Scam Related News (09/09/2007)
Investor a Scam
Wall Street Journal – USA
The aging bubble of wealthy baby boomers makes them “prime targets for scam artists,” says SEC Chairman Christopher Cox. State securities regulators, in a ..
CPI(M) demands CBI probe into ‘timber scam‘ in J&K
Hindu – Chennai,India
“Recent controversies suggest a ‘timber scam‘ involving huge amount of public money in the state forest and environment ministries. ..
Land scam accused sent to CBI custody
Hindu – Chennai,India
During the course of investigation into the scam, the CBI had raided Jain’s residential premises but he went missing. The agency recovered voluminous ..
Beware of scam artists with posters, firms
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
The scam artists imply they have a connection with the ministry and they’re selling posters that satisfy the law. Some tag behind ministry inspectors and ..
Lease-to-own scam brings felony charges
Salt Lake Tribune – United States
By Lesley Mitchell The state has filed criminal charges against three Utahns accused of taking thousands of dollars from at least a dozen Latino families ..
Skype Phishing Scam
By Duncan Riley
A quick search on Google results in other instances of Skype scams, but I didn’t find one exactly like this. In context, I don’t use Skype Out that often and Skype occasionally sends emails telling me that I have to use Skype Out to …
Techcrunch – http://www.techcrunch.com
Comment on Beware of Quechup Spam Scam by Bernie Goldbach ‘76
By Bernie Goldbach ‘76
Several of my friends with BBC address books accidentally permitted them to be harvested so the incoming spammy invitations may not appear to be what they actually are when you open them.
Comments for Moving at the Speed… – http://www.speedofcreativity.org
Scam Email From The IRS Making The Rounds; I Just Got It.
By david
Scam of the week – Would you buy this from this man? Free Subscriptions To My Two Dollars! Unlimited Email Storage Coming Soon From Yahoo!? Would You Turn In A Tax Cheat For Cash? Best Places To Put That Tax Refund You Are Getting. …
My Two Dollars – http://www.mytwodollars.com
The ‘intensity’ scam
This is, as I blogged about before, a huge scam. Greenhouse-gas intensity is the emissions per unit economic output. Multiply this quantity by the size of the economy and you get total greenhouse-gas emissions. …
Gristmill – http://gristmill.grist.org/
Skype Phishing Scam
By moultriecreek
If you are a Skype user, there is a phishing scam showing up in some mailboxes. A phishing scam is where a bad guy impersonates your bank, eBay, PayPal or any number of other online businesses trying to get personal information from you …
Family Matters – http://moultriecreek.us/family
