Scam Related News (7/30/08)
Employment Security Commission reports unemployment insurance scam
Salisbury Post – Salisbury,NC,USA
The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina has been alerted to a fraud scheme which offers people the opportunity to qualify for emergency …
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Par panel to summon BJP MPs in ‘cash for vote’ scam
Press Trust of India – New Delhi,India
New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) The Parliamentary panel probing the alleged “cash-for-vote” scam today decided to summon three BJP MPs, who had made the complaint, …
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Phishing scam hits area banks
Chester DailyLocal.com – PA, USA
By GRETCHEN METZ, WEST CHESTER — First National Bank of Chester County said Tuesday it has been a victim of a phishing scam. On Monday afternoon and Tuesday …
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Canadian gets 23 years in telemarketing scam
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – MO, United States
The victims of the scam never got their credit cards, only a package stuffed with ads or a stored-value card that required them to deposit money to use, …
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NBA referee jailed for betting scam
Calgary Herald – AB, Canada
Former National Basketball Association referee Tim Donaghy was sentenced Tuesday to 15 months in prison for wagering on games and passing inside information …
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Sheriff’s Dept. warns of sweepstakes scam
Arizona Daily Star – Tucson,AZ,USA
The scam, which was reported to the department, occurred last week when someone received a letter claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House stating that …
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Elk River man is charged in scam
St. Cloud Times – St. Cloud,MN,USA
ELK RIVER — An Elk River man has been charged with theft by swindle for selling shares to a research facility he made up, officials said. …
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The bonus scandal: $1.7 million ’spam scam‘
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The e-mail scam, say prosecutors, was sold to the public as a constituent outreach program. In reality, it was an Internet propaganda operation benefiting …
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‘Cash-for-vote’ scam: LS panel to meet today
Sify – Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
New Delhi: The seven-member Lok Sabha committee set up by Speaker Somnath Chatterjee to look into the “cash-for-vote” scandal will hold its first meeting …
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Sheriff warns of new mail scam
FOX11AZ.com – Tucson,AZ,USA
By Jim Edwards, Fox 11 News The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is warning residents to be on the lookout for a new type of mail scam. …
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Another Day, Another Craigslist Scam: News At 11
By Michael Learmonth
This isn’t as elaborate as the last Craigslist scam to make headlines — the Oregon family that had their possessions sold, without their permission, on the site. But it’s one of the dozens of petty crimes that actually make headlines …
Silicon Alley Insider – http://www.alleyinsider.com/
Only4gamers Review – Is it a Scam or Can I really get Paid to Play …
http://www.squidoo.com/only4gamersreview Get paid top dollar to review video games. Be the first one to play the newest hot games. How can you argue with that? Plus if it doesn’t work they give you y… Date Posted:2008-07-30 05:48:31.
AOL Video – http://uncutvideo.aol.com/Main.do
Online Survey – Legitimate Or a Scam!
By lawrence08
You will get a medley of sites that will query for an up front fee before you get contemplatesurveying – ‘t pay for these sites – most are scams. Reputable survey companies usually let off join – but even the sites that are not busy to …
Paid Surveys’s Weblog – http://paidsurveys08.wordpress.com
Sheriff’s Dept. warns of sweepstakes scam
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is warning people about a new scam.
Arizona Daily Star – http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/crime/
Scam alert: ID thieves poses as debt repairer
By AGO Blog Moderator
A Kent woman called this morning about a phone she received from someone claiming to help her repair her debt.
All Consuming – http://www.atg.wa.gov/allconsuming.aspx
