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Insincere flatterers will be respected:

As Judgment draws near ... the most respected people of
the age will be lickspittles and sycophants.
(Agreed upon)
The Last Hour will not arrive till people come forth who
make a living with their tongues as cows eat
with their tongues.
(Tirmidhi)

Another sign of the End Times to be frequently encoun-
tered will be dishonesty in business and bribery:

Deceit and cheating will be common.
(‘Allamah Safarini, Ahwal Yaum al-Qiyamah)

Bribes will be called gifts, and will be considered lawful.
(Amal al-Din al-Qazwini, Mufid al-'ulum wa-mubid al-humum)

TIME, July 5, 1999

Hindustan Times, February 13, 2003

The Guardian, May 11, 2002
The noticeable increase in murders is a sign announced in the hadiths.