Wednesday 7 December 2011

Google Alert - scam

News10 new results for scam
 
E-scam rocks tycoon
New York Post
By JAMIE SCHRAM and DON KAPLAN A Manhattan billionaire's obsession with e-mail may have just cost her half a million dollars. Candia Fisher, 64, a member of the storied Fisher Brothers real-estate family, is such an e-mail fanatic that she conducts ...
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New York Post
Better Business Bureau subject of second phishing scam in as many weeks, warns ...
Greenfield Daily Reporter
NEW YORK — The organization that helps consumers resolve complaints with businesses was the victim early Wednesday of its second e-mail scam in as many weeks. The Better Business Bureau sent urgent messages from its Arlington, Va., headquarters and ...
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Scam lottery tries to put one over head of Missouri Lottery
STLtoday.com
Koster says the letter about supposed lottery winnings likely was a scam to get people's confidential bank information when they called the phone number to claim the prize. He says anyone who has received a foreign lottery letter should instead call ...
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NY prosecutor says musician scammed for $20M
BusinessWeek
Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore says a Chappaqua (CHAP'-uh-kwah) man was indicted last week in a scam targeting Roger Davidson, a pianist and composer who lives north of New York City. Davidson is founder and president of the Society for ...
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Scam Pinpointed to Lucky Self-Checkout Register
Patch.com
The scam was initially reported in Petaluma on Nov. 11. As of Monday afternoon, police there received 41 reports from people who said someone illegally withdrew money from their debit cards after they made purchases at the store, according to a story ...
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BCS Championship Scams: Rental Property Precautions
CBS42
Scam artists are looking to take advantage of the fan frenzy. Charles Fuoco, a contracting agent at Select My Space, says that anyone who is looking to rent a room through Craig's List should prepare to do their homework. "I would definitely say if a ...
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Man defrauded of $27000 in eBay scam: Solon Police Blotter
Plain Dealer (blog)
By Sun News staff THEFT, SOLON ROAD: City police, along with officials from the US Justice Department and eBay Motors are investigating a scam involving a Solon man, 40, who responded to a fraudulent ad for a Ford Explorer between Nov. 23 and Dec. ...
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Plain Dealer (blog)
Federal inmate sentenced for tax scam behind bars
Sacramento Bee
AP SACRAMENTO -- A prisoner will be spending more time behind bars for running a tax scam from inside a federal prison in California. The US Attorney's Office in Sacramento said Erik Troy Alexander was sentenced to 27 months in prison Tuesday for ...
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ND Expert: Green Bay Packers stock sale an 'investment scam'
PhysOrg.com (press release)
... for $143 million in stadium expansion and improvement projects, and University of Notre Dame Finance Professor Richard Sheehan, who specializes in the economics of sports, says "This stock sale is pretty much a scam from an investment perspective. ...
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PhysOrg.com (press release)
Possible Craigslist scam victim died months ago
WFMJ
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio coroner says a man suspected of being the third fatal victim of a deadly Craigslist robbery scheme died in August, weeks before the suspected killings of 2 other victims. The body of Ralph Geiger was discovered Nov. ...
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