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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

number

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

bank

deposit

drop

layer