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Scam Related News (08/11/2007)

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Cellphone scam hits Mozambique
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Maputo - A leading Mozambican cellphone operator said on Friday that some of its customers had received death and extortion threats via anonymous SMS

2 ASIs suspended in insurance scam
Times of India - India
The Times of India had broken the scam involving a mystery car. A group of people had claimed compensation after being allegedly knocked down by the same

Zimbabwe: ZRP Caught in Motorbikes Scam
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) attempted to dupe the State Procurement Board (SPB) into approving a 980 000 euro procurement deal with a Netherlands

Agriculture scam affects FICAC
Fiji Times - Suva,Fiji
Update: 12.15pm THE Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) investigations are being hampered by the ongoing agriculture scam.

Spam Spikes 445 Percent Due to Biggest Pump-and-Dump Scam
eWeek - New York, NY
The attack entails a straightforward pump-and-dump spam scam with no virus payload. Experts at SophosLabs said they had detected around 500 million e-mails

Half-Million-Dollar Bingo Scam Uncovered in New York
FOX News - USA
CORAM, NY — A suburban New York community was shocked to learn that hundreds of thousands of dollars in Bingo proceeds intended for the disabled have

Romantic African tryst turned out to be kidnap scam
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The men were not, as they claimed, Natacha’s relatives, but gangsters, perpetrators of a terrifying internet scam that sucked in the unfortunate bachelor

Sharif family rejects NAB report on 2005-06 sugar scam
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
(NAB) report submitted with the Supreme Court that three sugar mills owned by the family were one of the beneficiaries of the sugar scam in 2005-06.

House For Sale At 419 Scam Blvd.
By Larry Seltzer
Scammers are using online property forums to mine for information about potential customers and them offer them phony properties. The goal is to get a deposit out of them before they catch on. It’s easy for a scammer to make…
Security Watch - http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/

Is There An AmeriPlan Scam?
By Scam
My research into Ameriplan, and whether or not it was a scam, began when I saw claims, online, that they were posing as an insurance plan. However, on the webpage listed above, they have a fairly sizeable disclaimer that states quite
Online Scams - http://www.scamtypes.com

Dutch police arrest six in 419 scam
Six men with ties to a West African crime network have been arrested in the Netherlands over an internet scam that bilked a man of $1.5m, according to police.
OUT-LAW News - http://www.out-law.com/

Beware This Identity Theft Related Scam
By Chuck
Other than the fact that I live in nowhere’s ville where the only Mandarin speakers are at the Chinese restaurant (which itself is a good clue) cashing checks checks for 10% is a classic scam. Even certified checks, if fraudulent,
Work At Home Business Opportunities… - http://work-at-home.business-opportunities.biz

Land Border Bus Scam from Thailand to Cambodia
By globetrotteri
Beware the Khao San Road Bus Scam! Khao San Road bus tickets are a complete rip-off. It doesn’t seem to matter whether you buy a cheap or expensive ticket, once you are out of Thailand and into Cambodia, the gloves are off and you are
My Several Worlds - http://globetrotteri.wordpress.com

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