Sunday 25 December 2011

Google Alert - scam

News10 new results for scam
 
Internet scams trick vacationers with fake rentals
Atlanta Journal Constitution
They were the victims of a growing number of scams that post occupied homes as available on vacation rental websites. "I said, 'I hate to say it to you, but this house is not for rent. You've been scammed,'" Chase recalled telling the family. ...
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Scam watch: Bank theft, e-books, mortgage modification
Los Angeles Times
Bank theft -- A Central California bank employee has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $100000 from the accounts of two customers. Brenda Hurtado, 26, pleaded guilty in August to committing theft by ...
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How the kickback scam allegedly worked
Washington Post
This is how investigators say the scam worked. Read related article. Source: Staff reports, federal indictment. The Washington Post. Published on December 24, 2011, 9:34 pm SuperFan badge holders consistently post smart, timely comments about ...
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Scam-tainted Congress looks to repeat win in Goa
Economic Times
Civil society groups, some backed by the influential Catholic church, which have been vehemently opposing the Digambar Kamat-led government over issues ranging from illegal mining, real estate scams, medium of instruction, have vowed to campaign ...
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NRHM scam: CBI summons ex-ministers
Times of India
LUCKNOW: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team probing the NRHM scam has summoned former UP ministers Babu Singh Kushwaha and Anant Misra to New Delhi on December 27 and December 28 respectively. The former ministers would be questioned in ...
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'Brazen' contracting scam: Records provide a window into audacious swindle
Washington Post
19, it became public that another key figure — a subcontractor who would become a key FBI informant, even recording meetings and payoffs, according to court papers — had pleaded guilty in the scam. That man, Young N. Cho, 40, of Great Falls, ...
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How could a contracting scam avoid detection for so long?
Washington Post
The private contractors and government employees skimmed millions from the Army Corps of Engineers in what authorities have described as one of the most brazen contracting scams in federal government history. From 2007 through September, ...
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2G scam: Row over 'presumptive loss'
NDTV
NDTV has exclusive access to the minutes of the deposition of the CAG before the Joint Parliamentary Committee that's also looking at the 2G scam. This has revealed a heated debate between the CAG and Congress MP Manish Tewari over the use of the ...
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Top Ten Scams Of 2011
Consumer Affairs
Unemployment and underemployment, threats of foreclosure and the feeling of falling farther behind made more Americans vulnerable to scams, almost all of which are economic crimes. We saw very few new schemes emerge during the year, which is not all ...
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Ex-bank employee gets jail in alleged church scam
Chicago Sun-Times
BY BILL BIRD wbird@stmedianetwork.com December 24, 2011 8:26PM A woman from Naperville's far south side will serve a 30-day jail sentence for aiding an Aurora-based minister charged in a $500000 investment scheme involving his storefront church. ...
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