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Scam Related News (03/09/2007)


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Lottery check turns out to be scam
Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington,NC,USA
Each lottery scam differs, but the general idea is this: You receive notification that you’ve won money in a lottery. But after you cash the check,

Kilkenny woman warns of car scam
Kilkenny People - Kilkenny,Ireland
A KILKENNY woman, who nearly lost her car and several thousand euros last week, is warning others not to be fooled by scam artists.

Scam Targets Oregon Veterans’ in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living
Salem-News.Com - OR,USA
So far in Oregon, there have been a couple of near misses, but nobody has yet to report falling victim to the scam. “I am saddened anyone would misrepresent

SEC freezes $3M in online stock scam
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA
In the old days, when scam artists wanted to manipulate stocks in a “pump and dump” scheme, they’d use boiler rooms where cold- calling brokers employed

Thieves raid online accounts in penny stock scam
Help Net Security - Croatia
Unidentified thieves hacked into dozens of accounts at seven leading online brokerage firms, sold the customers’ assets and used the money to buy penny

Retd DIG held in Nagpur recruitment scam
Hindustan Times - New Delhi,Delhi,India
According to reports, Jadhav, the prime accused in the `recruitment scam” retired from the services last year and settled down in Pune.

Better Business Bureau top 10 scam warnings
Hope Standard - Hope,British Columbia,Canada
That’s the message from the Better Business Bureau of Mainland BC, which released its list of the top 10 scams that targeted BC residents this year.

SEC Goes After Scam E-Mails on Stock
Forbes - NY,USA
By MARCY GORDON 03.08.07, 9:22 PM ET. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday suspended trading in 35 companies whose shares were touted in

‘Wall of silence over skip scam
Camden New Journal - London,UK
And former council workers have since told the New Journal that the clearance of was part of a long-running scam through which council staff made up to

Did Take Two Exploit 9/11 Aftermath in Stock Option Scam?
Options can be made more lucrative by backdating their exercise price to a historically low point in the stock’s value. As reported by GamePolitics, former Take Two CEO Ryan Brant (left) recently plead guilty in the options scam.

Court Freezes $3 Million in Online Trading Scam
By Luke O’Brien
A federal court this week froze $3 million in a Latvian bank after the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that a gang of cyber-ruffians hacked into customer accounts at some of the biggest online brokerage houses and manipulated

Phishing Scam Uses Other Phishing Scams To Steal Personal Information
Phishers are using a new bait to lure in victims - other phishing attacks. …

Manteca warns seniors of brazen scam
MANTECA - Manteca police are warning senior citizens about a potentially brazen scam.

The Microsoft lottery scam
The Microsoft lottery, British lottery, ATM PIN number reversal, and more scams: Internet ScamBusters™ #221.

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