Scam Related News (11/12/2008)
| Callers trying to scam seniors Frost Illustrated – Fort Wayne,IN,USA It is a scam. BBB is an unbiased non-profit organization that sets and upholds high standards for fair and honest business behavior. … |
| GESA Text Messaging Scam Continues To Be A Problem Monday Night In … KNDO/KNDU – Yakima,WA,USA GESA and Police have claimed this is a scam and said thieves are just trying to get your information. Better Business Bureau Leader Norma Miller said, … |
| Morning Report: Suspects arrested in check scam Ventura County Star – Camarillo,CA,USA Police and Fire: Four Ventura County residents have been arrested in connection with a scam involving fraudulent Sheriff’s Department checks, … |
| How a Facebook scam leads to a Chinese email harvesting site – and … guardian.co.uk – UK This isn’t new – there have been dozens of scams around, and there was a similar problem on MySpace. But Trend Micro tells us about a scam where you can … |
| Man held on bank scam rap Independent Online – Cape Town,South Africa Banks in Silverton on Tuesday warned businesses about fraudulent deposits made into their accounts as a scam to steal their money, said Pretoria police. … |
| CORAM: Guilty plea in charity scam Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA A former worker for a Coram handicap advocacy group pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of skimming more than $12000 from the charity’s bingo games, … |
| IOL readers too clever for UK job scam Independent Online – Cape Town,South Africa To further romanticise a scam, an offer would consist of perks like medical aid, pension and relocation costs. But, to secure a job, as per the normal … |
| Bolante not attending House hearing on fertilizer fund scam GMA news.tv – Quezon City,Metro Manila,Philippines Bolante, the alleged architect of the fertilizer fund scam, is currently staying at the St Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City.He is set to appear before … |
| Skimming scam spreads from Calgary Calgary Herald – AB, Canada Crime – The same debit card skimming scam discovered in Calgary two months ago has turned up in Airdrie and Red Deer, and police fear other areas have been … |
| Scam uses fallen soldier’s name to lure buyers CTV.ca – Canada Susan Shipway said she and her husband were alerted to the scam when they got a bizarre phone call from a stranger in the United States a couple weeks after … |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL JERRY BROWN BREAKS UP FORECLOSURE SCAM RING By The San Francisco Sentinel Typically, the scam initiated with a flyer sent to the homeowner. For example, Eleuteria and Arthur Washington of Redlands responded to a flyer she had received that falsely claimed to offer a way to renegotiate their home loan. … San Francisco Sentinel – http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/ |
| Warning issued over inauguration ticket scam WASHINGTON, DC — The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies has issued the following information regarding the availability of tickets for the 56th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony on Jan. 20, 2009. Honolulu Advertiser – Breaking news – http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ |
| Sorry! SocialMinder is a Scam and I Fell for It. By BL Ochman That’s because SocialMinder (nope, I won’t link to them) is a spamming scam that I and a lot of other web savvy people fell for it. I’m fuming, and I don’t suffer silently. SocialMinder violated my trust and my contacts’ privacy. … BL Ochman’s weblog: Internet… – http://www.whatsnextblog.com/ |
| Comment on New Domain Name Scam by Michele Ballagh By Michele Ballagh I can confirm that this scam has been around for more than a year. It coincides with the release of some new domain name extensions in Asia(ie. .com, .ca, .org are all “extensions”). In fact, similar scams seem to emerge every time a … Comments for Slaw – http://www.slaw.ca/ |
| Bishop wants more witnesses in fertilizer fund scam probe MANILA, Philippines – A Manila-based Catholic Church official on Tuesday urged anyone who has first hand information in the multi-million fertilizer fund scam to come out in the open and help ongoing investigation. GMA News.tv – http://www.gmanews.tv/ |
