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2007)

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Postal Officials Crack Down On International E-Mail Scams
WREX-TV - Rockford,IL,USA
Thousands of people fall for the scam, losing an average of as much as four-thousand dollars each. So far this year, an average of more than 800 people a …

UK police in Nigerian scam haul
BBC News - UK
Thousands of fake cheques worth an estimated Â£8m have been seized in an operation targeting international scams using e-mails. …

Police seek Internet scam artist
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
GLENDALE - Police have asked for help in identifying a scam artist who defrauded people of more than $100000 after they placed bids on an Internet auction …

New E-Mail Scam: Hit-Man Threat
The Associated Press -
“I kind of knew it was a scam,” said Whitworth, a retired accountant who lives with his wife in a senior citizen development. “The prosecutor’s office came …

Jail for eBay designer goods scam
BBC News - UK
But the scam “snowballed” and when a trading standards official from Conwy Council made a test purchase, a pair of Armani jeans turned out to be counterfeit …

Car-scam woman escapes jail
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
A YEAR ago, a judge allowed a young Muslim woman to reverse her guilty plea to not guilty, accepting that the first plea was made out of a religious and …

Mayawati sets up high-powered panel to probe recruitment scam
Economic Times - India
LUCKNOW: To come up with a water-tight case against those involved in the police and PAC recruitment scam, the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Thursday decided to …

7 bailed in Bawanshah group rebate fraud scam
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
By AR Qureshi KARACHI: Seven co-accused in the Bawanshah group export rebate fraud cases worth millions of rupees were admitted to bail against a solvent …

Insurance scam convicts escape death penalty
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
Two Guyanese immigrants convicted in July of engineering the murder of two people in an insurance scheme have escaped the death penalty. …

Check-scam warning issued
Chicago Tribune - United States
Fraud involving fake bank and cashier’s checks now ranks as the top scam reported in Chicago, said representatives of the Postal Inspection Service, …

2 For 1 Deal: Mystery Shopper Scam Now Comes Bundled With Check …
By Chris Walters
Fraudulent check scams (which we wrote about yesterday) have taken a new, exciting twist: integrated into so-called “mystery shopper” scams. The classified ads you see for secret or mystery shoppers… [[ This is a content summary only. …
Consumerist - http://consumerist.com

The ALA is STILL Selling Me Out to Scam Artists
By AL(AL)
Last year I wrote the post that probably brings the most visitors to the AL: The ALA Sells Me Out to Scam Artists. Everyday people searching for “cambridge who’s who scam” end up on the AL, and many leave comments. …
Annoyed Librarian - http://annoyedlibrarian.blogspot.com/

About.com Picks Up KTLA Kimkins Scam Story
By Just Ducky
The story of the Kimkins diet scam has reached the world outside the Internet. Part one of a two-part story aired on KTLA-TV in Los Angeles last night and this morning. Part two will air tonight. Happily for us, the video is available …
Kimkins Exposed - http://kimkinsexposed.wordpress.com

Department of Energy Warns of E-mail Scam Offering Energy Refunds
The Department of Energy is aware of suspicious activity, involving a phishing email scam, targeting the general public.
Digg / upcoming - http://digg.com/

Email Scam Crackdown Leads to Worldwide Arrests
By Kristen Nicole
A major crackdown on Internet financial scams has resulted in $2.1 billion in seized fake checks. This was an International effort, with aid from multiple English-speaking countries, including the US, the Netherlands, UK and Nigeria, …
Mashable! - http://mashable.com

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