A new type of scam circulating and duping innocent people of hard earned money is the online extortion scam. Unlike most scams which try to cash in on two main factors ie. Economic slowdown and opportunity to make quick money, online extortion scams cash in on the very basic aspect of the human mindset-fear.
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