Scam Related News (06/14/2007)
NZer ordered to repay $40m from scam
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
… court to repay $US29.7 million ($NZ40 million) to shareholders of the CA software company who were defrauded in a $US2.2 billion accounting scam. …
Scam artist threatens local officer
Tri-Town News - Howell,NJ,USA
Police said Blackman realized the phone call was a scam when the man asked her to get a $595 money order from Western Union or Wal-Mart in order to claim …
Jury duty telephone scam alert
El Defensor Chieftain - Socorro,NM,USA
The bottom line is that this is a known scam. It works because the scam artist uses scare tactics to force others into surrendering personal information. …
UK Data-Protection Scam Lands Three in Jail
CSO - Framingham,MA,USA
Leeds Crown Court sentenced the men who sent thousands of letters demanding registration fees of 135 pounds (US$266) to register under the act in a scam …
eBay scam, breaking, entering at swimming hole reported
Batesville Daily Guard (subscription) - Batesville,AR,USA
A Floral man believes he has been the victim of an eBay scam, according to a report filed with the Independence County Sheriff’s Office. …
9 couples charged in alleged immigration marriage scam
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
AP CHICAGO — Authorities have charged 18 people in an alleged scam in which Americans were paid to marry Eastern Europeans so the immigrants could get legal …
New Versions of Old Nigerian Letter Scam
WTVQ - Lexington,KY,USA
By Tom Kenny There is a letter scam that began decades ago that came to known as the Nigerian Letter Scam because it originated in Africa. …
Third Staten Islander sent to prison in stock scam
Staten Island Advance - Staten Island,NY,USA
… serving his two-year sentence, becoming the third Staten Islander convicted in a $3.5 million stock fraud scam that was run out of a New Dorp office. …
Scam: Staatsloterij International BV
By Khalid
Here is another scam email. The lottery is supposed to be in Belgium, but the address is in the Czech Republic. Advertisement:. read more.
Amazingly clever yet scary eBay scam using Javascript
Amazingly clever yet scary eBay scam using Javascript It replaces the scam seller’s feedback rating with a higher number and even links to a reputable seller’s feedback page. (thanks Stirrdup)
Wal-Mart Preparing To Launch “Prepaid Visa Card” Scam On Working …
By Paul Hooson
Wal-Mart is sinking to a new low with plans to launch a “prepaid Visa card” scam on the working class customers who are the company’s main source of revenue. Even before the launch of this new scam card meant to profit from a wide range …
Nigerian scam and General Abacha
By moinul
Most of us who have an email address has confronted with at least one Nigerian scam (419 scam or Advanced fee fraud) letter in their life. When I was a rookie internet user, I used to get plenty of scams which were mostly from Nigerian …
Here we go again. Another government agency scam.
By Sam Masiello(Sam Masiello)
The format of the scam is the same as the other two incarnations. Highly targetted to specific individuals (they are probably even using the same list for every variant of the scam, although I can’t prove this) with the name of the …
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