Sunday 29 April 2012

Google Alert - scam

News10 new results for scam
 
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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