Wednesday 6 June 2012

Google Alert - scammer

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Scammers trying to gain access to your computer over the phone
KTNV Las Vegas
"I've actually already told my family if this guy calls give him no information he's a scammer," said Deanna. She already knows what she's going to say if he calls back. "I'm onto you, lose my number," said Deanna. Here's the Contact 13 bottom line.
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Phone scammers prey on the fearful
The News-Press
Barry Obenchain, a colleague of mine, had a similar and even scarier experience with a scammer's phone call. The man told him he had legal action against him involving a restraining order. "It sounded official enough," Obenchain said, ...
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Alleged landscape scammer arrested
Gilroy Dispatch
After pruning John Herren's trees on El Dorado Drive in Gilroy, the alleged pruning scammer left his the branches and his equipment without ever returning to finish the job. Posted: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 1:00 pm | Updated: 1:13 pm, Tue Jun 5, ...
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PSE&G alerts customers to nationwide bill-payment scam
NorthJersey.com
As part of the ruse, which has been reported in a number of states, scammers falsely claim President Barack Obama is providing credits or applying payments to utility bills. In the scheme, the scammer calls a utility customer and tells him or her that ...
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Police warn of scams involving rental property postings on the Internet
The Union Leader
In a recent Lebanon police investigation the communication between the scammer and victim was through emails and involved some facets common in these types of scams, police said in a press release Tuesday. "The "owner" typically says he and his wife ...
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Is Global Finance a Ponzi Scheme? Ask a Russian Expert
Bloomberg
This is the question that a 56-year-old veteran Russian financial scammer has been asking his victims. Chillingly, he almost has a point. Sergei Mavrodi is one of the most infamous names in Russia's recent history. Back in February 1994, ...
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Fake rent ads circulate online
Sequim Gazette
Sequim Police Officer Maris Turner said scammers are using www.craigslist.org to post false rental listings. A local real estate agent alerted the police after someone saw a Craigslist ad for a rental home, drove by the home, saw a for sale sign ...
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'Microsoft' scam being used in Prairie du Chien, police warn
Wisconsin State Journal
The Prairie du Chien Police Department is warning residents of a phone scam where the scammer claims to be from Microsoft and ends up stealing bank information from the victim's computer. Police Chief Chad Abram said in a news release that a local ...
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Restaurant Scam Alert: Order Needed For Pick Up
D Magazine
The way it is supposed to work: (1) scammer makes a large reservation; (2) to hold the reservation, scammer prepays with a stolen credit card number; then (3) before the card holder becomes aware of the charge, scammer cancels the reservation and has ...
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CFA: Online scam artist tactics exposed
Providence Eyewitness News
By Jacqueline Palumbo EAST PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) - If you've ever tried to sell or buy something on Craigslist or eBay, you've probably been contacted by a scammer at one point or another. Matt Cullina, an Internet safety expert decided to turn the ...
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