Saturday 31 December 2011

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Scams, rows followed Naveen
IBNLive.com
BHUBANESWAR: 2011 was a challenging year for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik with scams coming out of the closet at regular intervals. Still worse, even party leaders questioned his style of functioning and attacking the second 'power centre'. ...
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Scam watch: Password hacking, used cars, MPG device
Los Angeles Times
By Stuart Pfeifer Popular passwords – It's a good idea to be careful when selecting a password for online financial accounts. If criminals crack your password, it won't be too hard for them to steal your money. Yet many people choose passwords that ...
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Online car-selling scam nets $4 million, prosecutors say
Los Angeles Times
For more than three years, six foreign nationals ran an Internet vehicle-selling scam that bilked customers out of more than $4 million without delivering a single car, motor home or boat, according to a federal indictment out of Los Angeles this week. ...
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Phishing scam uses official's email
Mansfield News Journal
While this particular type of scam is not often reported to Mansfield police, identity theft is common. "This time of year, a lot of people try to take the easy way out to get access to money," Burton said. "If you know your way around a computer, ...
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$21M scam exec guilty
New York Post
By MITCHEL MADDUX A Manhattan business executive was convicted yesterday of manipulating his corporate books in order to secure $21 million in loans from a financial institution. Courtney Dupree, the 42-year-old president of GDC Acquisitions, ...
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Polk Police Warn Of Door-to-Door Scam Artists
The Ledger
Internet and phone scams are always a concern, but in the winter months there's a heightened concern about people knocking on a stranger's doors. Sheriffs's spokeswoman Donna Wood said police in nearby Lake County have been getting reports of up-close ...
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Supreme Court to investigate memogate scam
Oman Tribune
ISLAMABAD Pakistan's Supreme Court is to investigate a scandal surrounding an unsigned memo seeking Washington's help to rein in the powerful Pakistani military, a decision announced on Friday that is bound to heap pressure on the weak civilian ...
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SCAM ALERT: City Light Says Thieves Are Posing As Fake Utility Workers
The B-Town Blog (blog)
"We have not heard of any thefts, but want to make our customers aware of these reports so they can protect themselves from such scams," Customer Care Director Kelly Enright said. City Light and Seattle Public Utilities do not need to access customers' ...
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Insurance scammer thought dead is arrested in Canada
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
An Eden Prairie man who pleaded guilty to an $11.5 million insurance scam in May and who later allegedly faked his death has been arrested in Canada. An Eden Prairie man who pleaded guilty to an $11.5 million insurance scam in May and who later ...
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Foreclosed properties being used to scam renters
The Seattle Times
If you're interested, here's my bank account, for the deposit,' " Mun said Mun said one scammer told a would-be renter they couldn't go inside but could look through a window. In her search for an apartment, Davis said she's found more phony listings ...
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Warning out on computer scam
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RCMP Staff Sgt. Paul Proulx warns that if a scammer is able to log onto your computer, they can gain access to all your personal information. He recommends the use of antivirus software to ensure your computer is protected. "If someone calls you out of ...
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Friday 30 December 2011

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Memo scam petitions: Decision on admissibility likely today
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29: The Supreme Court is expected to announce on Friday whether to admit or reject requests by PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and others to order a judicial inquiry into the so-called memorandum scandal. Petitioners Barrister Zafarullah of the ...
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Scam claims office in downtown Westerly
The Westerly Sun
WESTERLY - Local police say a business claiming to have a High Street address is a telephone- Internet scam. The business, Kingsview Loan Brokers, lists its address as 12 High Street, 2nd Floor, Westerly. A visit Thursday to the Brown Building at 12-24 ...
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Police Blotter: Craigslist Ticket Scam, Theft
Patch.com
A roundup of selected Golden Valley Police Department calls and arrests, including a Craigslist ticket scam. By Lisa Furgison Editor's note: All information is taken from police incident reports from Dec. 19 to Dec. 28, which are the most recent ...
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6 Indicted in Internet-Based Car-Selling Scam
Fox News
Authorities identified the alleged leaders of the scam as Corneliu Stefan Weikum, 37, a Romanian national, and Yulia Meshina-Heffron, 23, a native of Yekaterinberg, Russia. Both are in federal custody in Nevada on charges related to bulk cash smuggling ...
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Internet Users Not as Scam-Savvy as They Think
Midweek Politics
--It turns out US internet users are not as scam-savvy as they might think. --On the Bonus Show: Creationist theme park struggles, Hugo Chavez cancer induction conspiracy, teacher masturbation madness, and more. The David Pakman Show is an ...
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Phishing Scam Targets New Owners of Apple Products
WHNT
If you own an AppleID account, be sure to look out for a well-crafted phishing scam that's been going over the past week. The email has targeted Apple users, fooling them into give their Apple IDs and billing information. Internet security firm Intego ...
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SF Hospital Scam Lawsuit Targets Chavez Housemate [Albuquerque Journal, N.M.]
Insurance News Net (press release)
By Colleen Heild, Albuquerque Journal, NM Dec. 30 --The housemate of 1st Congressional District candidate Marty Chavez is named in a federal lawsuit alleging she and others participated in a "pervasive scheme" to bilk more than $3 million from Christus ...
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Grandparent scam targets seniors
Ahwatukee Foothills News
A Sun City West man is out $1500 after being victimized by the so-called "grandparent scam." The man, who did not want to be named, received a call Tuesday morning from his "granddaughter," who was in a Canadian jail and needed to be bailed out. ...
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Huntley man pleads guilty to wire fraud in loan scam
Northwest Herald
By JOSEPH BUSTOS - jbustos@shawmedia.com ROCKFORD – A 60-year-old Huntley man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to a federal wire fraud charge. Frank L. Beaudette took $800000 in fraudulent loans from 1995 to September 2010 ...
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Emory test scammer to appear on '60 Minutes'
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Fran Jeffries The 19-year-old Emory University student who had a lucrative side gig taking college entrance exams for students for a fee, will appear on "60 Minutes" on Sunday. It will be Sam Eshaghoff's first interview since his arrest in September ...
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State slams alleged Bloomington mortgage scammer
Minneapolis Star Tribune
State regulators have yanked the license of a Bloomington mortgage modification company it says was preying on desperate homeowners. Mortgage Connection Inc., also called Mordicorp, didn't have the appropriate license, altered documents and charged ...
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Serial 'Scammer' Sought by Minn. Authorities
FOX 9 News
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is seeking a repeat "scammer" with felony warrants and a "long history of construction scams against elderly individuals" and his girlfriend, whom he is believed to be traveling with. Edward Lou Mason, 48, ...
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Scam alert
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
— — Another round of telephone scammers are once again targeting seniors in our region — this time during the otherwise joyous holiday season. The most recent rounds of scams have been reported in Tazewell County, including one scammer who is going ...
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Thursday 29 December 2011

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News7 new results for scam
 
£47.5m Shetland 'black fish' scam details revealed
BBC News
Details have been revealed of a £47.5m "black fish" scam which involved more than a dozen skippers and a fish processing company on Shetland. The scam allowed the fishermen to land more mackerel and herring than they were allowed under EU quotas. ...
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Phishing Scam Targets Apple Users: How to Avoid Being Scammed
International Business Times
By Wendy Li | December 29, 2011 8:42 AM EST During Christmas season, a "well-crafted" phishing scam has targeted Apple users, fooling them into give their Apple IDs and billing information, Internet security firm Intego reported in its blog. ...
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International Business Times
NB scam artists were relentless in past year
Times and Transcript
By Craig Babstock From toying with their victims' emotions to pretending to offer IT help, scam artists employed a number of different frauds in an attempt to separate New Brunswickers from their cash in 2011. Edward Mcailster is escorted into a ...
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2G scam: CBI may get former diplomat in Mauritius as witness
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: CBI may present a former Indian High Commissioner to Mauritius as a prosecution witness in the trial of alleged irregularities in the 2G spectrum allocation awarded to Loop Telecom. Madhusudan Ganpathi, an IFS officer of 1975-batch, ...
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NV Secretary of State: Watch Out For Investment Scams in 2012
KTVN
One of those scams concerns certain businesses that are not required to report the same amount of financial information to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), called "Regulation D." If you're interested in investing in a Regulation D business, ...
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Man held in Collier jail in Ohio real estate scam case
The News-Press
A man is being held in the Collier County Jail on charges accusing him of being part of an Ohio real estate scam. Blaine Murphy, 43, was indicted in the Cleveland area on charges of illegally "flipping" 235 houses by filing forged deeds for the homes. ...
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Ripping the lid off an overtime scam, and Democrats take heat on redistricting
Newsworks.org
It seems the department was more enthusiastic about going after two cops who cooperated in exposing the overtime scam than it was in disciplining the cop who racked up nearly $250000 in OT over six years. He was allowed to retire at full pension rather ...
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Mortgage scammer gets 5 years behind bars
Tbo.com
By SHANNON BEHNKEN | The Tampa Tribune Chad Evans, mastermind of a $6.9 million scheme using straw buyers to inflate dozens of home mortgages, has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison. US District Judge James Moody also ordered ...
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Scammer alert, penned in poetic meter
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Larry Walsh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Crooks employ a variety of scams to separate people from their money, especially during the holidays. And they often rely on money-transfer companies to help them fleece their victims. MoneyGram, a major global ...
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Payday Loan scam targets New Braunfels couple
WOAI
The scammer can't take legal action if he doesn't have the proper paperwork (loan agreement or contract) so why be afraid of him? If they have him on tape making obscene calls or threats of harm, then he's broken the law again and I sincerely hope he ...
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Agencies issue scam warning to residents, businesses
News Courier
We've had some people send (the scammer) a check and they'll send the check back and ask, 'Will you please send cash?' and some people are sending cash." Another popular scam involves the promise of money if the target attempts to deposit a large ...
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Wednesday 28 December 2011

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News10 new results for scam
 
New scam digs for billing information from Apple customers
Apple Insider
By Josh Ong Security firms have issued warnings regarding a new "well-crafted" phishing scam that attempts to fool customers into providing their AppleID billing information. Intego posted an alert on the scam earlier this week, noting that the first ...
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NRHM scam: CBI interrogates former UP Health Minister
IBNLive.com
The agency had summoned Kushwaha and former Health Minister Anant Mishra here for questioning in connection with the multi-crore NRHM scam and murders of health officials which had led to state-wide furore over allegation of rampant corruption in ...
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2G scam, illegal mining dominated corporate legal battle in Supreme Court
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The corporate world in 2011 found itself on tenterhooks as various scams in the telecom and the mining sector came under the prying eyes of the Supreme Court. Business tycoons like Ambanis, Tatas and Ruias had to face legal battles that kept ...
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Scam artists can prey on homeowners' troubles
CBS News
But, as CBS News correspondent Jim Axelrod reports, troubled homeowners are a magnet for scams. When the bad economy cut into New York City bus driver Stewart Ransom's overtime, he lost 30 percent of his income and worried he might lose the family home ...
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Lucky scam overcome by generosity to South Bay Blue Star Moms
San Jose Mercury News
By Karen de Sá And that's exactly what a group of local mothers who send care packages to their sons, daughters and others fighting wars overseas are being reminded of this month. The South Bay Blue Star Moms didn't want to make news this way ...
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Authorities warn public about chimney sweeping scam
Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA, Maine — Attorney General William J. Schneider is warning Maine homeowners about an out-of-state chimney cleaning scam named Aero Ventilation that is going door to door in southern Maine. According to the Attorney General's Office, ...
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Huntington Bank warns of text scams
WZZM
GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) -- A scam that used the name of one West Michigan bank is expanding to target customers of a second bank. WZZM 13 On Your Side first told you about the text message scam last week. At that time, a Twin Lake woman received a message ...
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Better Business Bureau issues SCAM alert
Chino Valley Review
Better Business Bureau has issued an urgent SCAM alert cautioning businesses and consumers about an email that looks like it is from BBB, with the subject line "Complaint from your cusatomers." This e-mail is fraudulent; ignore its contents and delete ...
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Nigerian Prince scam costs Hays man $1500 -12/28/2011, 10:16 AM
Hays Daily News
A Hays man deceived by a "Nigerian Prince" scam lost about $1500 prior to Christmas after sending the money via Western Union, according to Hays Police Department Lt. Brandon Wright. Hays police responded Friday evening in the 500 block of Mission ...
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DA Cooley warns residents about robocall scams
Daily Breeze
By Dakota Smith Staff Writer An elaborate phone scam aimed at stealing credit card and ATM information is targeting Los Angeles County residents, District Attorney Steve Cooley warned Tuesday. The scam was uncovered after Cooley's own staffers received ...
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Officials warn of scammer impersonating Tazewell deputy
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
TAZEWELL, Va. — Law enforcement in Tazewell County is advising residents to be on guard after receiving reports of a person impersonating a Tazewell County Sheriff's deputy to obtain money and credit card information. According to a statement released ...
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Alleged Craiglist Scammer Suspect in Credit/Debit Card Fraud Case
Patch.com
By Aubry Bracco Jayson Fallis, the man who allegedly orchestrated a Craiglist rental scam by posing as a landlord and collecting from interested tenants, is being investigated as a suspect in a credit/debit card fraud case, according to Salem Police. ...
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Police search for TV scammer at Natick Mall Sears
MetroWest Daily News
By Ian B. Murphy/Daily News staff Police are searching for a woman who ripped off a shopper with promises of a cheap television in the parking lot of Sears at the Natick Mall Tuesday. Police are also warning the public to avoid being victims of what ...
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Scammer puts TN house up for fake rent
WNEM Saginaw
Entertainment News from AP Roma Herrington's house was advertised to potential renters online without her knowledge. (Source: WSMV/CNN) CLARKSVILLE, TN (WSMV/CNN) - A Tennessee woman says a thief used her name and property listing to try to scam ...
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Police Seek ATM Scammer
WKZO
BERRIEN COUNTY (WKZO) -- Here is a man with a unique skill set, one that has police actively seeking his whereabouts. A Kalamazoo County man, who is suspected of tricking ATMs all over the Midwest into becoming his own personal piggy banks, ...
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Sheriff's office warns residents of recent scam targeting elderly
Ontario Argus Observer
Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe said the scammers will then tell the victim they are in jail, or at the courthouse, needing a large amount of money or they are gong to jail. "The one yesterday, (the scammer) said they were at the courthouse and have ...
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Tuesday 27 December 2011

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Banking scam victim loses case
Independent Online
By Zelda Venter In a recent judgment in the Pretoria High Court, a R200 000 claim by an attorney who lost this amount as a result of a phishing scam was turned down because the court found that the attorney's negligence had contributed to his financial ...
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Apple billing e-mail scam making the rounds
CNET
by Topher Kessler December 27, 2011 7:06 AM PST Last week we warned that people be aware of potential Christmas scams, especially those involving Apple's products as the company has become exceptionally popular in the past few years. ...
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NRHM scam: UP Minister questioned
IBNLive.com
PTI | 08:12 PM,Dec 27,2011 New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI) The CBI today grilled former UP Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, once a close aide of UP Chief Minister Mayawati for nearly eight hours in connection with National Rural Health Mission scam and murders of ...
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Big scams, complex crimes kept CBI busy during 2011
Times of India
While CBI battled to get exemption from RTI Act and retain its structure, the agency started concluding various aspects of country's most staggering corruption cases which include CWG scam, 2G spectrum scam, Adarsh land scam among others by filing ...
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Scam artists don't take holidays off
Marietta Times
Mincks noted that his office receives information on a regular basis about scams that have taken place both over the phone and through the Internet. Daugherty added that the agency does accept donations on an ongoing basis and they can be dropped off ...
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Agencies issue scam warning to residents, businesses
News Courier
Local law-enforcement officials want residents to keep that in mind as the instances of scams and promises of quick, free money continue to increase. Capt. Floyd Johnson of the Athens Police Department said officers have investigated at least three ...
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Avoiding the scam
WUPW
A new scam is making its way around the Toledo area, and it involves people going door to door.
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Online cheat concealed IP address to scam victims
AsiaOne
A 29-year-old computer technician who cheated 19 victims of $12500 in an online scam used masking software to hide his tracks. The Straits Times reported today that Robin Goh Chin Soo used advanced software to hide his Internet Protocol (IP) address ...
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What's new at BBMP? A Rs223 crore scam
Daily News & Analysis
By DNA Correspondent | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA While CID investigations are still going on pertaining to the multi-crore bogus bill scam in Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), yet another scam has unfolded involving misappropriation of ...
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Monday 26 December 2011

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News8 new results for scam
 
Export Scam 2.0: Govt has no fig-leaf left to cover itself
Firstpost
So, if something looks like an export scam, feels like an export scam and is more or less proven to be one, why is it not an export scam? A report in The Economic Times on Monday knocks another gigantic hole in the export numbers of 2010-11, ...
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OMC scam: No reprieve for Rajagopal as HC cancels bail
IBNLive.com
PTI | 09:12 PM,Dec 26,2011 Hyderabad, Dec 26 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh High Court today cancelled the bail, granted by a local court to VD Rajagopal, former Director of Mines and Geology Department and an accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case, ...
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NRHM scam: CBI to quiz two ex-ministers in Mayawati govt
Times of India
NEW DELHI: One and a half months after the CBI registered five Preliminary Enquiries (PEs) into multi-crore National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam in Uttar Pradesh, the agency is going to turn three PEs into regular cases by end-December. ...
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NRHM scam: CBI summons two former UP ministers
Zee News
New Delhi: CBI is likely to question two former Ministers of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's cabinet starting tomorrow in connection with the National Rural Health Mission scam as it prepares to register cases in this connection by year end. ...
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School districts cautioned about potential scams
Examiner.com
Attorney General Linda Kelly has cautioned schools and school districts of scam artists who promise schools that they can have celebrities or sports starts present assemblies on popular topics such as cyberbullying. Kelly said these scam artists accept ...
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Group to offer presentation on common scams involving the elderly before ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
"Many of these scams take advantage of seniors who unwittingly give out their Medicare numbers to unscrupulous people saying they represent Medicare," said Charles Clarkson, who is the statewide coordinator for the Senior Medicare Patrol of New Jersey. ...
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2G scam: Sanjay Chandra withdraws plea to go abroad
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Unitech's Sanjay Chandra, an accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case who got bail has withdrew his application from the Delhi High Court for permission to go to Singapore for treatment of his diabetic nine-year-old son. ...
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BJD tries to shift mining scam slur on UPA govt
IBNLive.com
PTI | 06:12 PM,Dec 26,2011 Bhubaneswar, Dec 26 (PTI) Facing flak for the multi- crore mining scam in Odisha, the ruling BJD today tried to shift the blame on the UPA government at the Centre accusing it of being soft towards mine owners. ...
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