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A cartoon made by Arifur Rahman in 2008. Corruption in Bangladesh has been a continuing problem. According to all major ranking institutions, Bangladesh routinely finds itself among the most corrupt countries in the world.
A seller pays someone a small amount to place a fake order, or just uses another person's information to place an order themselves. [5] Because a shipment usually has to take place for an order to be considered valid by the e-commerce site, the seller will frequently ship an empty box or some cheap item. [2]
Phishing is a form of social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information [1] or installing malware such as viruses, worms, adware, or ransomware.
For example, some scammers will sell a $4,000 solar blanket for the attic "that in fact can't live up to its claimed ability to capture the sun's rays through roofing materials." [8] The Consumer Federation of America listed free energy audits as an expanding problem in its top customer complaints list. [8]
Due to concerns of improper conduct by Inspector General Kotz in the Madoff investigation, Inspector General David C. Williams of the United States Postal Service was brought in to conduct an independent outside review. [114] The Williams Report questioned Kotz's work on the Madoff investigation, because Kotz was a "very good friend" of Markopolos.
Shredded paper, which has been used as a decoy for cash in this scam [1]. The pigeon drop or Spanish handkerchief or Chilean handkerchief is a confidence trick in which a mark, or "pigeon", is persuaded to give up a sum of money in order to secure the rights to a larger sum of money, or more valuable object.
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An example of a main post office building in Kraków, Poland Delivery by bicycle in Germany. Another important postal service was created in the Islamic world by the caliph Mu'awiyya; the service was called barid, for the name of the towers built to protect the roads by which couriers travelled. [37]