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More and more consumers are receiving misleading or downright fraudulent mail promotions. These promotions take several forms. Some examples are:sweepstakes that require you to pay an entry…Ed McMahon Biography
Ed McMahonannouncer, television host, actorBorn: 3/6/1923Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan Each night, Ed McMahon would introduce Johnny Carson with a, rolling “Heeeeeeeeere's Johnny!,” and he…Bruce Dern
Bruce Dern is the actor whose 50-year career playing unhinged villains, scraggly misfits and disturbed anti-heroes led up to his 2014 Oscar nomination for the film Nebraska. Bruce Dern attended the…Carl G. Fisher Biography
Carl G. FisherEntrepreneur, developer of racetracks, roadways, and resortsBorn: Jan. 12, 1874Birthplace: Greensburg, Indiana Carl Fisher grew up in Indianapolis. He quit school at age 12 to…Consumer Fraud Complaints by Category, 2008
Learn the top 20 consumer fraud complaints as of 2008. Identity theft tops the list, with 26% of all fraud compaints, filed by 1,223,370 people that year. Protect yourself from identity theft by…Top 10 Internet Fraud Complaints, 2007
What are the most common fraud complaints for Internet? Fake check scams top the list, while general merchandise sales are a close second. Protect yourself from becoming a victim to one of these…Brewer's: Weight-for-age Race
(A). A sort of handicap (q.v.), but the weights are apportioned according to certain conditions, and not according to the dictum of a “capper…Brewer's: Plate
(A). A race in which a prize is given out of the race fund, or from some other source, without any stakes being made by the owners of the horses engaged. Usually entrance money is required…Brewer's: Selling Race
(A), in which horses to be sold are run. These horses must have the sale price ticketed. The winner is generally sold by auction, and the owner gets both the selling price and the stakes.…Brewer's: Handicap
A game at cards not unlike loo, but with this difference—the winner of one trick has to put in a double stake, the winner of two tricks a triple stake, and so on. Thus: if six persons are…Trending
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