Wednesday 1 August 2012

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SCAMS Police offering warnings after woman nearly loses $72900
Bowling Green Daily News
An elderly woman in Bowling Green was nearly bilked out of her $72900 insurance annuity between March and July, while another scam in Warren County could have resulted in a $3500 loss when a woman was asked to send money to Greece.
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College scam clampdown
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
College scam clampdown. A two-year congressional investigation lays bare the for-profit college industry's strategy: Recruit vulnerable students to tap into billions in federal financial aid; spend little on instruction and counseling; leave students with crippling ...
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RI man pleads no contest in scam
Sacramento Bee
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A 45-year-old Rhode Island man has pleaded no contest to federal charges he conned several people, including a former NHL hockey player, out of tens of thousands of dollars. Kevin Millette was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court ...
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Shock therapy to avoid scams
Washington Post
It's a double financial whack because this, too, turns out to be a scam. In one case handled by the Pinellas County, Fla., Department of Justice and Consumer Services, a woman was conned out of $40000 by a reseller who promised to find a buyer for her ...
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Senior scam charge in North Attleboro
Attleboro Sun Chronicle
NORTH ATTLEBORO - A Foxboro man has been charged with defrauding retirees of at least $2 million, allegedly by offering them non-existent investments through his North Attleboro company. The administrative complaint filed by Secretary of State William ...
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Subsidy scam: ACN insists Tukur must resign as PDP Chairman
CHANNELS
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said the highly predictable and jejune response of the PDP has done nothing to convince Nigerians on why its Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, should not step down now that the unprecedented fuel subsidy scam ...
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Phone scam targets local residents
WISH
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - The callers are hard to understand, the numbers are strange, and red flags start waving immediately. That's how two Lafayette women described recent phone calls they've received. "I said, 'This is a bunch of phoney-bologna'," said ...
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Scam involving Social Security, bank account numbers emerges locally
Waukon Standard
Delphey detailed that the YR Benefits company name appears to be interrelated with the same scam Pettingill was approached with, as the electronic checks presented to customer bank accounts after they divulge their bank account number to the fraudulent ...
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Savvy seller doesn't fall for check scam on Craig's list
KPLC-TV
Savvy seller doesn't fall for check scam on Craig's list. Posted: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 11:04 AM EST. Updated: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 12:50 PM EST. By Theresa Schmidt - bio | email ...
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BBB warns of new phishing email scam
Topeka Capital Journal
A new scam using the Better Business Bureau name popped up Wednesday morning, and has been received by consumers and businesses across the U.S. and Canada — including many BBB offices, the bureau announced. Two versions of the email have ...
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