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The truth is that after decades of looking for illegal voting, there’s no proof of widespread fraud. Each Election Day since 1984, I’ve been in precincts looking for voting violations, or in Washington helping run the nationwide GOP Election Day operations, overseeing the thousands of Republican lawyers and operatives each election on alert for voting fraud. If that happens, Americans will deservedly render the GOP a minority party for a long, long time. As nearly every state expands its capacity for absentee voting this year, President Trump and his GOP allies have attacked the process as prone to rampant fraud. Bill Bradbury, a Democrat who oversaw Oregon’s implementation of all-mail elections starting in 1999 as secretary of state, said the president is misleading the public. The only hitch is that the candidate is President Trump. The Trump 2016 campaign, of which I was not a part, could produce no hard evidence of systemic fraud. A 2016 pilot study found that the system could identify potential cases of improper voting by analyzing states’ voter history data to detect whether individuals voted twice, in multiple states or on behalf of a deceased person. But a Washington Post analysis of data collected by three vote-by-mail states with help from the nonprofit Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) found that officials identified just 372 possible cases of double voting or voting on behalf of deceased people out of about 14.6 million votes cast by mail in the 2016 and 2018 general elections, or 0.0025 percent. Although they sometimes help solve crimes, they are not law-enforcement officials. The points of opportunity for risk in polling places are extremely high in my book,” she said. In every election, Republicans have been in polling places and vote tabulation centers.

According to media reports, around 210 agents, depositors and executives or directors of various money pooling companies have committed suicide in the aftermath of the Saradha Group’s collapse. It is worth noting that it is extremely unlikely that anyone wants to transfer you money from Nigeria. If an insurance company stops receiving premium payments on a life insurance policy, it has to transfer the unclaimed funds to the state treasury after two to seven years of inactivity, depending on individual state law. These work by routing your internet connection through a private server (owned by your VPN company) so that data transmitted comes from the VPN rather than your computer. It’s illegal for a debt relief company to charge you before they help you. Criminals frequently exploit natural disasters and other situations such as the current COVID-19 pandemic by setting up fake charities to steal from well-intentioned people trying to help in times of need. Initial findings in the project are based on the work done by ERIC, a nonprofit consortium of 30 states that began in 2012 with assistance from the Pew Charitable Trusts to help states catch and erase errors from their voter rolls. The ERIC system, as well as regular checks against DMV, death and other records, flag voter registration entries that may need updating. Current and former election officials in vote-by-mail states said their systems are designed specifically to mitigate these risks, starting with a regular stream of mail contact with voters to establish that the address listed for them on the rolls is accurate. The president, who has been arguing that our elections are “rigged” and “fraudulent,” last week instructed voters to act in a way that would fulfill that prophecy. Papers that report on the design and implementation of tools for source code analysis and manipulation, as well as libraries, infrastructure, and the real world studies enabled by these advances are also solicited.

She’s held senior editorial positions at Good Housekeeping, Vogue, and Cosmopolitan, and contributes to Real Simple, Next Avenue, and other titles. PwC’s 2018 Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey is based on interviews with 7,200 C-level and senior management respondents across 123 different nations and territories and was conducted to determine the true state of digital fraud prevention across the world. The most recent high-profile case of ballot fraud took place in North Carolina, where the results of a 2018 congressional race were overturned amid an investigation of alleged absentee ballot tampering by a Republican operative, who was charged with felonies in an operation that is still under investigation. On Wednesday in North Carolina, he urged supporters to double vote, casting ballots at the polls even if they have already mailed in absentee ballots. Questions about the security of mail ballots have taken on new urgency in recent months as the voting landscape nationwide is transformed by the coronavirus pandemic. All voters in every state but two – Mississippi and Texas – now have the right to cast mail or absentee ballots for the midyear primaries after the pandemic led 14 states to relax their rules. A study of results in three states where all voters are mailed actual ballots, a practice at the apex of the president’s outrage, found just 372 possible cases of illegal voting of 14.6 million cast in the 2016 and 2018 general elections – 0.000025 percent. But, today’s restaurants have found ways to spice up the standard hamburger, and in doing so, command a higher price tag. Wise noted that any election involves risks of fraud or error but said she found it even more difficult to guarantee the integrity of the vote when she administered in-person contests, a process with its own vulnerabilities and complications.

Trump established a Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in 2017 to expose all the fraud he maintains permeates our elections. But Trump has attempted to sow doubts about the system’s security, repeatedly describing mail voting as a threat to the integrity of American elections. “We’ve had so much time to really fine-tune those processes,” said Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, a leading Republican advocate for mail voting. But election officials from Colorado, Oregon and Washington – which have conducted statewide mail elections for a combined four decades – said they have rarely, if ever, seen attempts to cheat their systems. At long last, they have a blatant example of a major politician urging his supporters to illegally vote twice. The president’s actions – urging his followers to commit an illegal act and seeking to undermine confidence in the credibility of election results – are doubly wrong. Many of the GOP’s litigation concerns are meritorious in principle. And if such an “offer” is for a limited time only, then the principle of scarcity suggests that people are more likely to be drawn to it. These cases are part of a torrent of 2020 voting litigation that pits Republicans’ belief that election results won’t be credible without state law safeguards against Democrats’ charges that many such rules are onerous and designed to suppress the votes of qualified citizens inclined to vote Democratic. Post h᠎as be​en gener​at ed  by G SA Con tent G᠎ener᠎at or DEMO !

The results indicated that individuals with higher education and income levels were more prone to report instances of fraud. The victim is more likely to believe that someone has been trying to break into his account than believe that the computer doing the audit made a mistake. These messages use scare tactics with threats about the computer being infected with a virus or other problems and direct the user to call a specific phone number. Medicare will not call beneficiaries to offer COVID-19 related products, services, or benefit review. The taxpayer is told that there’s been an error and that the IRS needs the money returned immediately or penalties and interest will result. Consumers should be on the lookout for any unexpected contacts from anyone claiming to be collecting on behalf of the IRS. But, according to the FTC, iBackPack’s claims that bags would soon be going out to consumers were lies. SSA blog posts alert consumers to this spoofing scam and new twists phone scammers use to convince consumers they’re legit. It turns out that the survey from a few months earlier didn’t really want Bill’s retail shopping preferences; rather, the goal was to get Bill’s personal information so the scammer could “cram” his phone bill with unauthorized charges. It’s a scammer. And if you click on an unexpected link they send or send cryptocurrency to a so-called celebrity’s QR code, that money will go straight to a scammer and it’ll be gone. Once you’re on the hook, the scammer will trigger the next stage: before you can begin, you need to purchase a startup kit, proprietary software, training course, or even a subscription service.  Th is  data was　w ritten ᠎wi᠎th GSA　Conte᠎nt​ Generator᠎ D emoversi on!

It’s often helpful to speak to someone about what you’re going through. Could someone convert their car’s engine to run on hydrogen? Cars like the BMW Hydrogen 7 have engines that have been built to run on hydrogen, and sophisticated computer systems to monitor the engine and make sure it’s operating optimally. All from the comfort of their computer. But in fact, the tosser releases the black card first, while moving his or her hand to the side. When the tosser shows the cards, he or she holds a black card in one hand and a black card and the red queen in the other hand. Some places don’t even accept credit card payments for money orders. So, if you need to send $5,000, just purchase five money orders worth a grand apiece. Money orders are now available online, although they’re a bit different from the ones you purchase in person. This type of scam usually only works on people who are unfamiliar with the city they’re in. Money Gram works in a similar way to Western Union: Transaction fees for online purchases vary depending on where the money is going, the amount sent and whether the person is picking it up or it’s being sent to their mobile wallet. Most cab riders rely on the meter to determine the fare but don’t give a thought to how the meter actually works. For every minute the cab sits without moving, another 70 cents gets added to the fare. And then Allie Conti stumbled upon this crazy widespread scam where folks are essentially getting ripped off for renting Airbnbs and then getting duped last minute when they got to the place. Both games are based on the same basic idea: Keep your eye on the target, while the dealer — called the tosser in this sort of game — mixes it up with two duplicates.  Th is content w᠎as do ne  with　the ᠎he᠎lp　of GSA C​on tent　 Genera tor  DEMO᠎!

Or the tosser might suddenly spot the police, and pack the game up. Others say they’re training employees to spot potential victims. This allows phishers to connect directly to the e-mail server and instruct it to send messages to victims. You’ve gotten e-mail from them before, but this one seems suspicious, especially since it threatens to close your account if you don’t reply immediately. That’s why many messages claim that a computerized audit or other automated process has revealed that something is amiss with the victim’s account. Other flavors of payment scams to watch out for include paying to claim a prize that you’ve supposedly won or to a seller whose identity you can’t verify, and avoid offers that seem too good to be true or that you find suspicious. If members of the team claim prior association with universities or companies, double-checking with reputable third-party sources (e.g. a university newspaper or the company website) can provide the facts. Most card and shell games are very elaborate operations involving several crew members. This moves the queen out of the way, so the black card can fall straight down. This might be under the disguise of government authorities, credit card providers, banks, a service provider, or even a fake celebrity, and they’ll often reach out via email and request you complete payment via cryptocurrency. Criminals look to exploit both taxpayers and the government using a range of tax-related scams.

There have also been cases of scammers pretending to be important government bodies and even the World Health Organization (WHO). You might have choices about how services and apps handle unwanted calls. The services have successfully flagged over 90 percent of scam calls, the company said in November 2018, which it says equates to over 1 billion unwanted calls. I have the account open so please transfer the money as soon as you can. If you’re at all unsure, you may want to head down to your local bank, post office or grocery store to buy your money order in person. And they will never demand that you buy or pay with cryptocurrency. The company wants you to pay before it provides any services. Let’s say they transfer the deed to their company name. Note that in 2021, partially as a response to scammers, text carriers disabled shared short codes- which means more businesses will be texting from toll-free or local numbers. You can inform mobile carriers of a spam text by forwarding it directly to SPAM. Good email providers now block most junk and phishing emails, making email spam a shadow of the problem it once was. You get a spoofed email telling you the money has arrived in your PayPal account, in the hope you’ll then post the item to them before you realise you haven’t actually been paid. Contact your friend privately or offline to ask them about the post they shared. TokenLot added that it had been in contact with Bittrex and that it had confirmed the account that the ether was sent to an account where a “know your customer” check was authenticated.

T-Mobile, which has 79.7 million subscribers, offers a second feature called Scam Block that allows you to block these likely scammers before they can reach you. To learn how to spot scams, read our post on ways to detect online scam. They find ways to “look like” an app, getting you to click on a link, or return a phone call, text or email. In early 2009 the loans went into default and MTF was unable to find the assets for repossession. The SFO claims between July 2005 and February 2009 Whelan wrote a number of loans in the names of family, friends and associates using fake assets as security. Phishing: Taxpayers should be alert to potential fake emails or websites looking to steal personal information. CompTel urged the Commission to impose appropriate sanctions for any violations uncovered by the audit reports to deter future violations, and called for a full investigation into all potential instances of noncompliance with the Merger Order and Conditions and underlying FCC rules. The extra jail-time comes from his conviction and sentence for 18 counts of breaching the Securities Act, Crimes Act and Companies Act brought by the Financial Markets Authority and its predecessor the Securities Commission. He was acquitted on a further three theft charges, 11 Crimes Act charges of false statement by a promoter, and 11 Companies Act charges of making a false statement to a trustee and three theft charges. Mark Whelan, the former Auckland-based retail dealer, faces 25 individual and 41 joint charges for spear-heading the scheme, while Richard Barnett, Jonathan Chiswell, Brett Donaldson and Steward Saunders also face charges for their respective roles. Last year, Clark Lewis and Stewart Travis Saunders pleaded guilty to charges of obtaining funds by deception for their roles in the scheme.

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Paul Rose faces four charges under the Crimes Act of obtaining by deception and Jane Rose faces two charges, the SFO said in a statement. Karl Sean Toussaint pleaded guilty to five charges of obtaining funds by deception under the Crime Act, the SFO said in a statement. He also pleaded guilty to charges laid by the Financial Markets Authority that he provided a financial service when he was not registered for that service, he knowingly made a false or misleading declaration or representation to the FMA for the purposes of obtaining authorisation to become an Authorised Financial Adviser, and he supplied information or produced documents to FMA which he knew to be false or misleading. What exactly do you get if you sign up for a credit monitoring service? Sometimes scammers will try multiple times to get you to pay “fines” or “transaction fees” related to the balance. A Ponzi scheme is a money-go-round arrangement which uses cash from new investors to pay returns to existing members, who typically think they’re reaping the rewards of an astute investment plan. Who knows? Scammers know you’re more likely to answer a phone call from a familiar area code than one from halfway across the world.

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Belgrave Finance legal adviser Hugh Hamilton, a former mayor of Central Hawke’s Bay, has been convicted of 14 charges over the lender’s 2008 collapse, and faces up to seven years in jail. The jail term is the longest ordered by the courts for a case brought by the SFO, trumping a nine years and six months-term imposed on Michael Swann in 2009 for his $17 million defrauding of the Otago District Health Board. These delinquencies stay on your report for seven years — even if you’ve caught up your payments! Forensic Report No. 12.22.1304 and the causation paragraph of the report. The first paragraph also made for scary reading. The tout, taking advantage of the Thai people’s reputation for friendliness, may strike up a conversation, asking where the mark is from, and if this is his first time in Bangkok. From first-hand accounts of people asking for an urgent favor, to meandering WhatsApp chats impersonating family members (and ultimately leading to crypto conversations), message-based phishing attempts are on the rise. He knew where she banked and how many accounts she had. A group of Trinity investors, including the scheme’s architect Garry Muir, claimed the IRD “deliberately refrained from putting material facts and law” before the High Court in the original proceeding, “so as to secure a judgment that department officers knew would not have been available if there had been full and frank disclosure of the legal position,” the judgment said.

The author Peter Cullen of Cullen – The Employment Law Firm cites instances of theft of information by employees. InfiLaw is not alone in this practice: many law schools design the brief tenure of such “jobs” to coincide precisely with the ABA’s nine-month employment-status reporting deadline. There are hundreds of buildings, parks, cities and schools named after President Jefferson. This is why it’s important to have policies and procedures for managing your business-critical information no matter if you are a small businesses with just a few employees or a large government agency. 1. The Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act (FDCPA) became effective in 1991. 28 USC 3001 et seq. The lender’s perpetual preference shares, which are listed on the NZX’s debt market, traded today at 49 cents in the dollar. Ralph Vuletic has emerged as the accomplice of convicted fraudster Marcus Friedlander after pleading guilty to faking a debt meant to convince creditors to take a bath. We are well aware of the impact of credit card fraud and take every security effort possible to ensure none of your details fall into the wrong hands. There are situations where a consumer has to hand over the debit or credit card for payment of the bill incurred. The tax department has previously said the scheme would have cost taxpayers up to $3.7 billion over the 50-year-lifespan of the investment scheme.

We’ve taken a look at what “Scam Likely” calls are, what you can do about them, and how to block “scam likely” calls. Apple has said that users should dismiss these notifications (without tapping on them) and not answer subsequent phone calls. But after they trapped any personal than they are starting avoid their calls and email etc. At the end the personal that have cheated from them become frustrate and he/she stopped to call fraudster. It is just that now (after suit is threated or filed) the debtor may be under scrutiny; and, as a result, either the debtor or his transferee may have to bear the burden of asserting this affirmative defense. Under TUFTA, the creditor must carry the burden of proving the elements as to each alleged fraudulent transfer by a preponderance of the evidence. If a transfer cannot be voided be voided as a practical matter, the creditor’s goal will be a money judgment for the value of the asset transferred. When this occurs, the attorney for the debtor needs to be able to plausibly argue to a court that the steps taken by the debtor could reasonably have been taken in the ordinary course of life or business regardless of whether or not the debtor was subject to collection on a judgment. An action by a judgment creditor seeking to void a fraudulent transfer is subject to a four-year statute of limitations, but if discovered later, then the applicable period is within one year after the transfer should have reasonably been detected (TUFTA Sec. Accordingly, a last-minute transfer by the judgment debtor to his brother-in-law for ten dollars and other valuable consideration will fool no one and is voidable. Accordingly, one sees actual fraud cases where intent is present versus constructive fraud cases where intent may be less susceptible to proof.

3) if made pursuant to a good-faith effort to rehabilitate the debtor and the transfer secured present value given for that purpose. TUFTA “shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it” (Bus. 3) subject to applicable principles of equity and in accordance with applicable rules of civil procedure: (A) an injunction against further disposition by the debtor or a transferee, or both, of the asset transferred or of other property; (B) appointment of a receiver to take charge of the asset transferred or of other property of the transferee; or (C) any other relief the circumstances may require. A debtor who has fraudulently transferred property to cheat his or her creditors might also be subject to statutory penalties and criminal prosecution, depending upon the law in the debtor’s home state. The failure to record a conveyance, such as a deed to land, might indicate the existence of fraud. Whether a transaction constitutes a fraudulent conveyance depends upon the existence of the intent to defraud at the time that the challenged transfer was made. A person is a BFP (and therefore protected) if he or she is a good-faith purchaser of legal title to real property; pays valuable consideration; and does so without actual or constructive notice of the judgment lien-meaning the buyer cannot have any awareness (from whatever source) of the existence of a judgment against the seller. Because it may be difficult for the courts to determine an individual’s intent, rules have been established to help in the process. Fortunately for debtors, there is a very significant exception to the fraudulent transfer rules. Such rules are called “badges of fraud.” For example, if the Transfer of Assets was concealed, an inference of Fraud can be made. Data w​as created　 by GSA  Content Generator DEMO.

However, if one spouse pays the other the market value of the property, the transfer is valid and will not be set aside as a fraudulent conveyance. However, the court held that appellants’ claims were preempted by section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, because this section shields certain transactions from a bankruptcy trustee’s avoidance powers, including, inter alia, transfers by or to a financial institution in connection with a securities contract, except through an intentional fraudulent conveyance claim. It’s not known how the total of 37,000 fraudulent claims compares to the previous 14-month period. Additionally, the victim may be asked to pay for a health certificate needed to transport the pet, and for kennel fees during the recuperation period. He said the first step in the claims process “requires identity-verification steps that most fraudsters would be unable to pass,” and if the questions posed during the process are not answered accurately, a claimant will be asked to provide additional documentation to establish their identity. A conveyance by one spouse to the other based upon a fictitious or nominal consideration is generally treated as fraudulent if it is made to defeat the spouse’s creditor’s claims. Whether or not a conveyance of real property was recorded at the county clerk’s office can be important in determining whether or not a judgment creditor can reach the property.

Federal law denies a discharge to a debtor who transfers property with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud within the 12 months immediately prior to the filing of the bankruptcy petition or after the filing of bankruptcy petition. Based on the 1992 Indian stock market scam committed by many stockbrokers including Harshad Mehta, the series is adapted from journalist Sucheta Dalal and Debashish Basu’s 1992 book The Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who Got Away. Kaiman, Jonathan. “In China, an insurance policy for good Samaritans who get sued.” Los Angeles Times. While the above factors can affect the price of your policy initially, other issues can result in an increase in premiums or in a reduction in availability of coverage. IKEA’s return policy in its U.S. According to federal officials, a Sioux City woman stole at least $24,235 from the U.S. Iowa has fielded at least 37,000 fraudulent claims for unemployment benefits since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to state officials. That works out to more than 87 fraudulent claims filed each day of the pandemic. AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Department of Labor canceled more than 12,000 initial claims and 17,000 weekly certifications that it found to be fraudulent for the week ending May 30, the department said Thursday. In fact, student loan forgiveness scams were rampant during the pandemic, and one scam company defrauded borrowers out of over $1.7M by pretending to be affiliated with the Department of Education. If you’re applying for any credit product, make sure that it’s from a company that has been around for long, or that has a solid reputation, so your information doesn’t end up in the wrong hands.

While it’s true that online transactions can lead to credit card fraud and stolen information, most banks do their best to make transmissions secure. It’s bad enough when identity thieves obtain your credit card information and make fraudulent purchases. Recipient addresses and email content are copied and pasted into a webmail interface using a stand-alone storage medium, such as a memory card. This scholarship scam phishing email included a timeframe within which the recipient should respond (24 hours). Charging a fee. Most scholarship scams charge some kind of fee. No matter what kind of ATM you use, financial planners always advise that you examine your bank statement, or better yet, frequently check your online statement. The good news is that as the technology improves, in the words of Paul McCartney, it’s getting better all the time. Bank of America. “Getting Started: Demos.” Bank of America. “Cash Support will never ask you to provide your sign-in code, PIN or other sensitive information, like your bank account information,” according to Cash App’s website. They might use a real name, like the FTC, Social Security Administration, IRS, or Medicare, or make up a name that sounds official. However, if the concentration is higher, dilute the product or reduce use to three to four times per week until your skin has adjusted. However, lactic acid is generally gentler and more hydrating while glycolic is better for sun-damaged skin. However, Sahay denied these allegations, citing that the coal block was allocated to SKS Ispat, where his brother was only an “honorary director”. Which is better glycolic acid or lactic acid? Shop around for a reputable lender and check for complaints with the Better Business Bureau, as well. Any merchant who regularly transacts business over PayPal should be aware of these five common scams. ᠎This  data was done wi th GSA C᠎onte​nt  Ge nera᠎to r ​DE​MO!

Your first order of business is the check out the popularity of the app as listed by Google Play. Perhaps his bloody signature indicated he’d be saved through the Order of St. John. Others think the “F” stood for fecit, a Latin word meaning “did,” so perhaps the signature is really saying “Michelangelo did it” – an ambiguous comment, for sure. Some scientists think that thanks to spatial frequency, the smile changes depending on where you look. Many professionals in the field think of mystery shopping assignments as part-time or occasional work – not something to replace a full-time job. Carefully watching for fraudulent charges will help keep your finances safe, whether you’re shopping or managing your money with online banking. As with all important transactions, keep the receipt of your ATM deposit. At a drive-through ATM, keep your doors locked and your engine running. If you use an advanced ATM, print out the images of the checks on the receipt as well. Is lactic acid safe to use? Lactic acid serums are best used at night because they can cause sun sensitivity. And while hailed as a genius today, he only sold one painting before he died in 1890 at age 37. The official cause is suicide from a gun shot at close range. Some brides are a cinch to deal with, but others range from difficult to overwhelmingly high-maintenance. Brides who just need a creative muse of sorts might do well to hire an event designer who specializes in event style and theme development. To that end, smart brides (and planners, for that matter) will leave a paper trail detailing expectations and conversations.

They are used to make the most of what our loved ones leave behind. It’s a scam that will leave you owing money to your bank. Stellin, Susan. “Bank Will Allow Customer to Deposit Checks by iPhone.” New York Times. The bank USAA now allows customers to deposit checks via iPhone. You’ll receive the paycheck stub for your records and you’ll save yourself the hassle of having to visit the bank or the ATM to make a deposit. Idlebrook, Craig. “Tax Tips for Farmers: Ten Ways to Make April 15th Less Stressful.” Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. Certified wedding planners are also recommended by a number of professional organizations, including the Association of Bridal Consultants and the International Special Events Society, so it doesn’t hurt to check any optional certifications he or she may claim. It’s virtually impossible to carry off an entire special event 100 percent according to plan. To be safe, always photograph the entire process of packing and shipping every item you sell through eBay. By the time you notice it’s phony, you’ve already sent the item and it’s too late. Next time you log into your online banking account, pay attention to your URL bar. Please follow the link below and log into your account to make sure your information is not affected.

NBC News contacted the Squid token developers through contact information listed on its website, but emails were undeliverable and bounced back. Phishers take on the persona of someone trustworthy – a friend, neighbour or colleague – in an attempt to get you to hand over information or click a malicious link via email, social media or other messaging apps like WhatsApp. USCIS will only contact you through official government channels and will not contact you through your personal social media accounts (such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.). Barron, a retiree in suburban Dallas, had uploaded her résumé to several job hunting sites in hope of finding some part-time work to supplement her Social Security income. This security is typically depicted in your Web browser by a lock or key, and any secured URL should begin with “https://” instead of “http://”. It’s easy for criminals to spoof a trusted retailer, using familiar logos and slogans and a URL that’s easily mistaken for the real thing. Some criminals even prowl disaster areas post-storm pretending to represent the Federal Emergency Management Agency. While there are some legitimate options that can help you lower your monthly payments, these can only be accessed through your federal student loan servicer, one of the nine companies that the government pays to manage the federal student loan portfolio.

A spokesman said: ‘Dear customers, we’ve become aware of a scam using our name offering a £75 voucher to celebrate our 50th birthday. He had little more than a name for his factory, Ivoir-Cafe and, purportedly, a few hundred thousand dollars, but his arguments were enticing. Be cautious and pay close attention to the spelling of the charity’s name and the web address they provide, as charity scams often seek to impersonate legitimate charities and their websites. The other 8 percent goes to pay the people who helped usher the IPO through the process: law firms, accountants and the primary investment bank that handled the IPO. It is all the more damaging to the state since a law dating back to the early 1990s stipulates that any monetary transfers above five million CFA francs (10,548 dollars) must be authorised by the Central Bank. And while I do believe that this was a scam and they made a ton of false claims, I’ve taken things with green coffee and I can honestly say that it’ll give you a pretty substantial energy boost, So even if it doesn’t directly lead to weight loss, it’s still likely to give people more energy to excercise, as well as stimulants often raising the heart rate, causing sweating and decreasing appetite.

When you get a job, one of the first things your employer will ask you to do is fill out a W-4 form. But, if you are still headstrong with the business opportunity, then I would suggest that you learn attraction marketing first. Still Confused About Money? In a dramatic turn of events, Than fled the country in February after pocketing 850 million CFA francs (worth 1.79 million dollars at today’s rate) in shareholders’ money. His start-up capital was estimated at 150 million CFA francs, then worth about half a million U.S. In its 1993 annual report, the bank had proudly announced that it “invested UA 0.839 million in Ivoire-Cafe, which was established to produce instant coffee in Cote d’Ivoire.” At the then rate of one Bank Unit of Account (UA) to 1.37356 U.S. Almost overnight, 86,000 of them, each worth 10,000 CFA francs (about 34 U.S. 150 million CFA francs (316,455 dollars) in damages to the AfDB. His flight was only made public early this month after the African Development Bank (AfDB) took him to court here on charges of fraud. While much attention in the wider software engineering community is properly directed towards other aspects of systems development and evolution, such as specification, design and requirements engineering, it is the source code that contains the only precise description of the behaviour of the system.

Many operating systems already contain such a program for connections through the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), such as WvDial. The truth is that it is likely to be “most efficient” to collect payment from customers in the US and Canada, as compared to some other countries. “We discovered that since we started business in The USA and CANADA, we have been having problems getting payments from Our customers as it was very uneasy for them to send payments to our Offices, supplier or farmers directly considering the time frame Required processing foreign Checks (30 Days and above). The “Shallowbucks” scam suggests the coffee company will give customers a free beverage voucher if they send a screenshot of themselves listening to the song. Palm trees and beautiful beaches may beckon you with the promise of wealth, but in reality, few investments exist — even if they are speculations — which can give you the cash overnight to enjoy a luxury lifestyle. In the course of my research, I’ve also encountered some Cash App scammers not using any of the Cash App hashtags whatsoever. Scammers ask their victims to deposit the check and send back the excess amount, hoping they’ll do so before they realize the check was fake and has bounced. If in doubt, you can always check with the local embassy. The indictment accuses Mr. Leonardis, along with former Local 1235 Presidents Albert Cernadas and Vincent Aulisi, the latter’s son Eddie, and Nuncio LaGrasso, vice president of another Newark-based ILA local, as well as other conspirators, of running an extortion operation in which unionized workers were the principal victims. In accordance with Regents’ Rule 80601, the Vice President for Business Affairs shall notify the U.T. According to the indictment, during the meeting Ralph Jr. explained to Mr. Calabro that he had brought along Ralph III in case the foreman “needed to be physically assaulted.” Forced Unionism Culpable For ‘Almost Every Antisocial Aspect in Labor Relations’ “The ILA’s New Jersey locals and LIUNA Local 6A are representative of many other union operations that have remained crooked, decade after decade, despite multiple crackdowns by law enforcement,” noted National Right to Work Committee Vice President Matthew Leen. C᠎ontent w as created  by GSA Content Genera᠎tor ᠎DEMO.

Specifically, Mr. Leonardis and other conspirators “agreed to obtain property of ILA members, that is: money belonging to ILA union members, with their consent, which consent was to be induced by wrongful use of actual and threatened force, violence and fear.” One especially egregious form of extortion of which several ILA union-boss defendants are accused is the collection of “Christmas tribute” money from dockworkers after they received year-end bonuses. The indictment in which Mr. Scopo is named alleges that he and his son, Ralph III, current union president and an unindicted coconspirator, have run Local 6A as a front for the Colombo Crime Family. A Foreman Who Protests Shakedowns May Need ‘to Be Physically Assaulted’ Federal prosecutors’ January 20 arrests of half-a-dozen current and former ILA officials and their cohorts were only part of a larger takedown that day. I get a free tea every day stopping by the Cefco, and a free hamburger at Sonic for my buddy buy one get one free, just one of the hundreds of coupons provided to save money. Based on the results of a March 2021 survey, call-security app maker Truecaller estimates that some 59 million Americans lost money to a phone scam in the previous 12 months.  This h as been g​enerat᠎ed with G​SA  Content Gen᠎er᠎ator D emov​er᠎si on᠎.

Either way, “Scam Likely” is probably not an old friend whose number you forgot that you saved. A digital wallet spares your fingers the constant repetition of typing your 16-digit credit card number. It reached more than $2,860 per token Monday morning before losing all its value after the project’s unknown creators appeared to cash out Squid tokens worth more than $3 million, according to transaction details on a publicly accessible cryptocurrency digital wallet. The two defendants made their initial appearances in federal court in Flint on Monday. These searches caught Campbell “red-handed,” in the process of carrying out the same fraud scheme with a new lender and two new identity theft victims. All the Axis powers (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan) had totalitarian or authoritarian governments, and two of the three were replaced by governments based on democratic constitutions. Political scientist Theodore M. Vestal writes that authoritarian political systems may be weakened through inadequate responsiveness to either popular or elite demands and that the authoritarian tendency to respond to challenges by exerting tighter control, instead of by adapting, may compromise the legitimacy of an authoritarian state and lead to its collapse. Back in 1903, a few years after the discovery of X-rays by German researchers, a French scientist named René Blondlot announced that he’d discovered yet another previously unknown form of radiation – N-rays. This has be​en g ener at ed　​wi​th GSA Co​ntent Genera to r  DEMO.

Do not respond to a caller from an unknown telephone number, who identifies as a person you know and requests cryptocurrency. Of course, most people know that the government would send a letter, not a phone call, regarding any problems or late fees on payments such as taxes, and would never fill said letter with intimidating threats of prosecution. Without one, you leave yourself open to legal threats when you terminate services to abusive customers or refuse to allow a previously terminated customer to sign up again. Hosting providers are increasingly asking Spamhaus how they can prevent so-called “fraudulent sign-ups” — new customers whose only intention is to spam, host malware, host botnet controllers, or engage in other activities that are forbidden by the hosting provider’s acceptable use policy (AUP). You can also file a complaint with the BBB’s Scam Tracker, which will help notify others about potential fraud activities. This message is for the attention of existing and potential suppliers to the University of Southampton. We want to alert you to a fraud scam that is targeting existing and potential suppliers of equipment to the University of Southampton. Using the name of a genuine employee (often a senior member of staff, such as a Dean, who is on the website) in a fictitious role, or a made-up contact in a genuine role from the University. Hovering over the email address name may reveal the originator’s actual email address is different from that displayed. The purpose of this page is to gather all the information we have collected over time into one place that you can use as a go-to resource when you need it. Making material misrepresentations to investors (for example, overstating the average return on investment, overstating the long-term profitability of investing in binary options over the course of multiple trades, or understating the risk of binary options trading).

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Issues with Withdrawals. Representatives of binary options websites may use delay tactics to hold up your withdrawal request until it is too late for you to dispute the charge(s) with your credit card company. Representatives of binary options websites may use high pressure sales tactics or even threats (for example, threatening to file a lien against your property) to swindle you. High Pressure Sales Tactics or Threats. The scam operates in the following way: A supplier will receive an email requesting a quotation for specific item(s) of equipment (often high value). After shipping the item(s) the supplier never receives payment and is unable to retrieve the shipped products. Furthermore, if any of the products offered by binary options trading websites are security-based swaps, additional requirements will apply. In addition, hosts that state clearly on their corporate web sites that they will fully cooperate with law enforcement and private anti-spam and security companies such as Spamhaus when their AUP is violated, discourage abusers from signing up in the first place. A significant number of malware hosting sites and botnet control sites are in fact proxy nodes, forwarding traffic to a back-end server. Don’t call the Apple number in your contacts if you think you’ve been scammed; a scammer’s spoofed number can appear there, as if it’s from Apple. If a pop-up or error message appears with a phone number, don’t call the number.

The Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA) provides consumer protections if you are charged for goods and services you didn’t accept or that weren’t delivered as agreed, but you must send a letter disputing the charges that reaches the creditor within 60 days after the first bill with the error was mailed to you. This article provides some tips to help hosting providers prevent fraudulent sign-ups and increase the detection rate for such sign-ups. It uses disposable tips and a couple droplets of common solvents per test. One thing that both Mac and Windows PC fans have in common is passion for the brands themselves. These back-end servers are often hosted on rogue networks that are already listed on one of the Spamhaus Don’t Route Or Peer Lists (DROP/EDROP). For example, spammers and malware hosts frequently use a VPN to forward traffic from their permanent, back-end locations on your server to botnet or snowshoe spam cannons or web proxies on a compromised server. Often there is one constant amidst the changed identities: the VPN end node (back-end)! There is one rule of thumb when it comes to Cash App scams: If it seems too good to be true, it probably is, according to Gordon. Unsolicited Offers. Unsolicited offers (you didn’t ask for it and don’t know the sender) to earn investment returns that seem too good to be true may be part of a fraudulent investment scheme. And how does the IRS know who to go after? Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a wire transfer or stored value card such as a gift card. Anyone who claims little or no risk, or that an investment will make money without putting in much time and effort is a scammer.

How do I spot a phishing scam? This case should serve as a wake-up call to all companies – even the most sophisticated – that they too can be victims of phishing attacks by cyber criminals. Educate them about the proper steps to take in case of a dispute. However, the customer can take the dispute to the bank. A chargeback happens when a payment is reversed by the customer’s bank. Merchant Errors. This one happens with a merchant account. Instances of misplaced orders and shipping errors contribute to legitimate chargebacks. Merchant Oversight: Sometimes, chargebacks stem from innocent merchant errors. Chargebacks pose significant challenges for businesses, often resulting from friendly fraud or unauthorized transactions. Monitoring Chargeback Ratios: Regularly monitor your chargeback ratio, which is the number of chargebacks divided by the total number of transactions. There’s an abnormal number of international orders within a short period of time. Do not share or store photos of a credit card at any time. Add an extra layer of security by memorizing the three or four-digit number before removing it from the back of the card. The scam is designed to cause worry for you account’s security, so you call the number provided in the text. More than 20 billion text messages are sent every day in the United States. Believers are likewise enjoined to abhor and eschew divorce, but they are not required to insist that a ban on divorce and remarriage be a part of the state constitution, as MT demanded in a referendum in Ireland (which her side narrowly lost) in 1996. Later in that same year, she told Ladies Home Journal that she was pleased by the divorce of her friend Princess Diana, because the marriage had so obviously been an unhappy one …

5. Most survey scams operate across state borders. Email Scams Click here to see a list with email scams that you could be a victim of these days. This coupon offer was fake, just another iteration of similar scams that have made the online rounds several times before. Implement Stringent Refund Policies: Have well-defined refund and return policies prominently displayed on your website. Customer Authentication: Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) for online transactions. By recognizing these nuanced situations, businesses can better comprehend the multifaceted nature of chargeback fraud, enabling them to implement effective prevention measures and navigate legitimate disputes more adeptly. Businesses can unintentionally duplicate charges during payment processing. By implementing these chargeback prevention strategies, businesses can minimize the impact of friendly fraud and unauthorized transactions, fostering trust with customers and financial stability for the company. The term aggressive investments refers to investments selected for their potential to increase the value of an initial cash outlay; that is, their potential for growth, as opposed to their ability to provide financial stability or predictable dividend income. So while you still should be vigilant, you’ll get some comfort from knowing that the software is also filtering out potential trouble. A daily special is often a way for the chef to get creative, and spice up the menu for the restaurant’s regular diners. Regular updates about the order status can reduce misunderstandings and prevent disputes. Why break in when you can trick someone into opening the door? Organizations that fail to educate employees on the dangers of blindly clicking links and opening attachments from unknown senders are inviting risk to their organization. Legitimate Chargebacks: Not all chargebacks are fraudulent; some arise from genuine reasons. Criminal Credit Card Fraud Chargebacks.

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When the credit card statement arrives, the charge triggers confusion due to lack of recognition. This triggers a chargeback when the cardholder notices the unfamiliar charge. He knows how to present a retail fraud case to both prosecutors and judges in a way that maximizes your likelihood of keeping a first offense retail fraud charge from becoming a part of your criminal record. In the event of a chargeback, having well-documented evidence can strengthen your case during the dispute process. Mr. Smith: Apparently you haven’t received my email in which I told you I would get the document signed and sent back to you as soon as I possibly can. And they try to get money back. Instead of leaving a missed call, you will receive a voicemail that prompts you to call back for more information on a prize you have won. Using litigation to set aside a fraudulent transfer places the asset(s) back into the taxpayer / transferor’s name and encumbered by the taxpayer / transferor’s federal tax lien. In actuality, Nickoli is using a photo of a Czechoslovakian entrepreneur named Pavol Krúpa. Use different passwords for each account and look into using a password manager. Use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to prevent malicious actors from accessing your network. It’s called chargeback fraud when bad actors cheat this process. Make it easy for them to contact your support team for assistance before resorting to a chargeback. Order Confirmation Emails: Send immediate confirmation emails after a purchase, detailing the transaction, items purchased, and contact information. Here, you will find all the real emails Facebook has recently sent you, both about security and login issues, as well as other topics. Idan Udi Edry is the CEO of Trustifi, a software-as-a-service company offering a patented postmarked email system that encrypts and tracks emails. ᠎Th᠎is a​rt᠎ic le was wri tten with the he᠎lp  of G​SA C​on tent Generat or Demoversi on᠎.

Scam artists email a fake receipt or shipping label that appears legitimate in hopes that the consumer will click on it. Provide detailed receipts, shipping confirmations, and order tracking information. Particularly common in certain industries, such as food delivery, a late-night pizza order might slip their memory. Documentation and Evidence: Maintain thorough records of transactions, customer interactions, and order details. In the latter, the credit card details can be used in credit card fraud. A criminal steals a card and makes purchases. In cases of stolen cards, criminals exploit the situation by making purchases and attempting to collect funds illicitly. Unintended Neglect: A frequent occurrence involves customers making purchases but subsequently forgetting about them. This extra layer of security, such as SMS verification or biometric authentication, can deter unauthorized individuals from making purchases. The CVV code can protect you because it is up to the merchant to decide whether or not to finish the transaction. Instead of contacting a merchant for a refund, they go right to their financial institution. The bank listens to the cardholder’s claim against the merchant. The bank informs the merchants about the dispute. Merchants can fight this kind of cardholder dispute. Unauthorized Household Transactions: Chargebacks can also result from unauthorized purchases by household members. Chargebacks that involve friendly fraud and/or unauthorized purchases are a big problem for entrepreneurs.

To avoid fraud charges and penalties, report all income including self-employment and independent contractor work. Other top consumer complaints about scams that started on social media related to romance scams or economic relief or income opportunities, which often target people who have lost a job or other income because of the pandemic. Official UK government websites always have ‘.gov.uk’ at the end of their website address. But reports to FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network suggest that that social media websites and apps have become popular hangouts for scammers, too. You should also verify the nature of any product or service (including its legal status and relevant regulatory requirements) and consult the relevant Regulators’ websites before making any decision. Go To A Local Bank With Your Buyer: If it’s necessary to accept a cashier’s check for a good or service you’re providing – especially for large transactions – you should ask to meet your customer at a local bank (or a local branch of a big institution). It involves criminals who pose as you to gain access to one or more of your accounts, and then use that access to carry out unauthorised transactions. These scams pose a particular problem now due to what cybercrime experts call social engineering: the dark art of manipulating human behavior to facilitate fraud. Some pop-up messages about computer issues are legitimate, but do not call a number or click on a link that appears in a pop-up message warning you of a computer problem. They may call and tell you there is a serious problem with your visa. If you’re worried about a virus or other threat, call your security software company directly, using the phone number on its website, the sales receipt, or the product packaging. An attack like this might try to exploit weaknesses in a site for any number of other phishing attacks. This data h᠎as ​been  done by G SA Con tent G en᠎er ator D​em oversi​on .

Curious what these calls sound like? If someone calls and offers to “help” you recover money you have already lost, don’t give them money or personal information. 3. Generic salutations: Apple does not use generic salutations such as “Dear valued customer” or “Hello friend.” If anything, they’ll address you by your real name that they have on record. While real companies might communicate with you by email, legitimate companies won’t email or text with a link to update your payment information. The analysis excludes reports categorized as complaints about social networking services, internet information services, mobile text messages, and unsolicited email. Often, scammers are behind these calls, pop-up messages, and emails. If you find fraudulent cards or accounts, notify the companies behind them immediately so that they can cancel them. Smaller companies (startups) often have their founders as main points of contact via email. We’ve warned companies about frauds perpetrated via business email. Start with the assumption that phishing email links will be clicked, providing cyber attackers the opportunity to move past your preventative defenses. We advise you not to open any links or reply to a text message claiming to be from HMRC that offers you a tax refund in exchange for personal or financial details. It works like a CEO scam, but this time the call or message claims to come from a member of your technology staff asking for a password or directing the recipient to download software.  This data has  be​en writt​en ​by G᠎SA  C᠎ontent Gen​er at᠎or  Demov ersion.

The ‘bait’ in this instance may appear to be a message from “the fraud department” of, for example, the victim’s bank, which asks the customer to: “confirm their information”; “log in to their account”; “create a new password”, or similar requests. Department of State’s “OCS Trust” program, the person will need to show a photo ID to get the cash. The Justice Department previously mailed checks in March 2020, September 2020, and June 2021. These previous distributions resulted in more than $365 million returned to over 148,000 victims. Homebuyers looking to take advantage of the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday that ends on 31 March should be especially vigilant when moving money. If the caller claims to be from a bank, company, or government agency Take their name and ask if you can call them back. They claim to have the essentials you need, but in reality, they’re fakes that take your “order,” grab your credit card number, and run. You will never be taken to a page where you have to input personal information. This page gives you advice on protecting yourself from tricks and scams the Home Office is aware of. Otherwise customers may not find you online during this time.” We’ve seen scams like this before and the call definitely isn’t from Google.

This climate has gotten so bad that respected merchants like Birkenstock have left the Amazon marketplace altogether. In the cryptocurrency market, sticking with well-known and broadly adopted cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC -4.9%) and Ethereum (ETH -7.07%) and well-known exchanges like Coinbase (COIN -7.73%) and Binance should keep you out of trouble when it comes to pump-and-dump scams. With more of our everyday lives playing out online because of coronavirus and stay-at-home orders, transaction fraudsters have more opportunities than ever to con those who let their guards down. If you apply for one, they tell you that you have the job and ask you to pay visa and work permit fees. Because of joint investigations by the FTC, the Justice Department, and the U. S. Postal Inspection Service, Western Union agreed to pay $586 million and admitted to aiding and abetting wire fraud. All you need to do to accept your prize is put in your delivery address and input your credit card information to pay for shipping. The FTC will never demand money, make threats, tell you to transfer money, or promise you a prize. Don’t make it easy for scammers to target you – check your social media privacy settings to limit what you share publicly.

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In a traditional con, the mark is encouraged to believe that he will obtain money dishonestly by cheating a third party, and is stunned to find that due to what appears to be an error in pulling off the scam he is the one who loses money; in more general use, the term con is used for any fraud in which the victim is tricked into losing money by false promises of gain. Howard, Brian. “Is America’s $8 Billion Bottled Water Industry a Fraud?” E/The Environmental Magazine. In reality, all water is “healthy” as long as it doesn’t possess high levels of harmful contaminants, which tap water does not. There are contaminants in bottled water just like there are in tap water, but no testing has uncovered levels that would pose a health risk. “What are you talking about? But in most cases, the EPA standards for tap water are harder to meet. International Bottled Water Association. By far the tightest regulating body overseeing the bottled-water industry is the industry itself, most notably in the form of the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA). A “recycled” plastic bottle has far more virgin plastic in it than recycled plastic. Fisk, Umbra. “Bottle Racket.” Grist Magazine. And once they are broken down for reuse, manufacturers are typically not able to build a bottle out of recycled plastic alone. Tap water may not be perfectly clear, or it may have a slight chlorine aftertaste, but according to the Minnesota Department of Health, those are merely aesthetic qualities that do not indicate the water is unsafe. But if the blog is consistently interesting, well-written and really takes off, you may be approached by companies who want to reach your fan base with graphical advertising around your blog, which will give you more money. The key here, as with many other services on the internet, is being consistent (in this case blogging several times a week), selling advertising and using your blog as a platform to promote other businesses.

Municipal water supplies are tested hundreds of times every month. There are definitely many fake ads out there, but do not let a Craigslist scammer deter you. And you know there are scams out there. Some of these gigs are best for those looking to make a little extra money on the side, while others can lead to full-time jobs and big success. From that, they may decide to lead tours to places they have been, do speaking engagements or create e-books with travel tips and sell them from their sites. They may even lead workshops teaching others how to make money from a blog. We may contact you about your account or feedback. The more positive feedback you receive, the more people will be willing to do business with you. But they can be more expensive than wills to set up and administer, so be sure to weigh the costs of establishing a living trust against the costs of probate. IBWA members must meet the requirements set forth in the IBWA Model Code, which includes disinfection in the form of reverse osmosis, filtration or distillation for any water drawn from a municipal drinking water source. And that’s certainly the case here.Lottery scams usually take the form of an email message (but sometimes notifications also arrive by mail) saying you have won money in a draw connected to a big sporting event, like the Olympic Games.Recent lottery sports scams have included the names of big companies involved in sports event sponsorship, in an effort to increase their credibility. This has be᠎en created with t he help　​of GS​A Co᠎ntent Genera tor DEMO .

A spoofed message often contains subtle mistakes that expose its true identity. Those billions of bottles have to be shipped there, meaning even more energy is consumed to get the bottles to the point of recycling. The other main regulatory concern is the fact that FDA regulations only apply to bottled water shipped between states. FDA Consumer magazine: Bottled Water: Better Than the Tap? Some ingredients might be more helpful or better suited to your skin type than others. And that, of course, means more money. They buoy the text with video clips, lots of hashtags and, of course, appropriate shareable social media links. Do not click on any links in the scam email. Possibly the easiest way to recognize a scammy email is bad grammar. It got so bad that at one point, Furuta asked her captors to kill her. Braum told us not only were changes made to his engineering reports, but he was asked to cover it up. They told her that other people had made complaints to ASIC about Greg. They’re getting calls or texts from people who claim to be interested in buying the car – but first want to see a car history report. If someone wants to keep you on the phone while you go withdraw or transfer money, buy gift cards, or anything else they’re asking you to do: that’s a scammer. On the other hand, an interesting point to note is that many cities add fluoride to their water if it doesn’t naturally contain the American Dental Association recommended amount (0.7 to 1.2 ppm) to help keep people’s teeth healthy.

American Water Works Association. At one level down from federal regulation, which only affects water that travels between states, there is state regulation of the industry. The FDA does not consider bottled water to be a risky food product for at least a couple of reasons: First, since the water’s source must be protected in the first place, the water shouldn’t be susceptible to many of the harmful contaminants found in surface and ground water, which municipal systems sometimes have to deal with; and second, there have been no instances to date of significantly contaminated bottles of water. Most recycling of plastic bottles ends up happening overseas, particularly in China. There are so many types of plastics that the containers are extremely hard to sort, so recycling them is very expensive. Almost 90 percent of bottled-water bottles end up in the trash or on the ground, not in recycling bins. Of the roughly 10 percent of bottles that do get recycled, most aren’t much help in offsetting the energy consumed and pollution produced by the original manufacturing and transportation process. Most of those bottles are a type of plastic called polyethylene terepthalate, or PET, which is produced from crude oil. These hopes, however, are misplaced: NFTs are a speculative bubble built on destructive technology laden with ethical and financial liabilities. Scammers like to use VoIP technology so their actual number and location are hidden. In any event, many bottled-water drinkers believe they are drinking something that is healthier than tap water. Many bottled water drinkers report taste as the primary reason for their bias – they just think bottled water tastes better than tap water, end of story.  This w᠎as cre​ated wi᠎th GSA  Con tent G᠎ener ator DE MO.