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Top 10 celebrities who have been victims of scams
Being a celebrity is not easy, because many people want to profit at the expense of the rich and famous. Let's see who became victims of swindlers posing as famous personalities.
1. Assistant restaurant Abraham Abdallah used the magazine "Forbes" for their own selfish purposes, this is where he sought out the richest prey. Among his victims not only Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart but, Steven Spielberg, Warren Buffett and Ross Perot. As a result of his greed ruined when he tried to transfer $ 10 million from the account of computer magnate Thomas Siebel.
2. People often tell hairdressers and many interesting details about his life, but it seems that today no one can be trusted. Liv Tyler was one of the clients from the white list salon Chez Gabriela Studio, whose owner Maria Gabriela Perez actress cheated 200 thousand dollars. It is to withdraw money from the card of the actress when she paid for salon services. Among the other victims of mercenary hairdresser Jennifer Aniston, Anne hi-hat, Melanie Griffith and Cher.
3. It seems that Carlos Lomax do not like people with the surname Smith, or, on the contrary, he was very popular with people with that name. When he was arrested in the case of Will Smith, it turned out that his participation was already in the investigation into the other Smith. Lomax managed to steal credit card to Steve Smith, baseball team player "Atlanta Hawks" and remove 81 000 dollars, until he was caught.
4. Carlos Lomax also shopped by Will Smith in the amount of 30 thousand dollars. Thankfully, the manager had a good actor, he noticed that Will makes a purchase at $ 5,000, which does not really do it. Rascal was sentenced to 37 months.
5. The British pop singer Lily Allen loves to ride in a taxi in London. But imagine what was her surprise when she received a bill for $ 7,500. Particularly strange was the fact that most of the trips were to and from the strip club. It turned out that the stripper stole her account details and used the money for personal purposes Lily.
6. Michael Bloomberg, too, was a victim of moshenikov. Charles Nelson transferred 10 thousand dollars from the account of the mayor. At the same time Odalis Bostic tried to forge 2 check from the same account on another 190 thousand dollars, the second at 230. Employees of the bank sensed something was wrong, but the evidence against Nelson appeared only in the process of investigation Bostic.
7. Ruben Studdard deceived his own manager, who decided stole 250 thousand dollars. The winner of the show "American Idol" and accused his advisor godfather Ronald Edwards to use his credit card for their own purposes. The court ruled in favor of Ruben, fined $ 2 million.
8. Using the old passport Ricky Gervais, two men stole 200 thousand pounds from his bank account. They wanted to exchange money for gold, but their plan failed. A person engaged in the sale of gold, was a big fan of Ricky and heard the voice of the fraudster, immediately realized that he was dealing with a crook. So the money saved by famous actor.
9. The former player of the team New England Patriots T Luo thought that all the things he needs to worry about is the next big game. But he did not know that Jonathan Hoskins using a copy of a birth certificate, obtained the rights to the name of a famous athlete. Moreover, he was able to remove 10 thousand dollars from the accounts of T twice.
10. In spite of the almost complete lack of resemblance with the famous golfer Tiger Woods, Anthony Lemar Taylor was easily impersonate him. Taylor used the right Woods and his credit card, he bought himself a lot of gifts for 17 thousand dollars, including luxury cars and 70-inch TV.
1. Assistant restaurant Abraham Abdallah used the magazine "Forbes" for their own selfish purposes, this is where he sought out the richest prey. Among his victims not only Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart but, Steven Spielberg, Warren Buffett and Ross Perot. As a result of his greed ruined when he tried to transfer $ 10 million from the account of computer magnate Thomas Siebel.
2. People often tell hairdressers and many interesting details about his life, but it seems that today no one can be trusted. Liv Tyler was one of the clients from the white list salon Chez Gabriela Studio, whose owner Maria Gabriela Perez actress cheated 200 thousand dollars. It is to withdraw money from the card of the actress when she paid for salon services. Among the other victims of mercenary hairdresser Jennifer Aniston, Anne hi-hat, Melanie Griffith and Cher.
3. It seems that Carlos Lomax do not like people with the surname Smith, or, on the contrary, he was very popular with people with that name. When he was arrested in the case of Will Smith, it turned out that his participation was already in the investigation into the other Smith. Lomax managed to steal credit card to Steve Smith, baseball team player "Atlanta Hawks" and remove 81 000 dollars, until he was caught.
4. Carlos Lomax also shopped by Will Smith in the amount of 30 thousand dollars. Thankfully, the manager had a good actor, he noticed that Will makes a purchase at $ 5,000, which does not really do it. Rascal was sentenced to 37 months.
5. The British pop singer Lily Allen loves to ride in a taxi in London. But imagine what was her surprise when she received a bill for $ 7,500. Particularly strange was the fact that most of the trips were to and from the strip club. It turned out that the stripper stole her account details and used the money for personal purposes Lily.
6. Michael Bloomberg, too, was a victim of moshenikov. Charles Nelson transferred 10 thousand dollars from the account of the mayor. At the same time Odalis Bostic tried to forge 2 check from the same account on another 190 thousand dollars, the second at 230. Employees of the bank sensed something was wrong, but the evidence against Nelson appeared only in the process of investigation Bostic.
7. Ruben Studdard deceived his own manager, who decided stole 250 thousand dollars. The winner of the show "American Idol" and accused his advisor godfather Ronald Edwards to use his credit card for their own purposes. The court ruled in favor of Ruben, fined $ 2 million.
8. Using the old passport Ricky Gervais, two men stole 200 thousand pounds from his bank account. They wanted to exchange money for gold, but their plan failed. A person engaged in the sale of gold, was a big fan of Ricky and heard the voice of the fraudster, immediately realized that he was dealing with a crook. So the money saved by famous actor.
9. The former player of the team New England Patriots T Luo thought that all the things he needs to worry about is the next big game. But he did not know that Jonathan Hoskins using a copy of a birth certificate, obtained the rights to the name of a famous athlete. Moreover, he was able to remove 10 thousand dollars from the accounts of T twice.
10. In spite of the almost complete lack of resemblance with the famous golfer Tiger Woods, Anthony Lemar Taylor was easily impersonate him. Taylor used the right Woods and his credit card, he bought himself a lot of gifts for 17 thousand dollars, including luxury cars and 70-inch TV.
