Scam Related News (06/04/2007)
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Elderly women targeted in car repair scam
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
SAN DIEGO - A second elderly woman has come forward with a report that a pair of scam artists convinced her to withdraw a large sum of money to pay for …
E-mail scam claims to alert businesses of filed complaints
Dayton Daily News (subscription) - Dayton,OH,USA
Don’t be fooled by a phishing scam using the Better Business Bureau name and false BBB e-mail addresses. It could cause harm to your computer system and …
Beware of the new ‘Super Seven’ scam - Congressman is targeted in …
Canarsie Digest - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Fossella said that this alleged scam was hauntingly familiar to a similar ruse that led to a woman losing almost $9200. In that case, the woman, …
IRS warns of another e-mail probe scam
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
The Internal Revenue Service is alerting taxpayers to the latest versions of an e-mail scam intended to fool people into believing they are under …
Nigerian puppy scam has victims howling
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The scam, as outlined in The Times on Tuesday, lures victims with online ads featuring pictures of achingly cute, English bulldog puppies that somehow got …
It’s summer scam time in northeastern Indiana
fwdailynews.com (subscription) - Kendallville,IN,USA
TIP OF THE WEEK: A new scam involving Irish Travelers — a group that the BBB has warned consumers about in the past — has been reported on the east coast. …
Nevada Stakes Lottery checks are a scam
Nevada Appeal - Carson City,NV,USA
Consumers should beware of a new scam under the guise of a promotional sweepstakes announcement from the Nevada Stakes Lottery. The Better Business Bureau …
Red Cross says its name is being used in telephone call scam
Sierra Vista Herald - Sierra Vista,AZ,USA
The scam entails the caller seeking the Social Security number of the GI so that paperwork can be started so medical treatment can begin, according to the …
IRS spear phishing scam targets corporate executives
Secure Computing - Australia
The scam emails, some of which purport to make these targeted executives aware of an investigation, download a trojan that seeks victims’ passwords and …
Door-to-door Scam Moves Into Suburbs
KCCI.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
The suspected scam artist is young woman, claiming to be a student at Iowa State University. She’s knocking on doors telling people she needs to raise money …
Scam Preys On Military Spouses
By Venomous Kate
The scam involves a person with an American accent calling a military spouse, identifying herself as a representative of the Red Cross, and telling the spouse that her husband was hurt in Iraq and was medically evacuated to Germany. …
Real estate scam emerges — ‘Crash and inflate’ method generally …
SAN DIEGO —- Real estate appraiser Todd R. Lackner’s second job as mortgage fraud investigator began when he stumbled onto a suspicious-looking transaction while online one day last March, he said last week.
Military Families Warned of Red Cross Scam
New Scam by Identity Thieves Targets Military Families. The American Red Cross has issued a scam alert warning against a new tactic used by identity thieves, and you won’t believe who they’re targeting. Military families of deployed …
The Kyoto Scam
By Jay Reding
It’s hard to say such fraud is a surprise — the Kyoto Protocols themselves are a scam, as Kyoto-crazy Europe has been failing to meet their Kyoto targets while the United States has been reducing carbon emissions without Kyoto and at a …
Corruption in Carbon Indulgences Scam?
By Emperor Misha I
Not “the world”. Just the retarded, easily-fooled, ridiculously gullible part of its inhabitants. Those of us with functioning brains couldn’t care less about your Indulgence Scam. The Clean […]
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