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May 24, 2007

Skimming scam hits bank customers
The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Less than $100000 had been stolen from the scam, Westpac head of security Andrew Purchase told ABC radio. The cash had been traced to Canada, …

Suspect arrested in alleged paving scam
WDBJ7.com – Roanoke,VA,USA
Last week, Vinton Police arrested a man after he allegedly tried to cheat a man out of $800 in a paving scam. According to reports, 39-year-old Josh Small, …

Deputy Fabiano Memorial Fund Scam
MyFox Milwaukee – Milwaukee,WI,USA
… Sheriff says there is a legitimate fund in honor of Fabiano but people have to physically go to a bank to donate. He says its pretty clear this is a scam.

Las Cruces Police Warn of “Hearing Center” Scam
KDBC – el paso,TX,USA
Police say this is a scam and encourage people not to donate any money. Anyone who as made a donation to this person or has information on this case is …

Local B&B avoids scam
Hanson, Whitman & East Bridgewater Express – Duxbury,MA,USA
Luckily, the Corrigans wised up to the scam and were not bilked of any money. But the process has been incredibly frustrating, as only the local bank seemed …

11 arrested in credit card scam
AZ Central.com – AZ,USA
Authorities said Dariusz “Derek” Mitrega, 47, was a key player in a scam to obtain victims’ personal information through various means, encode it onto other …

12 Investigates: Loan Scam
WXii 12.com – Winston-Salem,NC,USA
The scam involvings paying up-front fees for online loans that never come. Victims not only lose their money, but they give away personal financial …

Mail Scam Strikes NW Iowa
KTIV – Sioux City,IA,USA
To protect yourself… here are some tips to spot this kind of scam. When opening the letter first check how professional it appears. …

Woman thwarts scam, DA says
Patriot-News – Harrisburg,PA,USA
A 71-year- old Lebanon woman escaped being the victim of a scam perpetrated by someone claiming to be investigating a dishonest bank teller, …

Two suspects nailed in home improvement scam
WFIE-TV – Evansville,IN,USA
A consumer alert: Police believe they have busted a home improvement scam. The case involves $25000 taken from customers. Forty-year-old Larry Foster and …

Don’t fall for a debt collection scam
By Peter Kenny
“Your account will go to court tomorrow.” The number of phone calls and letters that make this threat are growing. The heart-breaking part is that most of these calls or letters are fraudulent in nature. The money you pay these people …

Nigerian Scam
By Karl Sultana(Karl Sultana)
The most common type of scams. You should not worry about Nigerian scams, or any other type of scams if you have a good spam blocker, or you use Gmail. However that is not enough. Please refer to this post about Spam Blockers Nigerian …

11 Reasons Why Alberta Bible College is a Scam
By Kyle
Yesterday, I got a telephone call from a good friend of mine. For privacy’s sake, I am going to leave his name out of it. However, he called me because he got a call from the evil people at Alberta Bible College. …

Rosie Ripped Off for $70K in Check Forging Scam
By TMZ Staff
Filed under: Rosie O’Donnell. TMZ.com: Talk queen Rosie O’Donnell got scammed out of nearly $70000 when some random guy in Queens allegedly decided to write a couple checks to himself — on her production company’s account. …

The .COM Scam
By nate
I usually don’t have too much of a problem with what Michael Arrington of Techcrunch says, other than his overly-sensational post titles, but Arrington’s stance on the “.cm scam” issue is so far out there it makes me laugh and cry at …

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