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Worldwide Scams and Scandals[edit]

Examples and Case Studies[edit]

Introduction and Type of Scandals: Error account; Confidence trick; Shill; Shyster; Sucker list; List of corporate collapses and scandals; List of confidence tricks; List of reliance scams; List of impostors; Corruption in India; Confidence tricks in literature; Confidence tricks in film and television
Notable Scams & Confidence Trick: 419 scams; Art student scam; Badger game; Bait-and-switch; Black money scam; Blessing scam; Bogus escrow; Boiler room (business); Bride scam; Charity fraud; Clip joint; Coin-matching game; Coin rolling scams; Drop swindle; Embarrassing cheque; Employment scams; Fine print; Fodder Scam; Foreclosure rescue scheme; Foreign exchange fraud; Fortune telling fraud; Gem scam; Get-rich-quick scheme; Green goods scam; Hustling; Scams in intellectual property; Kansas City Shuffle; Long firm; Miracle cars scam; Mock auction; Moving scam; Patent safe; Pig in a poke; Pigeon drop; Priority Development Assistance Fund scam; Pump and dump; Reloading scam; Salting (confidence trick); Shell game; Sick baby hoax; Slavery reparations scam; Spanish Prisoner; Strip search phone call scam; Swampland in Florida; Telemarketing fraud; Thai tailor scam; Thai zig zag scam; Three-card Monte; Trojan horse (business); White van speaker scam; Work-at-home scheme
Internet Scams: Avalanche (phishing group); Click fraud; Computer crime; Cramming (fraud); CyberThrill; DarkMarket; Domain name scams; Email authentication; Email fraud; Internet vigilantism; Lottery scam; PayPaI; Phishing; Referer spoofing; Ripoff Report; Rock Phish; Romance scam; SaferNet; Scam baiting; ShadowCrew; Spoofed URL; Spoofing attack; Stock Generation; Technical support scam; Website reputation ratings; Whitemail
Pyramid & Ponzi Scams: Aman Futures Group; Bernard Cornfeld; Caritas (Ponzi scheme); Dona Branca; Foundation for New Era Philanthropy; Charles Ponzi; Franchise fraud; High-yield investment program; Investors Overseas Service; Kubus scheme; Madoff investment scandal; Make Money Fast; Matrix scheme; MMM (Ponzi scheme company); Petters Group Worldwide; Pyramid schemes in Albania; Reed Slatkin; Scott W. Rothstein; Stanford Financial Group; Welsh Thrasher faith scam; List of email scams
Scams In India: Saradha Group financial scandal; NSEL scam; Indian coal allocation scam; Mining scams in India; Jeep scandal case; Haridas Mundhra; Harshad Mehta; Bofors scandal; Palmolein Oil Import Scam; Ketan Parekh; Abdul Karim Telgi; 2010 housing loan scam in India; Scorpene deal scam; Vyapam Scam; Adarsh Housing Society scam; Hawala scandal; Satyam scandal; Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Commonwealth Games; DIAL Scam; Tatra (company); 2G spectrum scam; Radia tapes controversy; Cash-for-votes scandal; Maharashtra Irrigation Scam; SNC-Lavalin Kerala hydroelectric scandal; 2013 Kerala solar panel scam; 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal; Granite scam in Tamil Nadu; Uttar Pradesh food grain scam; Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam; Karnataka Wakf Board Land Scam
Accounting Scandals & Others: Polly Peck; Waste Management, Inc; Freddie Mac; Qwest; Tyco International; Enron scandal; Subprime mortgage crisis; Dot-com bubble