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Telemarketing fraud is fraudulent selling conducted over the telephone. The term is also used for telephone fraud ''not'' involving selling. Older people may be targeted more frequently because the caller assumes they may live alone, have a nest egg, or may be more polite toward strangers. ==Types of fraud== *Advance fee fraud, typically claiming that the victim will receive an actually non-existent lottery prize, government grant or loan, 10 years of computer and anti-virus support,〔(BBC: Cold-call firms flout rules that block telemarketers, 2 July 2012 )〕 compensation for a car accident, etc. *Pyramid schemes *Securities fraud, often via boiler rooms: calling people believed to be gullible and selling worthless securities, and sometimes fraudulently offering, for payment, to recover money lost to a boiler room fraud (in itself an advance fee fraud). The same mechanism is used to sell timeshared holiday accommodation not worth the price asked, then charging a fee to apparently help the customer to sell on the timeshare. In this type of fraud amounts are potentially large, and there is often the appearance of a legitimate company, with Web site and so on. *Overpayment fraud, where a payment is due to the victim, typically for an online auction sale or classified advertising, and a check or money order for a larger amount is sent with some pretext, with a request to send the goods and also wire back the "overpaid" amount; the check is fraudulent, and both goods and money sent are lost. *Charity fraud *Cramming (small charges are added to a bill by a third party without the subscriber's consent or disclosure) *Misrepresented office supplies or directory listing services. These typically seek information for use in attempts to bill for unsolicited products and services (such as the model number of office equipment, for which a fraudulent vendor ships an unsolicited order of toner at an inflated price). *Creation of false third-party verification recordings attributed to customers of other telephone carriers, used for telephone slamming *Summer Jobs Fraud〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=10 Telltale Signs of a Summer Jobs Scam )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「telemarketing fraud」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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