No one is immune to this popular form of the age-old advance loan fraud known as the 419 scam. In this story, a doctor recounts how he was taken for over $60,000. In this story the criminals were caught in an international sting operation.

1. Moving Fraud / Nigerian 419 Scam

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2. Counterfeit Money / Mortgage Fraud

In one of the biggest cases of investment fraud, Michael Haloday stole more than $20 million in just a few years from some of the business world's most savvy investors.

3.  Charity Fraud / Investment Fraud

A veteran and his wife are turned down for a loan at a reputable bank. After a few days the bank reconsiders if they pay certain fees and charges upfront. Although the bank is actually now a fraudster.

4. Vacation / Travel Fraud - Advance Fee Fraud

There are many ways, simple and sophisticated, of grabbing your debit card information, including your PIN number. This story features rare police surveillance footage of criminal technology used to gather this information and take your
money.

5. Home Improvement - Debit Skimming

One of the most tragic victims in the world of fraud are the elderly. In this story an 83-year-old woman loses most of her belongings by financing promises of lottery winnings. Her niece desperately tries to convince her that she is a victim of a
heartless criminal.

6. Identity Theft - Lottery / Elderly Fraud

An adoption agency offers the same children to several different couples, taking fees from all of them. In some instances the agency was not able to find a child for the couple and would not return the money. They also lied about the children's
background. Some of the children had emotional and physical problems."

7. Employment Scam / Adoption Fraud

A couple selling a car get a call from a buyer in Nigeria. He sends them a cashier's cheque for $8,800 and asks them to cash it and deduct the cost of the car ($1,600). Thinking the cheque was real, they send the fraudster the money. The cheque was declared counterfeit, and the couple lost the money they advanced.

8. Pump and Dump / Used Car Fraud (Overpayment)

A man approaches several homeowners and tells them that he is paving driveways in their neighbourhood. He offers to do theirs at the same special rate. He takes their money but never completes the work. An individual loses a lot of money getting involved in a pyramid scheme that promised an easy, fast return.

9. Home Improvement / Pyramid (Ponzi) Scam

A homebuilder suffers eye damage after fraudulent Oakley sunglasses shatter. He sued the retailer that sold the counterfeit merchandise and was awarded $70,000. Elena Lutchfield, a young woman from Portland, Oregon, was living in fear after being the victim of identity fraud. The investigation of her case led to the raid of the scam artists' home and to their arrest.

10. Counterfeit Products / Identity Theft Raid

In this segment, conmen and women use love as a ploy to gain immigration status and entry into the country. Once they have been admitted, they leave their new spouse. The spouse is left devastated financially and emotionally.

11. Art Auction Fraud / Marriage Fraud

Fraudsters set up fake offices in a scheme to rip off elderly investors. Hundreds of people were asked to sign over their old Certificates of Deposit in exchange for ones allegedly more valuable. All of the Certificates of Deposits they received in
the exchange were worthless fakes.

12.Fake Credentials / Fake Certificates of Deposit

In an ultimate act of breach of trust, a college professor defrauds the families of eight of his own students. He pretended he was hiring the students to work in his real estate company, but all he really wanted was access to their parents' money. He stole money from their families and friends.