Scam Related News (10/21/08)
| Temeke Hospital in dead bodies mix up scam DailyNewsOnline – Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania Relatives of a person identified as Bakari Omary (30) who was wrongly buried by other people have asked police for permission to exhume the body of the … See all stories on this topic |
| Latino-run stores in Calhoun County hit with scam al.com – Birmingham,AL,USA The scam plays out where a dozen or more people with fraudulent paychecks will bombard the register at the same time, usually leading the clerk to accept … See all stories on this topic |
| Hackers renew airline-ticket scam spam Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA By Gregg Keizer October 20, 2008 (Computerworld) In a reprise of a summer tactic, hackers are trying to trick people into infecting their PCs with malware … See all stories on this topic |
| Republican National Committee: Gotham-to-Ohio Vote Scam Eyed MarketWatch – USA Four well-heeled New York Democrats are under investigation by an Ohio prosecutor for setting up a temporary home in the swing state – where two have … See all stories on this topic |
| Court action in officials’ house scam Independent Online – Cape Town,South Africa By Gaye Davis Court proceedings against a string of civil servants suspected of cheating the state of millions of taxpayers’ rands through claiming … See all stories on this topic |
| www.TrueBlueContractors.com Takes the ‘Scam‘ Out of Matching … MarketWatch – USA ROCK HILL, NY, Oct 20, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — National Contractors Rating Bureau’s (NCRB) web service solves two of the biggest complaints … See all stories on this topic |
| Shopkeeper warns of phone top-up scam Glasgow Evening Times – Glasgow,Scotland,UK by Tristan Stewart-Robertson A GLASGOW shopkeeper is warning others to beware of a gang of criminals running a scam to get free mobile phone top-ups. … See all stories on this topic |
| Alleged mortgage scam lands in Obama’s backyard Chicago Sun-Times – United States Tommie and Louise Harris, who live behind the Obamas, say they’re victims of a mortgage repair scam that nearly cost them their Kenwood home of 44 years. … See all stories on this topic |
| MIX-UP HID LIRR SCAM New York Post – New York,NY,USA By KIERAN CROWLEY The LIRR tried to get to the bottom of the “Gravy Train” retirement disability scam five years ago, but a mistake by the agency … See all stories on this topic |
| Minooka police on the lookout for scam artist Chicago Tribune – United States By Mary Owen | Chicago Tribune reporter Minooka police are investigating an age-old scam by a charming, talkative young man who recently walked door to door … See all stories on this topic |
| Financially tight fraudsters now resorting to one-scam-fits-all … By admin In the new scam, several residents of Wisconsin complained of receiving mysterious calls late into the night. The calls, said to be automated, dropped a bomb on recipients with the message that their bank debit cards were being … Fraud and Scam News – http://www.419legal.org/blog/ |
| Energy/Utility Scam Artists Working All Over South Brooklyn By rsguskind (We don’t have a love affair with Con Ed, but a scam is not a way to escape their clutches.) Well, it’s going on in more places and is a HUGE story. In any case, there are now reports coming via BoCoCa Parents of other energy scammers … Gowanus Lounge – http://www.gowanuslounge.com/ |
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| Update on IDT Energy Scam By lisa Last week, our pals at Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights told us a disturbing tale about unwittingly being signed up for IDT; many from other neighborhoods wrote in to say they’d experienced the same scam. Here’s an update from … Brownstoner – http://www.brownstoner.com/ |
| Mortgage Scam Ringleaders Gambled Away Loot, Feds Say By John Del Signore A source tells the Post that two con men who ran a mortgage scam bilking millions out of now-failed lenders like Countrywide and Washington Mutual blew obscene amounts of money on extravagant gambling trips to Atlantic City. … Gothamist – http://gothamist.com/ |
