Online shopping scams are a type of online scam in which cybercriminals try to portray themselves as legitimate online sellers to steal your personal information or money.
Many cybercriminals will create a fake website that either looks like a genuine seller or impersonates established retailers like Amazon.
Sorokin used these documents, as well as fraudulent checks, to trick banks, acquaintances, and realtors into paying out cash and granting large loans without collateral.
She used this to fund her lavish lifestyle, including residencies in multiple upscale hotels.
There are many people who could be considered the largest scammers in history, including those who ran Ponzi schemes, other financial frauds, or other types of scams
Bernie Madoff: In 2009, Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison for masterminding the largest known Ponzi scheme in history, which stole over $19 billion from 40,000 investors.
M. Gregor MacGregor: A Scottish con man who tried to attract investors to the non-existent country of Poyais
Billy McFarland: Organizer of the Fyre Festival and other fraudulent activities that defrauded others of $27.4 million
Financial fraud dates back to the year 300 B.C. when a Greek merchant named Hegestratos took out a large insurance policy known as bottomry. The merchant borrowed money and agreed to pay it back with interest when the cargo—in this case, corn—was delivered.
Who is the highest Bitcoin owner? Satoshi Nakamoto
So, who are the top holders of BTC?
According to the Bitcoin research and analysis firm River Intelligence, Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator behind Bitcoin, is listed as the top BTC holder as of 2024.
The company notes that Satoshi Nakamoto holds about 1.1m BTC tokens in about 22,000 different addresses.
Many ancient civilizations were wealthy, including empires and dynasties
Egypt: During the 18th dynasty, from 1550 BC to 1295 BC, Egypt was one of the wealthiest Bronze Age nations in the region.
The dynasty was marked by an unprecedented concentration of wealth among the elite.
The Roman Empire: The Romans were known for their superior trading skills and sophisticated financial system, and their empire grew from a small republic to a global power in a few centuries.
At its height, the Roman Empire: Controlled other ancient powers, including Egypt and Greece, as well as Crete and Mesopotamia.
The Song Dynasty in China: Some scholars believe that China experienced the world's first industrial revolution during this dynasty.
The Mughal Empire in India: This empire was economically vibrant from the 16th century until the British Raj was established in the mid-19th century.
Other wealthy ancient civilizations include Mesopotamia, the Persian Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and the Ottoman Empire.
The Mesopotamian civilization developed a large-scale economy based on commodity money.
The shekel was the unit of weight and currency, first recorded c. 2150 BC, which was nominally equivalent to a specific weight of barley that was the preexisting and parallel form of currency.