strauss

When I was submitting my first novel, I had no idea that publishing scams existed. I never encountered any, but I could have - and knowing how easily I might have been taken advantage of makes me determined to protect others from falling into that trap.

American Author

Andy Beshear

When I ran for attorney general, I promised to protect our seniors - and just look at what we've accomplished. From stopping scammers and cracking down on abuse to fighting for lower prescription drug costs, I've always put our seniors first.

American Politician

Steven Spielberg

I committed to directing 'Catch Me If You Can' not because of the divorce component, but principally because Frank Abagnale did things that were the most astonishing scams I had ever heard.

American Director

Vijay Deverakonda

We all observe political leaders and scams. People are affected because of political apathy. We all get frustrated because of what we witness. 'NOTA' was a platform to vent my frustration.

Indian Actor

J. Cole

I worked in ad sales. I would call up local businesses and try to get them to buy ads in the paper. The whole time, I felt like I was just scamming people.

American Musician

Charles Barkley

I might go my whole life stealing money. I got paid to play basketball, which is a scam. I get paid to watch basketball, which is a scam.

American Baseball Player

Charlie Bewley

I've scammed so many people throughout my whole life who never learned my true identity until I started acting.

English Actor

Matthew Lesko

As I've said before, free money scams are a problem.

American Entertainer

Robert Sternberg

Well, I don't think that the SAT is a scam.

American Educator

John Katzman

American Businessman

Be alert for signs that something is a scam, such as requests for payment in gift cards.

Recognize Red Flags

The word 'scam' is often used in contexts involving money, online transactions, or deceit.

Context Matters

Calling something a 'scam' accuses it of being fraudulent, so use the word carefully.

Use Cautiously

As a verb, 'scam' implies that someone actively tricks or deceives another person.

Action Implied

Understanding the verb form can help one recognize and avoid being actively scammed.

Preventive Vigilance

Scammers often use persuasion or manipulation, not just direct lies.

Subtle Approaches

 skyscrapers you see they have hundreds and hundreds of people that go to work each day selling fake investments to people around the world in a lot of these buildings that look completely legitimate there's actually all this many of the companies there are just fake scams with a name that makes them

How Investments Scams...

 punishable by death. To prove the painting wasn’t a national treasure, he explained step-by-step how he had forged it. But he faced an unexpected obstacle— the very expert who had enabled his scam. Moved to protect his reputation, Bredius defended the painting’s authenticity.

The art forger who...

 shouldn't be surprised when every day brings a new story of someone's selling stealing scamming spying with our data that people are losing faith a little bit in data and especially in the data keepers and this is a problem that you can't fix with technology it's a problem

Lack of data is an issue...

 where, irrespective of where we are in the physical world, we can convene and share information freely. Most people at that time couldn't see what it meant to be connected by a network of computers. In fact, many people thought the internet itself was a scam or a fad.

Kayvon Tehranian: How...

 and those nest eggs, or sometimes, their whole life savings, just get wiped out in hours, or sometimes days. It's low-risk crime, and it's very lucrative. But what's the reason that seniors are falling for these scams so often? And why do criminals target them?

Jane Walsh: The rise of...

 we scam ourselves all the time you know our limited perceptions of reality a prevailing theme on brain games are limited and our brain is filling in the blanks often scamming us often making the wrong conclusions about our encounters with daily life but we're

Jason Silva on Scams PIPE...

 learning so if in that one trial the result back to the dog is significant enough he remembers that the rest of his life that could be what's happening with scams so the very first time he detected a significant pheromone change in a

Amazing Dogs Smell Human...

 or any laws protecting clients from incompetence and fraud. There are a lot of scammers, people who simply took a three-month course, tarot card readers or astrologers who say they're professional psychologists. As a result,

How to Alter the...

 top priority i have i would have is is eliminating the the spammings and scam bots and the bot armies that are on twitter you know i think i think these these fun influence that

Elon Musk talks Twitter,...

 have you ever been scammed con artists and scammers aren't exactly brain scientists but they do know one important fact your brain is more