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Scammer Clayton Atkinson gets prison, lecture from judge News & Observer By Thomas Goldsmith - tgoldsmith@newsobserver.com RALEIGH -- For years, scam artist Clayton Atkinson spent hours on the phone browbeating older people into sending him money with the fraudulent reassurance that the payoff would be even bigger ... See all stories on this topic »

'Gypsy scammer' accused of taking money, not doing work Tbo.com By TONY HOLT | Hernando Today Authorities arrested a man accused of scamming a woman into paying him for roof repair and bolting with the money without doing any work. Detectives said it's possible the suspect could have targeted more people in ... See all stories on this topic »

Phone scammer bilks 75-year-old woman Philadelphia Inquirer (blog) The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department wants to warn residents about a phone scam after a 75-year-old East Goshen resident lost nearly $6000 on Saturday. Police said the female victim reported receiving a phone call that she had won a ... See all stories on this topic » Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)

California Department of Real Estate Warns Timeshare Resale Fraud on the Rise MarketWatch (press release) Scammers falsely tell timeshare owners that the "agent" has found a "ready and willing" buyer for their timeshares. The scammer asks for listing or "paperwork fee" to effect the transaction, but once the fee is collected, the seller never hears from ... See all stories on this topic »

Caught in 'grandparent scam': Woman warns others 9NEWS.com Later she returned to wire another $2300 after the scammer called a second time, claiming he needed money to pay for a hospital bill for an injury incurred in the car crash. "It does haunt me because how could he have sounded like him? See all stories on this topic » 9NEWS.com

Police warn against fruit and vegetable scammer FreshPlaza visited by a fruit and vegetable dealer. The woman only wanted to buy 5 pounds of potatoes from him. After that the dealer gave the woman pieces of his apples and oranges to try them, after which he finally entered the house of the woman. See all stories on this topic »

Don't Fall for the Grandparents Scam LifeGoesStrong And then there are the telephone scammers. Con artists who call are nothing new. But what is new is how these folks are getting grandparents to fall for their scam by tugging at their heartstrings and posing as a grandchild in trouble. See all stories on this topic » LifeGoesStrong

Sheriff's Office Warns About Debit Card Scam LoanSafe According to Bratcher, the victims are told by the scammers to purchase one of these cards and load it with a specified amount of money. Once the victims have done so, they are told by the scammer to call them back on a phone number or by email. See all stories on this topic »

Pinterest is the new target for survey scams e27 Pinterest, the new social media darling, has been the new target for survey scammers. Since the inception of Web 2.0, survey scammers have been making use of popular social networks like Facebook, forums, article comments by tapping on the virality ... See all stories on this topic »

Realtor warns tenants and landlords of scam UpNorthLive.com The scammers are using real homes and real ads, just changing a few details. Mike cummings is a realtor and owns TCArea.com. He rents out this home on State Street in Traverse City. He was taken by surprise Wednesday when someone called him and asked ... See all stories on this topic »

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