Thursday 29 March 2012

Google Alert - scam

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Sophos warns of Twitter scam involving Draw Something
CNET
Security firm Sophos is warning about a scam on Twitter that is designed to trick people into filling out a survey with the promise of possibly winning a prize. But like nearly all prize offers online, this one is fake. Basically, the scam is triggered ...
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AARP's Outsmarting the Scam Artists
MarketWatch (press release)
By Doug Shadel, Fraud Expert, State Director of AARP Washington Think you're too smart to fall for a scam? That's just what the con artists are hoping. According to new research, plus interviews with dozens of con artists and thousands of victims, ...
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The Navigator: Phishing scams in vacation rental land, and a lack of resolution
Washington Post
"It was a scam," says Guillaume, a subcontracting manager who lives in Poissy, a suburb of Paris. I've been following similar incidents since the fall. In areport that I wrote in January, HomeAway promised to crack down on phishing and to work with ...
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Navy workers plead guilty in cash-for-contracts scam
Boston Herald
By WJ Hennigan and Stuart Pfeifer / The Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - Four Navy civilian employees and three defense contractors have pleaded guilty to corruption charges related to a cash-for-contracts scheme at the Naval Air Station in Coronado, ...
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CUB Alerts Consumers About Cramming Scam, Urges Phone Customers to Contact ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CHICAGO, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- As part of a nationwide effort to combat a scam called "cramming," the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) on Thursday urged consumers to contact the Illinois General Assembly in a final push for legislation ...
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Wakf scam: Congress leaders demand probe as they come under cloud
TwoCircles.net
By TCN Staff Reporter, Bangalore: The revelation of mega wakf land scam has turned the Karnataka assembly turbulent on Tuesday forcing the opposition parties like Congress and Janata Dal (S) to demand high-level probe into the revelation made by ...
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SF Chinese community warned of scam
San Francisco Chronicle
Police warned San Francisco's Chinese community Wednesday to be wary of scam artists who have bilked several elderly Cantonese-speaking women in the Sunset District out of money and valuables in recent months. Victims described the thieves as three ...
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BBB Warns of a Pishing Scam
KATC Lafayette News
The Better Business Bureau of Acadiana is warning local business owners and managers of an on-going scam email phishing scam, where fake emails appearing to be from the BBB install viruses that steal personal and business information.
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Assad's new scam
Arab News
Russia wasted no time congratulating the Assad regime's acceptance of Kofi Annan's six-point proposal, while the Arab ministers taking part in the summit in Baghdad also seized the opportunity to welcome this step, while also rejecting foreign ...
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