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Scam Related News (06/27/2007)

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Man sentenced for scam at Leisure World
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
A Redding man convicted of bilking Leisure World residents out of $5 million was sentenced Monday to 7 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.23 million

100 duped in job scam
Times of India - India
MUMBAI: Over 100 job-seeking candidates approached the Khar police on Saturday afternoon complaining that they were duped by a company which had promised

EL council acts against jobs scam
Dispatch Online - South Africa
It urged them to provide information on the scam, and those who might have paid for jobs were offered amnesty in return for incriminating evidence against

Liberia: To Blackmail LFA’s ‘SG’ - Major Scam Uncovered
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Reports from the Secretariat of the Liberia Football Association say attention has been drawn to an international organized scam been orchestrated by a

Scam-spammers’ mess with our minds
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
But even the cynical can be fooled into opening questionable e-mail, Blascovich said, as he ticked off the motivational trickery that scam-spammers use.

Probe exposes home affairs scam
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
By Vusumuzi Ka Nzapheza A Cape Times investigation has revealed how asylum seekers permits are for sale at the Cape Town Refugee Reception Office at the

French trio arrested over lottery scam
NEWS.com.au - Australia
A French couple and their accomplice have been arrested after allegedly trying to cheat a lottery player out of EURO 35 million ($55m) of winnings.

Action taken in connection with Apex Bank scam
Economic Times - India
against those found guilty in indiscriminate sanction of loans totaling Rs 200 crore in connection with the scam, official sources said on Tuesday.

Woman charged over TV scam
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Police have charged a woman over a scam involving the sale of television sets from major Sydney department stores. The 25-year-old is accused of falsely

Beware yet another SMS scam
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
By JO TEH KUALA LUMPUR: If you receive an SMS saying you have just won RM15,000 in cash and RM250 in reload credit, beware - it is a scam.

Scam-spammers’ mess with our minds
After analyzing a variety of common e-mail scams, a psychology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara reports that even world-wise, skeptical computer users can be fooled.
Computerworld Cybercrime/Hacking News - http://www.computerworld.com

the chastity ring scam
By tyger
If you only read one blog-post this week, read Unity’s stunning investigation into last week’s ‘Purity’ Ring Case at the High Court, over at Ministry of Truth. All is not what it seems. Excellent work, Unity!
tygerland.net - http://tygerland.net

Cellphone scam artists nabbed
By scamboy(scamboy)
Two suspects operating in Sabah must have been shocked when Malacca police managed to track down their “hoax call” asking a woman to deposit money to them or risk having her assets sealed in court. The two men, in their 20s,
Telco Talk Malaysia - http://malaysianwireless.blogspot.com/

Snam: The New Freelance Scam?
By Irreverent Freelancer(Irreverent Freelancer)
Okay, this is even a new one for me. I’m used to receiving spam at the email addresses I post on the Web, but I have to admit that the unsolicited piece of snail mail I received last week really threw me for a loop.
Screw You! - http://irreverentfreelancer.blogspot.com/

Prepare For a New Kind of Scam on Your Smartphones and PDAs
Mauricio Freitas shares an email he received claiming that he was scammed. So of course, the good Samaritan offers to pay him $100000. All to make up for the evil acts of “scams artists operating in syndicates all over the… Continue.
The Smart PDA - http://www.thesmartpda.com/

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