Suggested activities. a Complete the following sentences using the text:

a Complete the following sentences using the text:

1 Another stranger claims to having just found a large..........................................................

2 The finder returns to say that the money should...................................................................

3 If unclaimed the. money is....................................................................................................

4 A specified amount is to be..................................................................................................

b Write down answers to the following questions:

с Write a few consecutive sentences showing how the pigeon drop scheme works. You may start like this:

You are walking along the street. A stranger approaches you and says......................................................

d Repeat how people can be conned when they wish to buy some land.

e Agree or disagree and support your viewpoint:

1 Unscrupulous promoters seducing potential victims always act through slick advertising.

2 People never buy property without seeing it first.

f Explain the meaning of the following sentences in English and translate them into Russian:

1 A certain percentage of home improvement contractors are not honest.

2 They often solicit contracts from home owners by misrepresenting the necessity for some work.

3 They will ask to be paid in cash and often in advance.

g Write out all the tips (советы) from the text. Say which of them seems most important to you and why.

h A class-room discussion: Various frauds and the consumers.

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