Monday 30 April 2012

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Pinterest Plagued by More Scams, Fake Android Apps
PC Magazine
Pinterest fans are being spammed with survey scams and tricked into downloading fake Android apps. Pinterest is the latest social media darling as users post and share photos and videos of things that catch their interest with their friends.
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Adarsh scam: ED registers money laundering case against Ashok Chavan
The Hindu
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and 13 others have been slapped with a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for their alleged involvement in the Adarsh housing scam. "An ECIR (Enforcement Case Information Report) has ...
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NJ's sick pay scam for public employees must end
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
By Star-Ledger Editorial Board Doug Bauman/For The Jersey JournalSen. Nicholas Sacco is shown in this June file photo. Brace yourself, because this is the kind of story that can make you so crazy you may pop a blood vessel. We give you state Sen.
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Grant scam sees surge
WXIA-TV
ATLANTA -- It's a new twist on an old scam. We're helping protect your wallet by passing along a warning from the Governor's Office of Consumer Protection. John Sours with Office of Consumer Protection says it starts with a phone call.
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WXIA-TV
Possible robocall scam reported
Ocala
After posting an online warning about the scam, he said 10 other people responded that they also had received the same call. Posner, who said he works on phone systems around the country, said such scams usually target bigger cities and that he he ...
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Adarsh scam: ED files case against ex-Maha CM Ashok Chavan
India Today
All 14 accused are those named in the CBI's FIR in the scam. This ECIR states that in his capacity as the revenue minister of Maharashtra, Chavan was involved in a criminal conspiracy with Adarsh Society secretary RC Thakur, retired Brigadier Madan ...
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Adarsh land scam: Money laundering case registered against Ashok Chavan
NDTV
Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan and 14 others, named in the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) Adarsh Land Scam first information report or FIR, have been charged with money laundering. Those named will now be probed under the ...
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Subsidy Scam - Reps Probe Ports Authority
AllAfrica.com
By Turaki A. Hassan, 30 April 2012 The House of Representatives has started an investigation into the activities of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) following its failure to furnish the Faruk Lawan- led adhoc committee on the investigation of the ...
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Why more & more Congress leaders are in scams? asks BJP
Daily News & Analysis
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI BJP on Monday asked Congress to come clear on why its leaders are increasingly in news for their involvement in scams, with Enforcement Directorate today slapping a money laundering case against former Maharashtra Chief ...
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4 men suspected of contracting scam
KPLC-TV
The CPSO Vice Division believes there may be more people who are victims of this scam. Anyone that has been scammed in this way is asked to contact CPSO Vice Division at 491-7960, Monday thru Friday from 8:00 am—4:00 pm AP News Center.
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Scammers threaten arrest tied to jury duty
ABC2 News
Scammers know that and they're using that fact to scare people into sharing personal information. The idea of sitting in court listening to hour after hour of testimony might make anybody look for excuses. But it's your civic responsibility and the ...
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Beware of Bogus Property Rentals and Tenants with Too-Good-to-be-True Offers
MarketWatch (press release)
Before you put any money down on that great deal just remember: sophisticated scammers use the Internet, and particularly free classified websites, to prey on unsuspecting real estate victims. 1. You're looking for a house or apartment to rent and get ...
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If a debt collector calls, how do you know he's real?
Sacramento Bee
Authorities say the scams had one thing in common - the people who were targeted had applied online for payday loans, and their loan application data apparently had made its way into the hands of scammers. Those scammers were accused of making ...
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Woman fooled by scam
pharostribune.com
The victim then called the scammer with the card number, allowing the scammer access to the posted funds. Sgt. Tony Slocum said the scammer told the victim that car and cash would be delivered to her residence, which never happened.
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Sunday 29 April 2012

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Craigslist scam targets York Beach homes
Seacoastonline.com
The couple was a victim of what has become an increasingly common scam, bogus rentals on Craigslist, according to York police. Usually the scam artist obtains the rental information from a property listed online for sale, according to York Sgt. Thomas ...
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Craigslist scam targets vacation rentals
Boston Herald
By Susan Morse / Portsmouth Herald YORK, Maine — Last August, a couple who had driven hours to get to York Beach knocked at the door of their vacation rental only to find the condominium occupied and unavailable. The people already staying at the Long ...
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Scam Alert: Promising new medical ID cards
York Daily Record
By JOANNE ARBOGAST SUNBURY -- Nancy of Milton, who is in her mid-50s, was recently scammed. Or nearly scammed. "Thank God, I caught on to it," she said. On April 25, she answered a call on her cell phone from a person who said he was contacting seniors ...
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Action Line: Grandson scam warning blocked fraud attempt
Tulsa World
By PHIL MULKINS World Action Line Editor Dear Action Line: I just wanted to thank you for putting that "favorite grandson calling" scam in your column. I am 86 and had it not been for your column I might have fallen for it, as I'm sure many others have ...
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Seniors: Avoid scams, don't be a victim
Ct Post
It's titled, "Seniors: Avoid Scams - Don't Be a Victim!" She is photographed in the living room of her Danbury home, Wednesday, April 11, 2012. Photo: Carol Kaliff / CT Scamming program "Seniors: Avoid Scams, Don't Be a Victim!
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Police beat: Fake car damage, a scam and a spat over fried food
Bellingham Herald
April 20: Some scams are simple – promise money over the phone and hope elderly targets buy a phony story. Other plots take more preparation, such as the snare that tangled an 80-year-old Tacoma woman and a 76-year-old woman from Virginia.
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A Warning About 'Smishing' Scams
Patch.com
I knew this was obviously a scam. I hadn't entered any contests. So I decided to look up some information online, and here is what I found on the Better Business Bureau website: a warning about gift card scams using the Best Buy and Walmart names.
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Aadhaar scam did not stop with kingpin
Times of India
HYDERABAD: The Aadhaar scam is turning curiouser. Investigations so far have revealed that Mohammed Ali, the data entry supervisor blamed for the scam, was terminated by Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) in September 2011, ...
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Text message scam promises $1000 Walmart gift card
KVEO-TV
It's the latest wave of a barrage that last month prompted Walmart to denounce the text messages as "SCAMS" calling them "SMISHING", the texting version of phishing. So who is behind the text messages, and what do they want?
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NAB starts probe in NEF Rs794m scam
The News International
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started investigation into a mega scam, involving government funds worth Rs794.12 million that were illegally transferred to a private account by two officials of Basic Education Community School (BECS) ...
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Arrested: Suspected scammer caught after chase in Oswego County
NewsChannel 9 WSYR
Phoenix (WSYR-TV) – An Onondaga County man suspected in numerous scams has been caught in the village of Phoenix after a brief chase. Christopher Vanetten, who has served state prison time after being convicted on fraud and larceny charges, ...
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Housing Scammer Sentenced To Life In Prison
The Inquisitr
Timothy Barnett used the recent housing crisis to steal the retirement savings of elderly people in California and now he has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison under the states three-strikes law. The case appears to be the first time that a ...
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Don't be fooled by a scammer
The Independent
Open a letter, an email from a stranger or pick up the phone and you are in a scammer's the line of fire. Conservative estimates suggest that hundreds of thousands of Britons fall prey each year to cons and the result is always the same: You lose, ...
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Saturday 28 April 2012

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6 sentenced in home equity scam
Atlanta Journal Constitution
"The conspirators designed an insidious scam to target banks and local home owners by using homes to secure loans, many times without the owners' knowledge." Metro Atlantans sentenced in the scheme include Shalena Sutherlin, 27, of Douglasville, ...
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Housing scam brings up to life sentence under three-strikes law
Los Angeles Times
An Orange County man who swindled elderly people out of their homes is sentenced to 25 years to life in prison under California's three-strikes law, which is typically applied in violent crime cases. Timothy Barnett, shown in May 2010, was convicted of ...
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Los Angeles Times
Sonia not figuring in Bofors scam intriguing: RSS
Zee News
New Delhi: RSS has said it is intriguing that Congress President Sonia Gandhi has not figured in the Bofors scam though Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi was close to her even as the Sangh founthead charged successive governments with looking the ...
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Alleged N21 Billion Loan Scam - Why Police Cannot Arrest Me - Saraki
AllAfrica.com
The former governor of Kwara state, Dr Bukola Saraki, Friday, adduced reasons why he cannot be arrested by the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigerian Police Force, following his alleged involvement in an N21billion loan scam. The erstwhile governor who is ...
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Real estate scam brings up to life in prison under California's three-strikes law
Kansas City Star
By STUART PFEIFER LOS ANGELES -- An Orange County man who swindled elderly people out of their homes after promising to help them avoid foreclosure was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison under California's tough three-strikes law.
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Aussie lotto scam fleeces elderly
Herald Sun
A FAKE Australian lottery scam has fleeced elderly Americans, some with dementia, out of their life savings. The scammers, identifying themselves as Australian Government Lottery officials, call or send letters to the elderly claiming they have won ...
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Scam Alert: Promising new medical ID cards
Danville News
Nancy of Milton, who is in her mid-50s, was recently scammed. Or nearly scammed. "Thank God, I caught on to it," she said. On April 25, she answered a call on her cell phone from a person who said he was contacting seniors who are on a fixed income to ...
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Ticket scammer Shaun Nixon is back in the slammer
Toronto Star
Josh Tapper Staff Reporter Serial ticket fraudster Shaun Nixon, who served six months in jail last year for bilking hundreds of unsuspecting concert-goers out of thousands of dollars, has once again written his own ticket to the slammer.
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On homes and real estate: Avoided a scam
Chicago Daily Herald
The scammer had a good story as to why he was renting it and why he was from out of town. The price was too good to be true, so we decided to Google the address and found out it was "For Sale." We called the sales agent listed and, sure enough, ...
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Mobile Police warn of library scammer
WALA-TV FOX10
Public Relations Officer Amber Guy said, "The scammer is taking advantage of honest people." Guy said a relative of a staff member at the public library was contacted. Cpl. Christopher Levy said, "People have been getting calls from an unknown man who ...
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Call relative allegedly needing money to avoid this scam
Dayton Daily News
By John North, Contributing Writer 11:58 AM Saturday, April 28, 2012 Scammers play with your emotions when it comes to schemes. A common scam, called the grandparents scam, is about emotion and greed. Scammers claim to be someone you care about, ...
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Aggressive phone scammers intimidating local residents, police say
Wisconsin State Journal
Scammers are getting aggressive demanding money when calling local residents, swearing and threatening until their demands are met, according to Madison police. The Madison Police Department said no one so far has sent money or provided personal ...
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Scams Targeting Senior Citizens Increasing In The CSRA
WJBF-TV
By the end of the call, usually the scammer is asking the grandparent to send money via a Western Union transfer in the neighborhood of $2500-$3000 to help get their grandchild out of trouble. A word of caution to anyone, regardless of age, ...
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Review: Fraud tale a story for our times
Edmonton Journal
But not everyone does, and this is what the scammers count on. If you are wondering how anyone could possibly fall for such blatant lies, consider this — it's been reported that Americans lose hundreds of millions of dollars every year to 419 scams.
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Good Samaritan offers mother, children a home
WZVN-TV
EmaNoel Thermitus is aa single mother of three that deputies say was duped by a rental scammer and forced out on the streets. "It was awful. I don't have anybody here in Naples like family. I don't have that," she said. She says she was forced to sleep ...
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The Queue: Cat bath
Joystiq
I was just reading through some of Robin's old posts (most notably "Interview with a Scammer, very interesting read!), and I think that a column like that would be great coming into MoP. Is there something similar, under a different name, ...
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Friday 27 April 2012

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Relative of accused cancer scammer talks
WANE
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - April Landis, the woman accused of lying about having cancer to get money at a fundraiser last month, said she has a mental disorder that made her believe she really did have cancer. "I'm crushed for what I have done to people ...
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Scammer pleas for cab fare
Castanet.net
by Grant Scott - Story: 74428 The Kelowna RCMP reports that a good Samaritan has an empty wallet after trying to help a man who turned out to be a scammer. On Tuesday April 24, around 6:15 pm, a 43-year-old Kelowna man was approached by someone asking ...
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Police arrest female serial scammer
AsiaOne
The suspect had preyed on the compassion of victims saying that her husband was hospitalised and she needed money urgently. The unsuspecting victims loaned her amounts ranging from $50 to $450 believing that she would repay them the next day as ...
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Suspected Auto Insurance Scammer Sentenced To Five Years For Kidnapping
Insurance News Net (press release)
By BY David Ovalle, The Miami Herald April 26 --A violent kidnapping stemming from an auto insurance scam earned a Westchester man five years in prison. Yasmani Marquez , 24, was sentenced Tuesday and had been earlier convicted by jury of kidnapping a ...
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Polish social welfare scammer makes offer to repay at Limerick court
Limerick Leader
By Mike Dwane A MAN who defrauded the Department of Social Protection by claiming benefits for a friend living in Poland has offered to repay €3200 at Limerick Circuit Court. Jacek Sadurski, 34, of Carrig Midhe, Corbally, was appealing the severity of ...
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Limerick Leader
Mounties offer up tips to avoid Okanagan scammers
Kelowna Capital News
By Contributed - Kelowna Capital News A good Samaritan has an empty wallet after helping a man who turned out to be a hard luck scammer. "The man claimed that a friend or family member was coming and promised to pay back the cash once they arrived," ...
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Sheriff seaerches for suspected driveway scammer
WDTN
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man for questioning in connection with recent driveway scams. According to information provided by the sheriff, Danny N. Price is targeting elderly residents in the county. Price has a drivers license ...
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Protect yourself from bothersome phone scams | Richard Hill
Redmond Reporter
We have survived decades without serious botheration, but all of a sudden the telephone scammers have our number. We have had multiple calls in the past two or three months that have been variants of two scams that are currently in vogue.
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Theater Listings: April 27 — May 3
New York Times
Previews and Openings 'The Caretaker' (previews start on Thursday; opens next Friday) In recent years, Jonathan Pryce has played a scammer ("Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") and a scamee ("Glengarry Glen Ross"). Here, from England in an Everyman Theater of ...
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RI renters warned against Craigslist housing scam
Boston.com
PROVIDENCE, RI—The state attorney general is warning Rhode Islanders of a housing scam on Craigslist that tries to lure people into providing personal financial information on phony rental agreements. Peter Kilmartin says scam artists are apparently ...
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Hyde Park man charged with defrauding Medicare in medical equipment scam
Boston.com
By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff A Hyde Park man is facing federal charges that he bilked the Medicare program in a scam involving medical equipment. Blessing Sydney Iwuala, co-owner of Above All Home Care and Medical Supply Inc., has been arrested and ...
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Child porn scam linked to bogus Bieber
The Commercial Dispatch
Christopher Patrick Gunn, 31, of Montgomery is also accused of working a similar scam by posing as a new kid in town on social media sites such as Facebook. The indictment alleges that Gunn used the two ruses to coerce young girls between the ages of 9 ...
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Mystery shopper scam targets Manna Bakery
CBC.ca
A popular St. John's business is the latest company to get caught up in a sophisticated financial scam. Manna Bakery started to get calls last week about bogus cheques surfacing in something called the mystery shopper scam.
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Local Woman Falls Victim To Internet Scam
LocalNews8.com
RIGBY, Idaho -- Internet scams can affect anyone, anywhere. A local woman fell victim to a scam through a job she found on Craigslist. The catch? The scammers not only fooled her, but also the Better Business Bureau. Scammers hijacked the company's ...
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Three new scams reported to City Police
SooToday.com
A number of the calls were with regards to the computer repair scam that the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service alerted the public to yesterday afternoon, and several were in relation to other scams. Police received a call last evening from a citizen that ...
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Craigslist rental scam hits Twin Ports
Superior Telegram
The local scam seems to involve the poster claiming to be in Africa, or some other urgent scenario, and therefore they need to rent/lease the property. The poster requires detailed personal information and a security deposit in advance of closing any ...
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Man scams 5-year-old girl
WLBT-TV
The new Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia,More >> NEW YORK (NBC) – Walmart is warning customers to be on the lookout for a "scam" text message that promise a $1000 gift card. Although the message appears to be from the retailer, Walmart said it ...
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NEW: AG Kilmartin Warns of Craigslist Rental Scams
GoLocalProv
Think twice before you give away any information for a rental property found via Craigslist, says Attorney General Peter Kilmartin--there's a scam running that could steal your identity. As reported by reporter Mark Curtis on ABC News, scam artists are ...
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Toilet scam stinks online
Times of India
TOI's front-page report on the UP Toilet Scam published on Thursday has moved many on Twitter and Facebook to comment on the same. From punstars to celebrities, all started tweeting on the new scam - with bits of sarcasm, satire and sense of disgust.
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