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* Corporate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking Rent-seeking]. | * Corporate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking Rent-seeking]. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeshare Timeshares]. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeshare Timeshares]. | ||
* Telemarketing to the elderly. | * Telemarketing to the elderly (or anyone). | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insider_trading Insider Trading]. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insider_trading Insider Trading]. | ||
* Using political outrage to sell guns, flags, [https://www.npr.org/2022/09/07/1121447226/steve-bannon-fraud-charges fake border walls], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lindell pillows], supplements, gold coins, etc. | * Using political outrage to sell guns, flags, [https://www.npr.org/2022/09/07/1121447226/steve-bannon-fraud-charges fake border walls], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lindell pillows], supplements, gold coins, etc. | ||
Revision as of 10:50, 27 December 2023
See Scams
Grift is used in favor of scam because it also includes legal but ethically questionable business models that permeate modern capitalism. Examples include:
- Pseudoscientific medicines, supplements and fad diets.
- Pyramid schemes and multi-level marketing.
- Corporate Rent-seeking.
- Timeshares.
- Telemarketing to the elderly (or anyone).
- Insider Trading.
- Using political outrage to sell guns, flags, fake border walls, pillows, supplements, gold coins, etc.