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Scam Related News (06/20/2007)

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Area residents victimized in loan scam 9 pm
SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford,MA,USA
By By JOSEPH R. LaPlante NEW BEDFORD — A city company allegedly swindled area residents with bad credit who were looking for a loan, according to the Better
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Footballers named in ’speeding points scam
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By David Millward, Transport Correspondent Up to 100 drivers are allegedly involved in an investigation into the use of the same - or a very similar - fake
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Parents blast school over alleged grades scam
Chicago Tribune - United States
By Johnathon E. Briggs Angry parents confronted Chicago Public Schools administrators today about allegations that a Southwest Side elementary school
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RNC issues warning of lottery scam
St. John’s Telegram - St. John’s,Newfoundland,Canada
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is warning local business and lottery ticket sellers of a new scam. The RNC is investigating several reports from
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Injured soldier scam targets military spouses
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
They’re the unsung heroes of the Iraq War, but military spouses are being preyed upon by scam artists while their loved ones are overseas.
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Illinois’ AG sues companies, alleging scam involving Iraqi currency
WAND - Decatur,IL,USA
ET CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois’ attorney general is suing several companies, alleging that the Iraqi currency they’re peddling over the Internet is a scam.
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Another scam hits the area
thepaper24-7.com - USA
It may be small - $20 to $60 per business, but that can quickly add up depending on the scam’s success. “The scam is simple,” Long said.
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Skim scam foiled, polic say
NEWS.com.au - Australia
A SOPHISTICATED bid to skim the credit card details of potentially thousands of people from a bank ATM in Adelaide has been foiled, police said.
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Customer service evaluator deal from Canada is scam
Paris Beacon News (subscription) - Paris,IL,USA
The scam asks the recipient to then go to a money transfer station and rate the person who waits on the recipient in sending a money gram.
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Man Involved In Insurance Scam Finishing Jail Time At Home
Today’s THV - Little Rock,AR,USA
Thurston Little, a Corinth, Mississippi, businessman sentenced for his role in an insurance scam run by Martin Frankel, apparently will be allowed to serve
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Ds-max: 4 Typical DS-MAX MLM Scam Job Ads Found On Monster
By Ben Popken
Using the names of companies accused of being DS-Max (now known as Innovage) subsidiaries/affiliates on Ripoffreport and a list on DS-Max The Aftermath, I did a search of Monster, Hot Jobs, and other… [[ This is a content summary only
Consumerist - http://consumerist.com

Gnomes Used in Snake-Smuggling Scam
More than a dozen snakes and lizards have been found stuffed inside garden gnomes during an international mail check.
Sky News | Home | First For Breaking… - http://news.sky.com/skynews/home

US man faces prison term over AOL scam
New York A Brooklyn man has pleaded guilty to sending unsolicited emails to 1.2 million AOL subscribers in a scam that foiled the service provider’s spam-filtering system.
mad.co.uk : Digital - http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/News/Disciplines/Digital/Default.html

New Spyware Scam Targets FTC
The scam e-mail poses as an acknowledgment of a complaint filed by the recipient, and includes an attachment. Consumers who open the file unleash harmful software onto their PC, the FTC said in a press release.
Tech Daily Dose - http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/

The Stupid Blue Postcard - Scam, But Not Quite?
By golbguru
All the big words - “NEW MERCEDES, BMW, PORSCHE or $40000 CASH” are sure indicators of a scam. But generally stupid scammers, who promise big rewards, choose email as their preferred way of communicating to me that some Nigerian prince
Money, Matter, and More Musings - http://www.thetaoofmakingmoney.com

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