People
What group of people are often the target of scams due to their money but also being less alert and frail.
Old, Elderly
---- scams occur when a scammer tricks you into sending them money in exchange for a ------ to a concert, show, sporting event that doesn't exist
ticket
Tourists often get scammed. Sometimes immediately as they arrive in the new country. A ------- will charge them triple to get to their destination as they don't know the currency well.
taxi driver
When you get into someone's computer or email
hack
What famous tourist attraction did Victor Lustig try to sell twice. When Victor was 35, he learned how expensive the ----- had become to maintain. He came up with the idea to sell the ------ to a scrap metal dealer. He managed to con the dealer into thinking it was true. The dealer never went to the police was he was too embarrassed. He then did it again the next month. This time he didn't success but he also didn't get caught.
Eiffel tower
Builders
Many scams are done on the -----. People will call pretending to be your bank. Text pretending to be family. Or, steal your data whilst online shopping
internet
Another big scam prevalent in the UK is the selling of ----- items. You will find designer products for rather cheap and this is enticing to tourists.
fake
the person that is the people harmed by the crime
victim
Alves dos Reis was born in Lisbon in 1896. And when he was 28 years old he -------------------- that he caused an economic crisis that led to a nationalist military coup d’etat.
Alves dos Reis was born in Lisbon in 1896. And when he was 28 years old he printed himself so much money that he caused an economic crisis that led to a nationalist military coup d’etat.
If you get scammed you might need to hire a ----- to help you retrieve your money in a court of law
lawyer
---- is when someone pretends to be someone else. Usually involving an online relationship.
cat fishing
A stranger will approach you and urge you to take a flower from them. The stranger will seem very friendly. As soon as you accept the gift....
they won't leave you alone until you pay them something
targets
Using these clues what scam do you think happened:
A clever Scottish man made an announcement
Prince of Poyais
'the water of Poyais, he said, was so pure it could quench any thirst - and as if that weren't enough, chunks of gold lined the river beds''
many people
money
boat - excited
arrival - unsure
died of hunger
...
Some scammers email you pretending to be ------ and ask you to send them money. In return they promise you will get you money back, plus extra. Also setting the idea that by helping someone so influential and important you'll be rewarded
Many scammers work in ------- abroad. They phone into the UK impersonating banks, HMRC, police, and more.
call centre
Sometimes people pretend to be -------. They will use props which include fake signs to appear more convincing. These fake ----- usually tell you a meaningful sob story and ask for money for shelter or food.
What does it mean ''to be taken in''
These phrasal verbs both mean to be deceived, to believe something that isn’t true.
E.g. "They told him he had to transfer his money to a new account and he fell for it."
# Barbara Erni traveled in and around Liechtenstein with a large trunk secured to her back. She would make frequent stops to secure lodging for the night. Each time, Erni would tell the innkeeper that her trunk contained her most valued possessions and to put it in the most secure room in the inn. What happened next?
In the 1700s, Barbara Erni traveled in and around Liechtenstein toting a large trunk secured to her back. Living a nomadic existence, she would make frequent stops to secure lodging for the night. Each time, Erni would tell the innkeeper that her trunk contained her most valued possessions and to put it in the most secure room in the inn. The owners obliged, unaware that the trunk didn’t hold clothes or jewels—it contained a co-conspirator who would spring out of the trunk, scoop up any valuables, and then disappear with Erni in tow. The plot worked for 15 years until Erni and her partner were arrested in 1784. As a sentence for their crimes, the two lost their most valuable possessions: their heads.
Scammers are also known as ---- men. --- is a synonym for scam.
Phishing is when criminals use fake messages as bait to lure you in and click a ----
link
When a skimmer is attacked to a card reader and then when you swipe your card it steals your details.
What does ''you've been had!'' mean?
This is an informal way to say that you’ve been tricked or deceived.
James McCormick ended up getting 10 years in jail for one of the most dangerous cons of all time. He made £5million selling around 7,000 ---------- to different countries. His machines, which were really just golf ball finders, were set up all through Iraq at checkpoints between 2008 and 2010. No one knows how many people died as a result of the useless machines.
James McCormick ended up getting 10 years in jail for one of the most brazen and also dangerous cons of all time. He made £50 million selling around 7,000 fake bomb detectors to different countries. His machines, which were really just golf ball finders, were set up all through Iraq at checkpoints between 2008 and 2010. No one knows how many people died as a result of the useless machines.