Scam Related News (05/06/2008)
SAT upholds Karvy’s appeal in IPO scam
Economic Times – Gurgaon,Haryana,India
The scam happened between 2003 and 2005 when certain entities cornered IPO shares reserved for small investors by making applications in the retail category …
Healers warned about scam
Independent Online – Cape Town,South Africa
Traditional healers should be on the look-out for confidence tricksters collecting “registration fees” while posing as health department officials, …
Sonia shielded sex scam accused: Cong MP
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
The sharp divides in the Jammu and Kashmir Congress have come out in the open as a Congress MP from the state has alleged that the assembly Speaker Tara …
Beware of IRS E-mail Scam
MyFoxOrlando.com – Lake Mary,FL,USA
An e-mail scam tied to the 2008 Economic Stimulus payments could empty your bank account. E-mails about the 2008 Economic Stimulus Refund are circulating …
AG Warns Of Death Threat E-Mail Scam
WAPT – Jackson,MS,USA
Hood said that the e-mail is most likely an extortion scam or a hoax. The e-mail is listed by the FBI as an extortion scam and on several Internet security …
Patel moves SC in UTI scam case
Daily News & Analysis – Mumbai,India
The trial of the UTI scam cases is going on before the magistrate in Mumbai. The high court could not have and ought not to have issued directions relating …
Budhia mom seeks funds scam justice
Calcutta Telegraph – Calcutta,India
Sukanti today pressed for an inquiry into the fund scam and sought criminal action against those who had “misappropriated†funds. “My son has not received a …
FSC employee questioned over scam
Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Ltd – Suva,Fiji
A Fiji Sugar Corporation employee was taken in for questioning yesterday morning in relation to the nursing scam investigations. …
RedZee.com Advertising Eliminates Scam, Fraud Possibilities
PR NewsChannel (press release) – Tampa,FL,USA
With no charge per click, RedZee eliminates click fraud charges and problems from scam artists, RedZee.com says. With RedZee Sponsored listings there are no …
Scam netted duo thousands from McCain factory
Peterborough Today – Peterborough,England,UK
By Stephen Briggs A BUILDER was paid more than £7000 for jobs he did not complete at a Whittlesey factory in exchange for carrying out free work at the …
The $5 scam
By Matt
For the second time in my life, someone in off the street tried to get $5 off of me at my business. The first time, was years ago, in Denver. A rather haggard looking man came in with a polished sob story–he needed $5 right away and …
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California Man Arrested in $25 Million Ponzi Scam that Targeted …
Jon G. Ervin, of Mission Viejo, California, was arrested on a federal wire fraud charge that alleges he orchestrated a Ponzi scheme that solicited more than $25 million from victims around the nation and that he used $1 million of …
FBI Extra – http://www.fbi.gov
Is MLM Really a SCAM?
By Official Page of Wayne Kirby
I know there are many … but it just seems that everyone jumps on the SCAM bandwagon and gives our industry a black eye. It’s an easy excuse. It’s an easy way out and a way to divert the truth. “But Wayne you don’t understand my …
Business – http://forums.myspace.com/26.aspx?fuseaction=forums.viewforum
Most Americans See Through Gas Tax Scam
By Neil Sinhababu
By a 49-45 score, Americans seem to know that the gas tax scam is a bad idea! Let’s hope that Obama can use this as an opportunity to educate the public about the issue and make it easier to do the right things on energy policy in the …
Cogitamus – http://www.cogitamusblog.com/
Gas Tax Scam
By Seb
First we must solicit your confidence in this issue. This is by virtue as being utterly confidential and “top secretâ€. This is a great parody of the Gas Tax holiday proposal, written in the style of a Nigerian spam scam.
Digifesto – http://digifesto.wordpress.com
