Friday 10 August 2012

Google Alert - scam

News9 new results for scam
 
Woodbridge seniors warned about phone scam targeting checking accounts
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
WOODBRIDGE — A scam targeting seniors has town officials warning people to be wary of callers vaguely identifying themselves as "your insurance company." Callers not identifying themselves with any specific company have reached out to several seniors ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Program teaches senior citizens about scam artists
Sacramento Bee
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The attorney general's office will be sponsoring Senior Crime College programs across the state in coming weeks to teach the elderly to protect themselves against fraud, identity theft and a variety of scams. Kentucky Attorney General ...
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Differences Between Sharks and Scam Artists
Better Business Bureau (blog)
Shark Week begins Sunday on The Discovery Channel. And once again it got me to thinking about the similarities between sharks and scam artists. Then I got to reading a Los Angeles Times article about Shark Week and was surprised to learn how different ...
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Better Business Bureau (blog)
Middlesex County officials warn residents of 2 check scams
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Joseph Krisza, head of the county's public safety and health department, said one scam asks recipients of a cashier's check to deposit it into their personal checking accounts and then draw against it as part of a "Secret Shopper" program. Krisza said ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
MUFG employee suspected in yen-Libor scam: report
MarketWatch
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- An employee at the European headquarters of a Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (JP:8306)(US:MTU) unit is under investigation for allegedly manipulating the yen-based London interbank offered rate (Libor), the Nikkei ...
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Philly cop charged in elaborate cable TV scam
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hoesle was one of 17 people who served as "agents" in the yearlong scam and one of more than 20 people charged, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. In the elaborate scheme, the alleged ringleader, Alston Buchanan, 28 ...
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Tell Mel: The scams simply keep on coming
The News-Press
In this scam, the victim is lured to a website that downloads software onto the victim's computer that then holds the computer hostage and won't let it go until you pay, which is why, I suppose, it's called "ransomware." It freezes the computer and ...
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Scam issued falsified concealed carry permits
Canton Repository
Authorities say more than 600 concealed-carry gun permits issued in central Ohio are invalid because training certificates were falsified. The Columbus Dispatch reports that a months long investigation resulted in felony charges against three men and ...
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Facebook Launches New Reporting Tool For Phishing Scams
RedOrbit
Facebook Launches New Reporting Tool For Phishing Scams. August 10, 2012. Repost This. Image Credit: Ivelin Radkov / Shutterstock. redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online. Facebook wants to know if people are receiving phishing emails ...
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