The celebrity scam, which uses the names of famous people from the worlds of entertainment, sports and politics, is a common way of trying to hoodwink the public.
Mostly, names are used to make the scams seem more believable. If a star's name is attached to a story or product, it must be genuine, mustn't it? Or so the thinking goes...
Many of these tricks also fall into other well known scam categories, like supposed lottery wins, with the tricksters hoping use of a star's name will lower your natural skepticism. Others are less well known.
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