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June 16, 2007

Four detectives in alleged prison scam
Melbourne Herald Sun – Australia
FOUR Queensland police detectives are being investigated over a scam that involved sending money to prison inmates, reports say. …
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Ex-SEC Lawyer Charged in Stock Scam
Houston Chronicle – United States
2007 AP DALLAS — The Securities and Exchange Commission has sued one of its former lawyers on charges he helped carry out a “pump and dump” stock-fraud scam …
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Police warn of ‘utility worker’ burglary scam
Sacramento Bee – CA, USA
Beginning in April and as recent as earlier this week, the scam has been carried out primarily in areas where construction is underway, said Sgt. Matt Young …
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Detectives linked to jail scam
Courier Mail – Australia
PRISONERS allegedly received thousands of dollars from police under an elaborate cash-for-favours scam. Two Brisbane detectives have been stood down and …
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Business Scam in the Downtown
Guelph Tribune – Guelph,ON,Canada
The businesses reported the scam on Tuesday, June 12. People believe this is the same man who is responsible for the same fraud or attempted fraud that …
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Three arrested in suspected Ponzi scam
WIS – Columbia,SC,USA
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – Three men have been arrested in connection with the suspected Ponzi scam. Tony Pough, 45; Tim McQueen, 49; and Joseph Brunson, 43, …
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Aussies lose $1.5m in net scam
Courier Mail – Australia
A SYNDICATE of Australian investors has been defrauded of more than $1.5 million in a Nigerian internet scam, Queensland computer crime police say. …
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Police call ‘Spanish Sweepstakes Lottery’ a scam
Florida Today – Melbourne,FL,USA
Patrol officers have received an “alarming number” of complaints recently from residents about the foreign lottery scam that promises to pay millions into …
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Pair Uses Lottery Scam To Steal Thousands From Elgin Man
WBBM780 – Chicago,USA
ELGIN, Ill. (STNG) — Police are looking for two Hispanic men who conned a 65-year-old man out of several thousand dollars in a lottery scam in northwest …
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Magazine scam not affiliated with ASU
AZ Central.com – AZ,USA
Victims of a magazine scam falsely affiliated with ASU should report incidents to police departments and not ASU, officials said. The salespeople are going …
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Comment by Iain on Free iPod a scam?
Anyone who goes round writing “DEFINITELY NOT A SCAM” (almost always in upper case, as if this makes the point better somehow) is always posting a referral link. – Some people do get free stuff. – Many people don’t get free stuff …
Blogcritics Comments – http://blogcritics.org/

Check Scam Nets Almost $10000 From Tuscaloosa
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – The city of Tuscaloosa is out nearly $10000 after someone forged checks with the signature of the mayor.
NBC 13 Local News – http://www.nbc13.com

Top 10 scams (by number of victims)
By LuckY(LuckY)
I read that report and get exited with NUMBER 6 on the scam list. I just want to say that work at home still a good choice for us. But you must careful with it and don’t get scam because you want the money so much.
Make Money Online – http://make-moneyonlines.blogspot.com/

Step-by-Step Guide to Spotting PTR Internet Scams
By matt608
It may sound like a stupid question but people do get confused about what exactly a ‘scam‘ is. Some Internet sites scam you by stealing money, others by stealing your time. PTR sites can scam you by stealing both (if you let them). …
Affiliate Programs and Internet Scams – http://affiliatescamguide.com

Blog: BBB Scam Changes Social Engineering Ploy
Since we first wrote about the BBB phishing emails, we’ve seen variants change from forging BBB complaint letters to false IRS criminal investigation notices to FTC investigation notices. We’re now seeing messages from the same phishing …
SecureWorks Research Feed – http://www.secureworks.com/research/

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