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Consumers Warned Of Stimulus Scam
MSNBC – USA
KPRC Local 2 was told the scam is also being done online, causing the Missouri City Web site to feature it prominently on its home page as a warning.
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Police Arrest 3 Suspects In Subway Skimmer Scam
MSNBC – USA
In order to keep credit cards safe from skimmer scams, consumers should keep a close eye on what happens when a credit card is handed over to make a
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Merrimack Police warn of ”secret shopper” scam
WBZ – Boston,MA,USA
MERRIMACK, NH (AP) Police in Merrimack, NH, are warning of a ”secret shopper” scam after a resident reported losing hundreds of dollars.
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Text message scam shut down
Van Buren Press Argus-Courier – Van Buren,AR,USA
“There seems to be many new scams used over the Internet and it seems now cell phones are being used as well,” Grill wrote in the e-mail.
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Auto Insurance Scam Stopped In Its Tracks
MSNBC – USA
WINSTON-SALEM, NC – Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Friday that an automobile insurance scam that targeted the elderly has been temporarily shut down.
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Look out for ‘secret shopper’ scam
Nashua Telegraph – Nashua,NH,USA
On Thursday, Merrimack police were notified of a “secret shopper” scam that involved an alleged Canadian company called thejobplanet.com, police said.
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Callers seek information in jury-duty scam
Statesman Journal – Salem,OR,USA
Marion County — Marion County sheriff’s deputies are warning residents of a phone scam in which a caller says the person has missed jury duty.
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Woman pleads guilty to DSS scam
Aiken Standard (subscription) – Aiken,SC,USA
The fraudulent check scam unraveled in early October 2008, when one of the nine accused contacted US Secret Service agents with information about the
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Police warn of telephone scam
Iowa City Press Citizen – Iowa City,IA,USA
In each case, the grandparent or family only discovers the scam after the money has been sent. Police are asking residents to be very careful about requests
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Official warns to beware of property reassessment scam
Lake County News – Lakeport,CA,USA
Online consumer watchdog groups also are warning that the letter is a scam. The letters look real enough, listing the property owners’ specific assessment
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Beware the “ATM Not Working” Scam – Gothamist: New York City News
By Jen Chung
If you have information about these crimes, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or text “TIPS” to CRIMES (274637) and then enter TIP577. And this is not the only kind of ATM scam that’s pulled—there are also
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Officials warn about phone scam – Rapid City Journal – 419 Legal
By 419legal
Officials warn about phone scam Rapid City Journal, SD – 30 minutes ago By AP |
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MeDirected » Blog Archive » Last Laugh on a Nigerian Scam
By mike
Last Laugh on a Nigerian Scam. About Me. I’m Mike, the owner of an athletic development company called HPC. I recently quit my financially secure day job to 1) finish my PhD and 2) take my business full time.
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Latest scam: bogus emails offering stimulus payments – Hindustan
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Teen accused of sex assaults in Facebook scam – Yahoo! News
Feb 5, 2009 An 18-year-old male student is accused of posing as a girl on Facebook, tricking at least 31 male classmates into sending him naked photos


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