Friday 2 March 2012

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To all food scammers: Just don't give anyone the Finger
Chicago Tribune
And the restaurant food scammer and the scammed. Anna Ayala — the Wendy's Chili Finger Lady — is the most famous food scammer of all. Not for being successful, because she failed, but because of her effort, involving the severed finger of a guy named ...
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Chicago Tribune
Scammers take advantage of renters
WTOL.com
By Erin Kelly - email TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) – If you're looking for a new place to live, you might want to look out for scammers trying to take advantage of you. Call 11 for Action has warned viewers about scams where people post ads on Craigslist and try ...
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Last tree-trimming scammer sent to prison
WHIO Dayton
"We are putting resources from the attorney general's office together with local cops and prosecutors to put scammers who prey on seniors behind bars," DeWine said. Johnson, Christopher Gibbs and Timothy Henery were accused of running a scheme to ...
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81 Year Old Outsmarts Phone Scammer, Warns Others
CIproud.com
BLOOMINGTON--A rash of elderly phone scams has hit the Twin Cities, but a local woman says she's thankful she knew what to do after discovering she had been a victim. Eighty-one year old Anna Marie Chrisman recently got a call from what she thought was ...
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Satellite TV upgrade scam getting popular, state warns
Wisconsin State Journal
Consumer protection officials are warning satellite TV subscribers to be on the alert to the latest scam hitting Wisconsin: the scammer makes a great offer to upgrade service, then diverts your money to his pockets, leaving you with either overdue ...
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Tucson family loses thousands of dollars to phone scammer
KVOA Tucson News
In Pima County so far in 2012, scammers have gotten away with stealing nearly $100000. Many are phony phone calls, others are via the internet. "You don't want to give out too much information on the Facebook and Twitter accounts because people prey on ...
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Phone Scam Warning
The Dispatch
Typically, the scammer will call the victim and claim to be their grandchild, child, niece or nephew, depending on what level of information they have on the family. The scammer will tell the family member that they are in trouble, indicating that they ...
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How alert hotel staff foiled credit card conman
Ledbury Reporter
Scammer Jonathan Kennerley ran up unpaid bills of more than £3000 at hotels in Stratford, Evesham, Duddington in Northampton and Rye in Sussex over an 11-week period. But during a stay at the Feathers Hotel in Ledbury during February, manager Edward ...
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Social Engineering Attack Nets $2.1 Million from Wells Fargo Bank
eSecurity Planet
An unidentified scammer managed to convince Well Fargo Bank to transfer $2.1 million to him from Catholic Healthcare West's bank account. "The brazen theft was pulled off ingeniously, but the biggest responsibility for its successful realization seems ...
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Businesses must be aware of scammer working angle
Lake Country Calendar
By Contributed - Lake Country Calendar Apparently, there is a woman attending local clothing stores claiming that she is doing sponsored events for SUN FM radio station. The woman requests outfits to promote the store at these events but then never ...
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