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Scam Related News (10/30/2007)

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Alleged job scam mastermind held by police
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
Horace Haughton, the man whom the police say is the mastermind behind an alleged job scam in Montego Bay, St. James, is now in police custody awaiting a

World’s most gullible supermarket chain falls victim to online scam
Register - London,England,UK
By Dan Goodin → More by this author Red-faced accountants from one of the biggest supermarket chains in the US are frantically trying to regain control of

Ofcom warns of mobile phone scam
Times Online - UK
Mobile-phone users are being warned to watch out for rogue salesmen who cold-call customers and trick them into switching to expensive long-term contracts

Why not transfer multi-crore petro scam to CBI: High Court asks Admin
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
Chandigarh, October 29 Taking a strong note of arguably Chandigarh’s largest scam, the multi-crore petro scam of over Rs 200 crore in transactions,

Dozens targeted by Spanish scam
York Press - York,UK
Letters trying to tempt people into falling for the million-Euro prize promises of the Madrid-based Loteria Primitiva scam exposed by The Press are

Grit attack on Tory election spending scam blunted by allegations
The Canadian Press -
In the alleged Tory scam, 66 candidates, including six ministers, claimed expenses for local advertising that was actually national in nature,

Police warn of cash machine scam
BBC News - UK
People using cash machines are being warned to take extra care after a scam was uncovered. Kent Police said thieves had used a device called the Lebanese

Weight Loss Scams Top US Fraud in 2005
Houston Chronicle - United States
About 30 million Americans, or roughly 13 percent of adults, fell for some type of scam in 2005, the Federal Trade Commission reported in a survey Monday.

NC Woman Admits to $412k Scam of QVC
Houston Chronicle - United States
guilty Thursday in federal court to wire fraud and was released pending sentencing. She agreed to forfeit the more than $412000 she made from the scam.

10 Computer Repair Services, 7 Wrong Answers - VIDEO
By Jordan
they got nearly 10 different answers, including one who tells them they need to send the computer to a special dust-free room for data recovery… Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: computer repair scam incompetence video consumerist.
Propeller.com Tag Search - “scam” - http://www.propeller.com

Immune system boosters are a scam, part 2
Ed Zimney has made a reputation for himself as a scam buster. The controversy that erupted from his first scambuster blog, Master Cleanse Diet = Master Scam hasn’t stopped Dr. Z from tackling the tough topics.
Digg / upcoming - http://digg.com/

QVC Deal or Scam
Seems there is fine line between deal and scam. Does this mean if something is mispriced at 1 penny and someone orders 100 of them that they can be charged with fraud? Also, if you cancel an order and it still gets sent to you,
Fatwallet.com Hot Deals - http://www.fatwallet.com

Greensboro Woman Pleads Guilty To QVC Scam
still in QVC packaging, on the online auction site. Moore-Perry pleaded guilty on October 25 in federal court to wire fraud and was released pending sentencing. She agreed to forfeit the more than $412000 she made from the scam.
digtriad.com Local and State - http://www.digtriad.com

Just Fall for This Scam and Lose Weight!
Weight-loss scams, foreign lottery offers and buyers clubs were the top ways that scam artists separated 30 million Americans from their money in one year, a US agency said Monday.
CNBC Top News and Analysis - http://cnbc.com

Scam Check Station
Curious whether or not it’s a scam? Find out at the Internet ScamBusters Scam Check Station…

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