Sunday 25 March 2012

Google Alert - scammer

News6 new results for scammer
 
Trusting Kiwis make great scammer targets
Stuff.co.nz
We had a heartfelt example of this a month ago, when a person got targeted by an offshore romance scammer. The highest-profile romance scam in recent times was when Sharon Armstrong was allegedly duped into running drugs through South America, ...
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Grandparents beware: Scammers may be targeting you
Tallmadge Express
The scammers, who often claim to be in a foreign country and in need of money for hospital bills or bail, collect information about their targets online or during the conversation and use that info to gain the victim's trust.
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Scammers use Internet to build credibility
Centre Daily Times
Those details helped convince my grandparents of the scammer's legitimacy. I'm assuming he got them from my Facebook account or a Google search. Any incident this serious causes serious self-reflection and frustration. I told my grandparents that the ...
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Centre Daily Times
Quick thinking by Salmo resident gives phone scammer the busy signal
The Castlegar Source
by Nelson Daily staff on 24 Mar 2012 As a result Salmo RCMP are now involved, investigating an attempted fraud regarding a suspicious phone call Friday to a Salmo resident. The caller pretended to be the grand daughter of the resident, claiming to have ...
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Lowell police urge gas stations, party stores be wary of 'quick change ...
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
The warning comes after police received two complaints about the scammers hitting gas stations in Lowell this week. "Quick change" scammers typically ask for low-priced items like gum or a lighter and try to pay with a large denomination bill.
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The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
New computer scam employs old ruse
Waikato Times
A Hamilton computer expert is warning computer users about a scammer who is cold-calling homes offering to work on personal computers. Scott Chaplow, a computer systems architect, said a caller, claiming he was ringing from TechBuddah in Wellington, ...
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