Scam Related News (09/18/2007)

ADP Warns of Phishing Scam
WebCPA – New York,NY,USA
Automatic Data Processing said it has identified a phishing scam targeted at ADP clients and others. The payroll processor said an attack had been made on a

Scam was to fuel friend’s addiction
Stuff.co.nz – Wellington,New Zealand
The trio admitted their part in the drug scam in Masterton District Court yesterday. They now face sentencing on six joint charges of obtaining by deception

Man arrested for scam at testing station
Independent Online – Cape Town,South Africa
A man was arrested on Monday at the Langlaagte testing station in connection with a bribery scam, Johannesburg metro police said on Monday.

Nothing but a scam?
Malaysia Star – Malaysia
There are several ways to determine if a scheme is a scam. Any job that requires any payment, for registration, and the buying of manuals and goods before ..

Symantec, BBC implicated in phishing scam
Inquirer – Harrow,Middlesex,UK
By Andrew Thomas: Monday 17 September 2007, 17:41 HARBINGER OF DOOM, Symantec, has been implicated in a cynical phishing scam resulting in innocent ..

British Phone Scam Ringing in the Coastal Empire
WTOC – Savannah,GA,USA
Scam artists are on the prowl. But a new phone scam is ringing in from across the pond. The Better Business Bureau warns overseas scams are on the rise. ..

Bomb threat scam hits Cookeville
Cookeville Herald Citizen – Cookeville,TN,USA
COOKEVILLE — Telephoned bomb threat scams have occurred across the country in recent weeks — and early this morning, it happened in Cookeville, ..

Unrecognized tribe accused in immigration scam claims sovereignty
Joplin Globe – Joplin,MO,USA
AP WICHITA, Kan. — The leader of an unrecognized American Indian tribe told authorities they had no right to be “on sovereign land” when they came to arrest ..

SP, BSP in battle mode over recruitment scam
Daily News & Analysis – Mumbai,India
Meanwhile, the investigation into the police recruitment scam has been handed over to the Anti-Corruption Organisation which has already swung into action. ..

Ringleader of Viagra scam jailed
Independent – London,England,UK
By Robert Verkaik, Law Editor A British businessman has been jailed for four-and-a- half years for organising a conspiracy to supply counterfeit drugs for ..

“London Nanny” Scam
By Deborah
The scam is that the family sends a certified check to the “travel agency” that will get the nanny a cheaper fare to the US. The Travel Agency does not exist. This scammer went so far as providing references that the family spoke with,
Nanny Classifieds – http://www.nannyclassifieds.com/blog

EcoWatts: another “free energy” company touts their scam *ahem
By Jeremy Korzeniewski
Filed under: Etc. Remember a while back when a company tried and failed to show off their “free energy” machine? For the purposes of this post, we’ll simply refer to that event as the “Stoern debacle.” That company claims that their
AutoblogGreen – http://www.autobloggreen.com

FRANK151 CODE GREEN!: Jury Duty Scam
By Frank Green
We here at Frank are not ones to sound the alarm, but this scam isn’t as far fetched as some of the urban legends we’ve heard. If people aren’t pulling this one, they probably will be after reading this post. Sorry! From www.fbi.gov:
Frank151 – http://www.frank151.com

419 scam
By keith
Not realising she is the victim of a Nigerian 419 fraud, she e-mails back the details. A couple of minutes later she receives an e-mail back from the general’s son: ‘Northern Rock?! What is this, some sort of scam?”
A Random Walk – Irish Financial Blog – http://www.arandomwalk.com

Symantec, BBC implicated in phishing scam
HARBINGER OF DOOM, Symantec, has been implicated in a cynical phishing scam resulting in innocent journalists writing thousands of words of puff for its products. The latest victims are BBC writers who have been duped into providing
Digg / Security / upcoming – http://digg.com/security

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