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Scam Related News (07/17/2007)

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Ugandan ‘Aids scam‘ trial begins
BBC News - UK
By Sarah Grainger The trial of former Ugandan Health Minister Jim Muhwezi, accused of embezzling nearly $4.3m (£2.15m), has begun in the capital, Kampala.

Scam Artist Using A Local Restaurant’s Name For Money
KOTV - Tulsa,OK,USA
News On 6 anchor Craig Day reports a scam artist is using the restaurant’s good name to try to swindle folks out of their hard earned cash.

Man Avoids Envelope-Stuffing Scam
WNDU-TV - South Bend,IN,USA
A get-rich-quick scheme turns out to be a scam, and one South Bend resident avoids being taken for a ride. It’s an old-fashioned scam that’s hit nearly

US Mafia link to scam on investors
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
By Sean O’Driscoll in New York More than a dozen Ulster business people have been caught up in a multi-million pound scam that targeted British and Irish

Fake Medi-clinic executive in scam
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
A woman who sold cosmetics had a nervous breakdown when she realised a lucrative oral contract with the Medi-Clinic group was faked, the Bellville

Soldier’s family warns of scam
KTVZ - Bend,OR,USA
In a related matter, the Oregon National Guard says the Wiens family would like to warn the public about a scam. Someone unknown to the family is

Warning over African letter scam
BBC News - UK
Tayside Police are warning people to be on their guard after a 67-year-old man was conned out of thousands of pounds in an elaborate African letter scam.

Local police shutdown international scam operation
TriCities.com - Johnson City,TN,USA
BY Nate Morabito Scams circulate around the Tri-Cities and around the nation on a daily basis, but usually, when a victim files a police report, the scam is

Firms hit by Commercial Register website scam - report
Telecom Paper (subscription) - Houten,Netherlands
A total of 1300 Austrian companies have fallen victim to a scam listing them in a non-functioning web site, reports Der Standard citing the Austrian Press

Three On Your Side: Widespread Scam?
WLBT-TV - Jackson,MS,USA
A word of caution tonight, about a scam artist apparently trying to bilk checking account information out of another unsuspecting Mississippian.

Online Library #5: Scam or Not? Ways to Discover If A Job Offer
By Oil Offshore Marine
Generally speaking, if you are made a job offer by a company to whom you never applied before and, still, they make you a job offer without even having interviewed you, that is a clear job scam. But let’s see some possible scenarios:
Oil Offshore Marine Blog - http://oiloffshoremarine.wordpress.com

The best money scam spam ever
By director@jihadwatch.org(director@jihadwatch.org)
I have received this several times before, and you probably have to, but it still makes me laugh every time: Dear Intending partner This mail may not be surprising to you if you have been following current events in the…
Jihad Watch - http://www.jihadwatch.org/

The scam that never enZe: the wacky world of weenie-woo [Dr. Joan
By Kevin Beck none@example.com
A someone who’s highly active in post-crepuscular hours and has a habit of leaving the television on solely for background noise, I’m exposed to a lot of awful commercials. If I allow myself to listen one more time to the beating of
ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - http://www.scienceblogs.com

New Domain Name Renewal Scam Hits Inoxes
By Andrew
The particular domain mentioned in the email is actually registered at Moniker, so I knew instantly that it was really a scam. If you read on, the email explains that the “company” helps people renew their domains, but throws in a
Domain Name Wire - http://domainnamewire.com

E-mail Scam: Kirin Beer Wants You!
By Howard Troxler
Kirin_2 So far I’ve gotten several entertaining e-mails forwarded by readers in response to my Sunday column about Internet scams. Some are of the usual “your account has expired, please click here” variety. But the more entertaining
TroxBlog: Howard Troxler’s take… - http://blogs.tampabay.com/troxler/

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