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Real Life: Scams and Fraud (1)

1 people often victimized by con artists because
they are too trusting.

Dishonest
Gullible
Careful
Athletic
2.Nowadays, email are prevalent. People should not
trust all of the emails they receive because some are
fraudulent and the senders are deliberately dishonest in
order to dupe unsuspecting people.

scams
accounts
fonts
addresses
3.A scheme is an illegal, money-making investment
plan where former investors are paid either in part or in full
by latter investors who are convinced to join the scheme.
In the end, latter investors lose out if they can't find new
investors to scam.

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pyramid
circus
tally
4.Someone who talks a lot and tries to influence or

convince others in a smooth but usually deceptive manner
is often called a talker.

slow
hesitant
uncertain
fast
5 artists are people who deliberately try to trick
others into believing them usually in order to get gullible
people to give them money in a fraudulent scheme.

Pro
Con
Some
Recording
6.A plan or arrangement involves sneaky or crafty
measures that are implemented in order to fool others into
believing falsehoods.

initiative
fraudulent
apprentice
novel
7.My friend was by a fraudulent email last month that
claimed she would earn thousands of dollars in days if she
joined a money-making scheme. The email sender asked
her for her credit card number and then took her number
and used it to purchase expensive items under her name.

shoved

taught
swindled
reversed
8.People who are victimized by money-making scams are
often quite because they were fooled into willingly
giving away their hard-earned money. They are ashamed
because they were too trusting and someone knowingly
took advantage of them.

embarrassed
happy
sneaky
devious
9.Luke is a ! He convinced me to give him $2000
last month because he said he would invest it for me and
that I would earn a high-rate of return on it. But, I haven't
heard from him in over three weeks and his ex-girlfriend
told me that he left town for good about a month ago. No
one has heard from him since and I doubt I'll ever see him
again.

preacher
gigolo
fraud
singer
10.I was deceived by a dishonest travel company last
year. They called me and told me about a luxurious
vacation discount package to the Bahamas. It sounded
great so I sent them a to reserve a seat but it turns
out that there is no vacation package and they kept the

partial payment I sent.

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deposit
drop
layer