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Scam Related News (08/28/2007)

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Tourism businesses warned of refund scam
ABC Regional Online - Australia
The Riverland Tourism Association in south-eastern South Australia says it has received a report about a scam email from a local operator. ..

CRA: Wheels Fly Off $8.1 Million GST Scam Involving Businessman
Market Wire (press release) - USA
The key to the scam was that the vehicles did not actually exist; the transactions were created on paper only. Port would then “re-sell” the fictitious ..

iPhoneUnlocking.com a scam?
ZDNet - USA
All this leads me to believe that the Web site was a scam. Did they ever really have a software unlocking solution? Or was the site merely a trap to capture ..

Nigeria: Mark Denies N450m Contract Scam
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Agoda told Daily Champion at the weekend that he will not succumb to any pressure from any quarter to dump his demand for a probe into the scam. ..

Judge in Oregon sentences four in $170 million scam
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
An offshore banking scam based in Grenada that cost thousands of US and Canadian investors more than $170 million ended with federal prison sentences Monday ..

Ghosh pulled off a $300 million scam in South Pacific Islands
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: The air ambulance resolved the dilemma for the Germans and they were more than eager to get Amarendra Nath Ghosh, wanted in a host of bank frauds ..

IRS Warns About New Email Scam
Consumer Affairs - USA
The IRS says it’s the latest scam designed to fool people into downloading a program making their computers vulnerable to hackers. The e-mail purporting to ..

Scam Alert: Fake Lottery Checks
CBS News - New York City,NY,USA
Early Show consumer correspondent Susan Koeppen reports that, in a widely used scam attempt, consumers receive a real-looking check with the letters. ..

South Africa: Trust Scam Raises Fear of Tax Action
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
IT WOULD be a pity if the recent Fidentia corporate scandal were to be regarded as proof of the “abuse of trusts” by the tax authorities and if it were to ..

Update - Scam in local Newspapers
By Damien Blake
A quick update to last week’s post on the scam in last week’s Donegal News. I’ve spoken to the editors of the paper, who were very quick to respond on Friday morning. They have printed a good piece in today’s paper warning people about
Cllr Damien Blake, Letterkenny… - http://www.damienblake.com

Warning! Walmart Scam
By mdvaldosta
customers at Walmart, we here at F&J like to look out for our readers. Over the last month or so I became the victim of a clever scam while out shopping, which has be quite traumatic. Channel: Humor Tags: walmart funny joke scam jokes.
Netscape.com Tag Search - “scam” - http://www.netscape.com

IRS: Latest Email Scam
By archcrone
24, 2007 — The Internal Revenue Service today warned taxpayers of a new phishing scam, in which an e-mail purporting to come from the IRS advises taxpayers they can receive $80 by filling out an online customer satisfaction survey.
The Crone Speaks - http://cronespeaks.wordpress.com

Update on new IRS phishing scam
By Sunbelt Software Blog(Sunbelt Software Blog)
Saturday, I blogged about a new IRS phishing scam which uses a “survey”. According to the source who sent the information to me, the phish didn’t appear to ask for financial information. This does not appear to be the case.
SunbeltBLOG - http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/

100 Calorie Packs Are Still A Scam, Cost More For Less Food
By Buran
No really? Like Those 100 Calorie Packs? You’re Paying Twice As Much… Buran.
Consumerist Comments - http://consumerist.com

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