Scam Related News (11/15/2008)
| Call From ‘Grandchild’ Scam Targets Seniors WYFF – Greenville,SC,USA GREENVILLE, SC — A scam in which seniors get a phone call from a grandchild who needs cash is a scam that the Better Business Bureau says has made its way … |
| The Goverment $700 Billion Bailout…A Perfect Scam! Post Chronicle – USA This is ironic because Obama/Biden made their play to the middle class, with the notion clearly in mind to scam it just like the “shrewd” mortgage-makers … |
| Colombia seeks to recover millions after scam Irish Times – Dublin,Ireland One man reportedly took his own life after selling his home to invest in a scam that promised to double his money. “The government has to find ways to … |
| Nurse Falls For Online Scam, Loses $400K TheDenverChannel.com – Denver,CO,USA And she fell for this scam. She kept sending money. When she started to doubt the scam, she got letters from the president of Nigeria, FBI Director Robert … |
| Latham man admits to real estate scam Schenectady Gazette – Schenectady,NY,USA ALBANY — A Latham man has admitted to soliciting investors for a Troy real estate venture he had no intention on following through on. … |
| Test cheating scam exposed The Press Association Police have warned that criminal gangs could be helping people cheat the immigration tests system after two people were caught in Wimbledon. … |
| FBI warns of ‘hit man’ e-mail scam Chicago Tribune – United States The FBI reports that what is known as the “hit man” scam has taken different forms since it began appearing in the inboxes of would-be victims months ago, … |
| Parking meter scam exposed The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia It is understood the scam may have continued undetected for at least 12 months and follows years of scandal and turmoil at the city council’s … |
| The US warns of scam in medicine purchase from Dominican Republic Dominican Today – Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic Santo Domingo.- The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert Thursday on fraud and extortions in the purchase of medicine via … |
| BENEFITING FROM $8M HEALTH ‘SCAM‘ New York Post – New York,NY,USA By ANDY GELLER A Westchester man has been charged with embezzling $8 million from his employer and using the money to pay for luxury cars, … |
| This woman sent Nigerian scam artists $400000 – a fool or a victim? By Mike Harvey When Spears began to doubt the scam, she got letters from the President of Nigeria, FBI Director Mueller, and President Bush. Terrorists could get the money if she did not help, Bush’s letter said. Spears continued to send funds. … Tech Central – Times Online – WBLG – http://timesonline.typepad.com/technology/ |
| Woman Loses $400000 To Nigerian Email Scam By Sam Glover There will always be someone greedy out there where the prospect of a huge payday with just trip something in their brain and they suspend all reason and let themselves get bled dry.” Woman Loses $400000 To Nigerian Email Scam … Caveat Emptor – http://caveatemptorblog.com/ |
| Facebook Scam (aka Social Phishing) By Mike Davies A couple of months back I posted on a scam that had surfaced in Mexico where fraudsters managed to get hold of people’s email User Name and Password, access the account and email the whole address book asking for money to be sent to a … Mike Davies: Online Identity… – http://blogs.verisign.com/identity-emea/ |
| Supplier in fertilizer scam says Bolante not connected with firm MANILA, Philippines – The company that supplied fertilizers for the scandal-tainted government farm input program cried unfair Friday over allegations that it took part in the fund scam as it denied that former undersecretary Jocelyn … GMA News.tv – http://www.gmanews.tv/ |
| Scam or Not? There are many sites devoted to unearthing scams and protecting the public. They go by names like scam-detector or rip-off-report. People who have been taken advantage of can log on, share their experience and warn others about … Design Float / Upcoming Entries – http://www.designfloat.com/ |
| BBC NEWS | Americas | Colombians riot over pyramid scam Nov 13, 2008 … Thousands of angry Colombians protest to demand the return of money they invested in bogus financial schemes. |
