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Escroquerie.org: the history of the con
A French-language encyclopedia tracing scams from antiquity to today, with documented cases grouped into recurring fraud families.
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- French-language readers interested in fraud history
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- Its nine families include 57 imposture cases, 44 counterfeiting cases, and 21 pyramid or Ponzi schemes.
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The landing page gives each featured case a date range, place, concise narrative, and one or more fraud-family labels. Its browsing structure also separates historical periods from scam types, while a “Myth or reality?” section is described as checking fraudster legends against sources.
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