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Hedge Fund Founder Nailed in What Could be Largest Scam Ever
HedgeCo.net – West Palm Beach,FL,USA
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market Bernard Madoff was arrested yesterday and accused of orchestrating a ponzi scheme that
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E-mail phishing scam uses ICU again as name
Washburn County Register – Shell Lake,WI,USA
SPOONER – Another “phishing” scam that used the Indianhead Credit Union, Spooner, as a source, hit the Washburn County area Friday, Dec. 12.
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Scam costs Cerritos man $212000
Long Beach Press-Telegram – Long Beach,CA,USA
CERRITOS – Detectives today sought public help to find two men who swindled and robbed a 59-year-old Cerritos man out of $212000 after falsely telling him
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Phone scams reported to target seniors
Austin Herald – Austin,MN,USA
By Katie Johnson (Contact) | Austin Daily Herald An Austin woman reported Thursday she was the victim of a phone scam in which the caller asked her to wire
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Cincinnati police arrest 20 of 53 people indicted in check scam
WTTE – Columbus,OH,USA
CINCINNATI (AP) — Police in Cincinnati are handing out arrest warrants to more than four dozen people who have been identified as members of a
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Scareware scam is ordered to halt
MX Logic – Denver,CO,USA
A scam that tricked more than one million users into purchasing bogus computer security products has been halted by a US district court.
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State proposes bill to prevent foreclosure scams
Bizjournals.com – Charlotte,NC,USA
The Texas Office of the Attorney General and a state lawmaker are behind proposed legislation that would crack down on foreclosure rescue scams.
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Text Scam Targets Austin Residents
KAALtv.com – Rochester,MN,USA
(ABC 6 NEWS) — Text messages targeting your money are popping up in the Austin area lately, and banks want you to know what to watch for.
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Ohio woman finds her home for rent in scam
WTTE – Columbus,OH,USA
CLEVELAND (AP) — A woman who’s trying to sell her Cleveland home was shocked to find there was a Craigslist ad offering it for rent, in an apparent scam.
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Fire department warns of telephone scam
Idaho Press-Tribune – Nampa,ID,USA
NAMPA — The Nampa Fire Department and Better Business Bureau are warning businesses that a telemarketing company called Firehouse Promotions is contacting
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Bernie Madoff’s Scam “Larger Than Enron”
By The Huffington Post News Editors(webmaster@huffingtonpost.com)
The world is still stunned by the brazen scam run by Bernie Madoff. Although there’s some gallows humor about the debacle–mostly along the lines of “Bernie Made Off with my money”–there’s also a lot of fear about how damaging this
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Nigeria: N100 Million Scam – Ex-Minister Denies Involvement
By 419legal
Nigeria: N100 Million Scam – Ex-Minister Denies Involvement AllAfrica.com, Washington – 6 minutes ago Lagos — FORMER Minister of Environment, Housing and Urban Development, Mrs. Halima Tayo Alao has denied alleged involvement in N100
419 Legal – Internet Fraud and… – http://www.419legal.org/
Does anyone know if this is a scam?
By Christopher Elliott
This all-inclusive Mexico vacation fax scam is nothing new. Is this one — or not?
elliott.org – http://www.elliott.org/
Is Credit Card Insurance a Scam?
By Frugal Dad
The following guest post is from Tisha Tolar. Tisha is a freelance writer providing content for CreditCardAssist.com, where she regularly writes about credit cards, rewards programs and general consumer finance issues.
Frugal Dad – http://frugaldad.com/
Domain Scam Warning and a Potential Reputation Management Problem
By admin
A friend who runs another SEO shop sent me an instant message this morning with an interesting outline of a scam someone tried to play on his firm. It’s one that webmasters with a few years less experience might actually fall for.
adtech ile reklam 2.0 dönemi… – http://trkycmhrytllbtpydrklcktr-r10-net-seo-yarismasi.org/

ABC News: Feds Charge: The $50 BILLION Scam; One Man’s Amazing Crime
Dec 11, 2008 Bernard Madoff, 70, a former chairman of NASDAQ, was an investment advisor who catered to a handful of high net worth clients,
Michigan Battles The ‘Seinfeld Can Scam‘ : NPR
Dec 7, 2008 Michigan spends millions of dollars every year to return deposits on bottles and cans brought in from border states that don’t pay back the

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