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Scam victims in £2.3m con Lancashire Evening Post The Alzheimer's Society estimates that more than 2700 (15 per cent) of people with dementia in Lancashire have been victims of financial abuse such as cold calling, scam mail, or mis-selling. Its new 'Short-changed' report calls for more funding for ... See all stories on this topic » Lancashire Evening Post

Google moves to delete 'RuFraud' scam Android apps BBC News After notifying Google of the 22 affected apps, Lookout said it then identified five more apps running the so-called "RuFraud" scam. The scam would make a user believe they were about to download a game or program, but instead they were giving the ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Man scams Salvation Army donors in Columbia STLtoday.com ... the money must be placed in the red kettle. KOMU-TV reports ( http://bit.ly/saqWhg) the phony bell ringer appeared to homeless and in his late fifties. The scam was broken up when an Old Navy became suspicious and called police. See all stories on this topic »

Mont. man gets 25 years prison for investment scam BusinessWeek By SCOTT SONNER A Montana man convicted of running an investment scam on the Internet was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $13.2 million in restitution to more than 1400 investors. US District Judge Larry Hicks in Reno ... See all stories on this topic »

Serious and organised investment scam disrupted on Gold Coast Invest in Australia Multiple search warrants were executed across a number of premises and a call centre targeting individuals allegedly involved in investment scams based on the Gold Coast. Detective Superintendant Brian Hay said the combined resources of the QPS, ... See all stories on this topic »

Las Vegas real estate scam goes bust msnbc.com As Las Vegas's housing supply exploded, so did competition among lawyers and contractors to represent new homeowner associations in construction-defect lawsuits. It was in this environment that a shadowy outfit cooked up a brazen scheme. ... See all stories on this topic » msnbc.com

Woman, 81, scammed out of $10000 in Roswell Atlanta Journal Constitution By Fran Jeffries Roswell Police Department, Roswell police department Roswell police are searching for this woman whom they say scammed an elderly woman out of $10000 in Roswell. An 81-year-old woman was recently scammed out of $10000 in the parking ... See all stories on this topic » Atlanta Journal Constitution

'Career scam artist' gets 17 years in prison Journal and Courier Tippecanoe County Prosecutor Pat Harrington described Florence as a "career scam artist" whose schemes date to 1976 and span multiple states. Harrington said Florence approached women working in a West Lafayette church last year under the guise of ... See all stories on this topic »

Deputies issue warning about possible 'gypsy' paving scam Shawnee News Star By Kim Morava Pottawatomie County sheriff's deputies are issuing an alert to area residents about the possibility of a traveling "gypsy" paving scam that could be in this area. Capt. Travis Palmer said activities that occurred Tuesday prompted deputies ... See all stories on this topic »

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