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Website. www .bcdgroup .com. BCD Group (formerly BCD Holdings N.V.) is a privately owned Dutch company and consists of BCD Travel (global corporate travel management and its subsidiaries BCD Meetings & Events, global meetings and events agency, and Advito, global business travel consultancy). Founded in 1975 by John Fentener van Vlissingen, BCD ...
The scam may extend to the creation of Web sites for the bogus brand, which usually sounds similar to that of a respected loudspeaker company. They will often place an ad for the speakers in the "For sale" Classifieds of the local newspaper, at the exorbitant price, and then show the mark a copy of this ad to "verify" their worth. [citation needed]
A scam letter is a document, distributed electronically or otherwise, to a recipient misrepresenting the truth with the aim of gaining an advantage in a fraudulent manner. Origin [ edit ] Currently it is unclear how far back the origin of scam letters date.
In Shasta County, California, the county clerk and election officials warned last week that a text message asking recipients to click a link to register to vote was a scam. Officials said clicking ...
By Jody Godoy. (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday finalized a ban on companies knowingly buying or selling fake online reviews, giving the agency the power to levy fines ...
Frere charged up to $800 in illegal upfront fees, required $100 to $1,200 in advance fees for enrollment in a "financial education" program, and monthly payments of up to $99 that were supposedly ...
The term copypasta is derived from the computer interface term "copy and paste", [ 1] the act of selecting a piece of text and copying it elsewhere. Usage of the word can be traced back to an anonymous 4chan thread from 2006, [ 2][ 3] and Merriam-Webster record it appearing on Usenet and Urban Dictionary for the first time that year.
"Since 2010, the companies have made at least 17,970 loans to New York consumers, lending more than $38 million in principal," says the Attorney General's office in its statement.