Scam Related News (04/26/2007)
SAN CARLOS: ELDERLY MAN TARGETED IN ‘PIGEON DROP’ SCAM
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
An 84-year-old man was targeted by scam artists who told him they needed to collect insurance money for a dead relative and tried to persuade the victim to …
Beware of scam
Monmouth Daily Review Atlas - Monmouth,IL,USA
The e-mail is part of a scam designed to defraud money and gain personal information from consumers. It is not authorized by the Illinois Lottery, …
College students are scam targets
FayObserver.com - Fayetteville NC,USA
PEMBROKE — An FBI specialist on white-collar crime said Wednesday that identity theft scam artists are increasingly targeting college students. …
New E-mail scam states pay assassins
CRN Australia - Australia
The FBI is investigating a new scam aimed at extorting wealthy professionals if they don’t pay tens of thousands of dollars. Wealthy professionals are being …
IRS Warns Of Scam That Makes Rip-off Look Like Refund
Milwaukee Channel.com - Milwaukee,WI,USA
The IRS has received more than 17000 complaints about this phishing scam and points out that if the government actually did owe you a refund, …
Georgia Man Accused In City Of $450000 Scam
Harrisonburg Daily News Record - Harrisonburg,VA,USA
Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Louis Nagy wouldn’t describe the scam in detail but said the victim wrote Moore two checks — one for $200000 and another …
One Letter Away From Scam When Checking FCat Scores Online
MyFoxOrlando.com - Lake Mary,FL,USA
But missing the web address by just one letter could set you up for a scam. Parents can check their child’s FCAT scores online. But missing the web address …
Metro cops linked to credit card scam
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
JMPD spokesperson Inspector Edna Mamonyane said it was regrettable that The Star knew about the scam as investigations were at an advanced stage.
Nevada’s Treasurer Warns of Lottery Scam
KLAS-TV - Las Vegas,NV,USA
… send the scam artists information about their bank accounts and routing numbers, allowing the “scammer” to potentially access even more of their money. …
BBB Warns Customers About Oil Investment Scam
Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA
“Back in the wild west days of oil field discoveries in Texas and Alaska fake oil investing was a very big scam… and time and technology as caused it to …
Is Our Food Contaminated?
By Greg
US health officials are now looking at whether humans may have consumed food containing a chemical linked to a recall of pet foods and livestock feed. FDA officials said they would inspect imports of six grain products used in foods …
New E-mail Scam: Pay Assassins Or Be Killed
Wealthy professionals are being hit this week with a new e-mail extortion scam that is set up to appear to be assassins who will murder the recipient if they don’t send them thousands of dollars. This new wave of e-mail extortion began …
Do I have “scam me!” written on my forehead?
By Cristina Favreau
Don’t get caught… It’s obviously a scam. If you receive a similar letter or email, run it through the shredder (based on my quick research, people have reported receiving this letter in the UK and Belgium).
Beware Scam Sites Exploiting Sympathy for Virginia Tech Victims
By Mark Durham
The same goes for email appeals, which are even more likely than web sites to be out-and-out scams. (If you do receive an email that you believe to be a phishing attempt — whatever the topic — please report it to the Anti-Phishing …
Another 419 scam ring nicked
Hundreds to go? Amsterdam police this week arrested another 419 cell and confiscated computers, fake travel documents, and bogus banking documents.…
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Thanks for posting my story to help warn others (http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/04/internet-register-scam/). Great site. Keep it up!