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Scam Related News (9/28/08)



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Family hit by ticket scam
Melbourne Herald Sun – Australia
AFTER paying $1000 to watch their beloved Cats at the MCG, the Hermitte family was forced to watch on the big screen at Geelong’s Skilled Stadium yesterday.
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Detectives warn residents about snake-removal scam
Bay News 9 – Tampa,FL,USA
Detective Thomas Kelley said his office typically sees an increase in the number of scams during the winter months, when more elderly residents come to the
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Door-to-door scam hits Second Chance group
The Salinas Californian – Salinas,CA,USA
a Salinas-based nonprofit that works with at-risk youth – reports that an apparent scam artist is again using its name to talk money out of people.
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Investment scam shocks muslims in Chicago
Economic Times – Gurgaon,Haryana,India
to an unbelievable investment scam worth millions-of- dollars targeting the community and sudden disappearance of Sunrise Equities’s CEO Salman Ibrahim.
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BBC News

Fuel laundering scam exposed
BBC News – UK
A major fuel laundering scam has been uncovered in Northern Ireland in a cross-community crime operation. The BBC is not responsible for the content of
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3 arrested in Sparks scam
Carson Times – Reno,NV,USA
because the Sparks Police Department warned the public last spring about auto body repair scams often done in that area that targeted senior citizens.
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Bailout scam : a mafia bust out
Gather.com – Boston,MA,USA
Congress has a model to deal with the indigestible US$700 billion bailout for irresponsible Wall Street Banks, the semi-private Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,
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Family finds justice after health scam
Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
AP PORTLAND — In case she died of her next heart attack, Joyce Ness wanted to leave her family some money, and Jeffrey Moore, her boss of two decades said
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Japanese, 2 Pinoys nabbed for scam
Inquirer.net – Philippines
and two Filipinos were arrested here on Wednesday for their alleged role in a syndicate involved in the oil separator scam, the police said Friday.
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Tiburon couple plead guilty to $18 million scam
San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
A Tiburon couple pleaded guilty today to scamming $18 million in a scheme involving the sale of a large, nonexistent diamond. Terry Solomon, 59, and his
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New Nigerian Scam method.
By Jason Dragon
I thought I have seen or heard of all the nigerian scams. To protect myself I always use PayPal or else I deal in person with the customer. Basically PayPal is a good company for running transactions because they are really focused on
The Business Blog @ Capital Active – http://capitalactive.wordpress.com
Dodd And The Democrats Rip Off The Taxpayers Scam
By count us out
Rescuing ACORN INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 9/26/2008 Election ‘08: Democrats want to use profits from the bailout as a slush fund for liberal activist groups, even those involved in vote fraud to help elect Barack Obama.
Count Us Out – http://countusout.wordpress.com
Phishing Email Vaults Over Campus Security Setup
By admin
Last week, a phishing scam harried students and faculties of Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland by leaping over robust online security barriers at the campus. The scam email got through by passing itself off as official
Fraud and Scam News – http://www.419legal.org/blog
American 419 Scam
By Moderator
The Nigerian scam format was put to similar good use in a 2003 parody targeting President Bush’s Iraq policy: “I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance in acquiring oil funds that are presently trapped
The Art of the Prank – http://pranks.com
Family’s car claim scam is pot-holed by Town Hall
INVESTIGATORS have uncovered a ‘pot hole’ scam in London’s East End which could have cost council taxpayers thousands of pounds. The claims were not only massively inflated—all were from the same family, Town Hall officials have.
East London Advertiser – http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk

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