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MILAM COUNTY T.R.I.A.D.

Most scams fall into nine categories
Ted Hubert
Most scams will spinoff one of the nine categories— Nigerian Fraud, Ponzi schemes, telemarketing fraud, pigeon drops, caregiver fraud, mail fraud (including email scams), lottery schemes, donation fraud, and Identity fraud. Each allows those with criminal minds to use variations of the same fraud. Four of these variations are need, greed, emotion and trust.

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