Saturday 28 April 2012

Google Alert - scammer

News9 new results for scammer
 
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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Toronto Star
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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