Thursday 22 December 2011

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Facebook scams now spread by dodgy browser plug-ins
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By John Leyden • Get more from this author Instead of using status updates as a lure, the latest generation of Facebook scams attempt to trick marks into installing malicious browser extensions. The plug-ins are supposedly needed to view non-existent ...
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Scam used God to lure victims
WOOD-TV
(WOOD) - Two Byron Center men indicted in a $46.5 million investment scam used God to lure their victims, federal agents alleged. David McQueen, a target in earlier Target 8 investigations, and his alleged partner, Trent Francke, tried to ""bolster ...
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Scam e-mails use BBB name
South Bend Tribune
Please be aware of another scam in which the name of the BBB is being used in an attempt to steal thousands of dollars from victims, who are led to believe they have won a sweepstakes or lottery. Consumers across the country have received letters from ...
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Key 2G scam witness Asservartham Achary claims threat to life, man detained
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: A special CBI court trying 2G case today witnessed high drama when a key witness said he has received a threat from a person who was present in the court and was immediately detained. During the proceedings, Asservartham Achary, ...
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Another Phone Scam Targets Senior; $10K Stolen
Patch.com
By Patricia A. Miller and Catherine Galioto Berkeley Police are reporting a phone scam similar to one reported in Toms River this week. A Holiday City woman is out thousands of dollars after a series of phone calls last month when a man pretending to ...
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Florida Ponzi lawyer: partners involved in scam
MiamiHerald.com
The disbarred attorney, Scott Rothstein, said in a sworn deposition that ex-partners Russell Adler and Stuart Rosenfeldt knew about and benefited financially from the Ponzi scam that collapsed in fall 2009. The scam involved investments in fake legal ...
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Convicted con man sentenced in scam
Albany Democrat Herald
Convicted con man "Mickey" Brown is to spend nearly 11 years in federal prison for a $4 million-plus investment scam that claimed victims in Albany and elsewhere in the state. Brown also falsified business records and didn't pay taxes for several years ...
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Scum Bags Try to Scam Humble Indie Bundle, Valve
Gamespy.com
More on the scam from Wolfire: "Hey guys, we've noticed that a number of un-humble users are buying lots of Humble Indie Bundle 4s for one penny, and then using their Steam codes to 'legitimize' automated Steam accounts in order to increase their odds ...
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Feds investigate alleged Fort Peck lease scam
San Jose Mercury News
By MATT VOLZ AP HELENA, Mont.—The federal government is investigating an alleged fraud scheme in which people handed over their savings to invest in what they believed was an oil and gas development project on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. ...
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