Thursday 16 August 2012

Google Alert - scammer

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Granny scammers have come to town
Sonoran News
The scammer makes random calls to numbers in affluent areas and when the phone is answered, the caller says "Hi, grandma" or grandpa, depending on whether a man or woman answers the phone. The person receiving the call says something to the effect ...
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Sonoran News
Scammers Threaten To Arrest You Unless You Pay
KMVT
The scammer demanded that Gallegos wire him $200 as the initial payment on a $900 balance. But then she decided to ask somebody else for help. Gallegos says, "I didn't want to get in trouble, I thought I would call an attorney for advice. Right off the ...
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Latest hack in Singapore: phone scammers posing as Microsoft
Techgoondu
Scammers in Singapore have taken to an old medium – phone calls – to hack into users' computers and swindle them of hundreds of dollars, in the latest con job revealed by the authorities today. These scammers would call up victims here, pretending to ...
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Pet-shipping scams are all swindle, no animal
Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Scammers are posting ads on Internet sites such as Craigslist or eBay, promising a free, rare animal. All the consumer needs to do is pay for shipping to receive the pet. However, once you pay the shipping price, you are then asked to pay for a special ...
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Lansing Woman's Quick Thinking Stops Scam
WSYM-TV
Scammers are targeting local senior citizens with million dollar giveaways, and one senior is fighting back. When Connie Hodgman heard she won over a million dollars and a 2012 Mercedes Benz, she thought it was too good to be true. So she asked the ...
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Microsoft warns of rising phone scams in Singapore
AsiaOne
A scammer, claiming to be a Microsoft technical support staff or a Microsoft partner, calls up a victim and informs him/her that their computers or notebooks may be experiencing problems and are in need of a security or software update. 2. The scammer ...
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Authorities: Beware caller posing as sheriff
Lancaster Newspapers
A scammer has been calling area residents, posing as a local sheriff and requesting payment of fees or debts or requesting money to satisfy warrants. The scammer even has used the threat of arrest if the fees are not paid. The Pennsylvania Sheriffs' ...
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Police report scam targeting Verizon cell phone users
McCook Daily Gazette
When contacted by a potential scammer, sinply hang up, provide no information, ever. If you have provided any information or are experiencing issues with your phone, after similar calls, contact Verizon Wireless Customer Service as soon as possible ...
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Track the Scammers Not the Scam, Says Verify1st
PR.com (press release)
Online shoppers have been urged to go beyond the established practice of checking websites against known scams if they want to properly protect themselves against online scammers. NSW, Australia, August 16, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Online shoppers have a ...
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1 comment:

  1. This are some interesting articles on scams. People need to really be careful in this internet age, I know a lot of people that have talked about shipping scams. I ship my packages with Home direct usa, even though I have heard rumors of a homedirectusa scam , I know for a fact those are all untrue. I have used them multiple times over the past couple of years to ship and receive packages and have had absolutely no problems. Thank you for sharing with us!

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