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confidence trick
(redirected from Confidence scam)

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See: bunko


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Pharming is a highly sophisticated extension of the online confidence scam 'Phishing' and is best confined through a blended network security response' that eliminates threats including DNS poisoning, Trojan horse programs and key-logging spyware.
The suspect said the lottery was operated in Canada - the source of many telephone confidence scams, according to the Federal Trade Commission - and requested the victim wire $2,500 in taxes to Quebec, Canada.
 
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