Sentence examples for potential marks from inspiring English sources

The increase is due in part to the Internet, which makes it easy for scammers to reach potential marks in wealthier countries.

In fact, fraudsters often steer potential marks to self-directed IRAs.

We talked to one "management company" saleswoman who thought we were potential marks.

Con artists are able to hone in on that vulnerability because potential "marks" post openly about their lives and dreams on social media and dating sites.

Now, the proliferation of the internet has worked as a double-edged sword for scammers it, at first, provided them with a proverbial goldmine of potential marks.

As he rehearses his spiel before an imaginary audience of potential marks, Booth spouts a rapid-fire mantra, "You pick that card, you pick a loser".

"They could spot a potential mark a mile away," said Fennel.

Pius sees both a potential mark and something of himself in his teenage cousin Eze (Antonio J. Bell), who arrives unexpectedly — and unhappily — from America.

The pain au levain boasts a tang characteristic of naturally leavened bread, with a crust that veers chewy rather than crisp — a potential mark against it, depending on your appetite for crunch.

The agent of Brown's destruction is a slick company prospect, Clas Greve (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, of "Game of Thrones"), who is a potential mark Brown meets at a party.

In the novel, writing classes at a prestigious Texas program are taught by a con man on the run who falsely adopts the identity of America's most reclusive writer and sees Schoeninger as a potential mark.