Wednesday 31 October 2012

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Avoid Getting Scammed in Sandy's Aftermath
TIME
Scam artists come out of the woodwork after natural disasters, taking advantage of the chaos, panic, and distraction. As the Northeast picks up and dries off from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy, there are bound to be crooks looking for ways ...
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Sophos warns Facebook users of scam: There is no free iPad mini
Vancouver Sun (blog)
You can count on the scam artists to keep up with the latest in technology. Less than a week after the launch of Apple's new iPad mini, Facebook users are the target of a scam that is offering them one of the mini tablets totally free. The computer and ...
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Hurricane Sandy Scams: Officials Warn Of Crooked Contractors, Charities
Huffington Post
In Pennsylvania, Dauphin County Commission Chairman Jeff Haste cautioned local residents to be wary of people offering to do repair work and said senior citizens should be especially vigilant for scam artists, the Patriot News reports. When dealing ...
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Avoiding scams and cons in Sandy's aftermath
Examiner.com
They'll call. They'll show up on your door. They'll offer you immediate help to reconstruct your home or an opportunity to contribute money to help others. "They," in this case, means the scammers who will be making their rounds in the aftermath of ...
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Scam alert: Revenue department warns of fraudulent calls and emails
OregonLive.com (blog)
The Oregon Department of Revenue issued a warning to taxpayers Tuesday about scam artists posing as tax collectors in an attempt to get personal information or cash through phone calls and e-mail. Some taxpayers have complained about receiving calls ...
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5 scams to avoid after Sandy
MSN Money
Insurance scams. If you've experienced damage to any of your personal property, call your insurance company first. Don't fall for fly-by-night "professionals" who make false guarantees about a claims check, damage appraisal, inspection or water quality ...
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Romney's Health Care Scam: 72 Million Americans Without Coverage
Huffington Post (blog)
Mitt Romney claims he has a health care plan, but his campaign website does little more than regurgitate poll-tested Republican talking points designed to mislead voters into believing that his plan would improve their lives. In fact, it will leave 72 ...
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Irrigation scam: Central water panel seeks details from Maharashtra
IBNLive
The Central Water Commission has written to the state Water Resources Ministry asking it to furnish full details of all contracts (above Rs 1 crore) awarded in the 17 irrigation projects in Maharashtra that are partly funded by the Central government ...
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KCTV5Election scam offers voters online ballot casting
KCTV Kansas City
People are doing anything to get out the vote in the final week, and scam artists are doing the same thing, making people think they have already cast their votes in ways that aren't possible. There is a lot of tedious work to be done in running a ...
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Marco police investigate online airline ticket scam
The News-Press
"Although the cases are still being actively investigated, we wanted to provide the public information to protect themselves from similar scams in the future. A national financial website identified the seven most common scams perpetrated on internet ...
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Convicted IRS scammer charged with theft
KeysNet
Convicted IRS scammer charged with theft. email this story to a friend E-Mail this story · print story Print this story · Bookmark and Share. tool name. close. tool goes here. By KeysNet Staff. Posted - Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:30 AM EDT. Sandra ...
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Police warn of IM scams after local couple loses 70000 yuan
People's Daily Online
In one case, a man surnamed Zeng and his wife lost 70,000 yuan ($11,211) on October 23 when they transferred it to a scammer posing as a friend of their son, who was studying abroad at the time. To set up the scheme, the scammer first contacted Zeng's ...
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Migrant children need more than food and education
CRIENGLISH.com
In one case, a couple lost 70,000 yuan ($11,211) earlier this month when they transferred it to a scammer posing as a friend of their son, who was studying abroad at the time. Police advised residents to confirm money transfers with the intended ...
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Don't became the victim of a scammer
NorthJersey.com
Don't became the victim of a scammer. Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Neighbor News (Dover Edition). Print | E-mail. Rockaway Borough Police are reminding residents that scammers are constant and have no boundaries. Scams can occur in any situation ...
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Tuesday 30 October 2012

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The Great Gold Scam
TheStreet.com
VANCOUVER (Bullions Bull Canada) -- A recent question from an inquisitive reader on gold "leasing" got my mind focused upon that topic again because the question involved the actual mechanics of these transactions and my answer dealt with issues of ...
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$280000 gold scam nets con man 10 years, no cash
Examiner.com
On October 29, William Scott Spalding, a 47-year-old "movie producer" and "gemologist," pled guilty to charges to defraud a Huntington Beach mother out of $280,000 and was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for his role in a gold scam. In total ...
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Elephants and Donkeys Find Unhappiness In Sir Scam-A-Lot's Court
Forbes
Sir Allen Stanford a/k/a "Sir Scam-A-Lot" ran an enormous Ponzi scheme through his business empire centered in Antigua. Suckers gave Sir Scam-A-Lot nearly $7 billion thinking they were legitimately making an impossibly high rate of return because of ...
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Rental Scam "Kingpin" Keeps Getting Away With It
NBC Southern California
Consumers have lodged nearly 200 complaints against Richard Rodriguez, whose companies promised to find them a place to live, but only took their money. Every time the state closes down one of his rental agencies, authorities say, he opens a new one, ...
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Memorial scam: EOW notice to 100 engineers
Hindustan Times
The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) probing into the irregularities committed in the construction of the memorials and parks during Mayawati regime has issued notices to 100 engineers including the former MD of Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (RNN) CP Singh and ...
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Stadium Scam?
AllAfrica.com
Kenya: Stadium Scam? By Gilbert Kimutai, 30 October 2012. Sports Minister Ababu Namwamba has expressed displeasure on the shoddy work and slow pace of construction works at a Sh10 million sports stadium in Bomet County. Speaking during a tour of ...
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Fuel subsidy scam: Court adjourns Ali's trial to accommodate more suspects
CHANNELS
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, has adjourned the trial of the son of former PDP National Chairman, Ahmadu Ali – Mamman Nasir Ali, alongside others till the 12th of November, 2012. The others expected to face trial before presiding Justice Adeniyi ...
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Scam artist offering to pay utility bills leaves victims in pinch
WBTV
They found out it was a scam. City officials say 16 people have been victimized by the con artist. A 59 year old woman who doesn't want her name used says relatives told her about the man, who claimed to work for a non profit and is paying half of ...
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Cleveland County Warns Of Child Fingerprinting Scam
News On 6
The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office is warning people to beware of a scam that pushes parents to pay for child fingerprinting services. The scam began just this week. The sheriff's office says someone calls parents and offers to fingerprint children ...
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PTU Scam: Exam racket finds no mention in FIR
Hindustan Times
The Kapurthala Police had on Friday claimed to have busted an examination racket operational in Punjab Technical University (PTU). The cops, however, not only didn't mention the fact in the FIR registered on October 23 against the Gugnani brothers ...
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Be wary of political scammers
Gaston Gazette
Signing up for the Do Not Call Registry won't stop political scammers from calling. Tricksters have been using the registry as a way to fool people into thinking that they're talking to a legitimate company, said Tom Bartholomy, president of the Better ...
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Online daters, be warned! 1 in 10 profiles are scams, report reveals
VentureBeat
For this reason, Cupid.com, the online dating network behind Flirt.com and BlackMatch.com, announced a partnership this month with RecSys Ltd, an anti-scammer technology. The goal is to catch them 35 percent faster. With the new system, any individual ...
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Hedy's Hints: 10 ways to spot a mortgage scammer
San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
With instances of mortgage fraud on the rise, are you aware of how to spot a mortgage scammer? Realtors have a good idea what to look for when it comes to fraudulent mortgage practices. However, that doesn't mean that plenty of people, real estate ...
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Post-It Note Scammer on the Loose
VOCM
Business owners beware: the Post-It Note Scammer is on the loose. Peg Norman of the Travel Bug on Water Street in St. John's raised the alarm on VOCM Backtalk with Paddy Daly yesterday. She says the man is surreptitiously placing Post-It Notes on items ...
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Monday 29 October 2012

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Kids and Money: Watch out for Microsoft job scam
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Of course, you know to be cautious about unsolicited job offers that land in your email inbox. Of course, you're also tired of looking for work since graduating from college last spring with a degree that's tethered to a six-figure loan balance. So ...
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Mail order scam: 'Addicted' Bridgend OAP spent £15k
BBC News
A pensioner became addicted to a mail order scam which has duped thousands of vulnerable and elderly people, his daughter-in-law says. Julie Davies, of Bridgend, said he had spent about £15,000 until his family realised what was happening. "He has ...
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BBB warns of election scams
Salisbury Post
Election Day is Nov. 6 and it is a prime time for scams. As the candidates and the public prepare for the big vote, scammers have been gearing up to steal your personal information. The Better Business Bureau is warning voters to be on the lookout for ...
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Let your fingers walk from this 'Yellow Pages' scam
Chicago Sun-Times
D ear Fixer: I work for a college. A couple of weeks ago, a representative from Yellow Pages called to demand payment for some advertising services. They said the fee for listing our company information on the Yellow Pages website for the past two ...
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Mail order scam from Belgium targets elderly people
BBC News
Joan Watkins lives in a London council flat on a small pension. She can ill afford the cosmetics and other mail order goods she has been buying from a mail order company. But when the letters started arriving in the post offering her amazing cash ...
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Grandma, please get me out of jail! Silicon Valley elders warned about this ...
San Jose Mercury News
Selma Corman knows all about one of the most popular scams designed to rip off older Americans. When a Santa Clara County prosecutor mentioned the notorious "Midnight Call" scheme at a meeting Sunday afternoon, she nodded her head and raised her ...
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Internet Crime Complaint Center's Scam Alerts
Kansas City infoZine
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Report is based upon information from law enforcement and complaints submitted to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and details recent cyber crime trends and new twists to previously-existing cyber scams.
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Boris, Bond and the "driverless Tube" scam
The Guardian (blog)
At the core of the "driverless-Tube-will-break-the-unions" scam is the exploitation of confusion about terms. Many Tube trains are already "driverless" in the sense that on-board staff members located in cabs, like the one who assisted 007, normally ...
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'Scam' your way to promotions
Postnoon
Another who goes with a Net name 'soporific' says, "to get promoted in Congress cabinet U must do a scam!" What prompted him to say this was the promotion of Salman Khurshid as the external affairs minister. The man who remains to be cleared of the ...
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Zuckerberg's alleged scammer to get time in court
The Australian Financial Review
A New York man with a shady past has been arrested for using a forged contract with Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg to lay claim to half of the world's leading online social network. Paul Ceglia, 39, faces a pair of fraud charges that each carries ...
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Warning! You Could Be Helping Scammers By "Liking" Things On Facebook
DrJays.com Live
Well, because those kinds of posts are actually created by scammers who turn around and sell posts that have a lot of likes to large corporations. Pages that have 100,000 likes on them can go for as much as $200, because companies know that Facebook's ...
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Peter Hoss, Scam of the Month: Telephone scams
Monterey County Herald
A scammer will most often not ask for money in the first sentence, or even the first call, but will try to engage the target in conversation and develop a relationship of trust. One common proven scam of this nature is a proposal to reduce interest on ...
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Sunday 28 October 2012

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Scam watch: Grandparent scheme, debt collection, investment fraud
Los Angeles Times
Grandparent scam -- This scheme has been highlighted before in this space, but it's so common it's worth sounding the alarm again. There have been numerous reports about bad people trying to trick older Americans into giving them money by calling and ...
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N2.7 Billion Subsidy Scam - EFCC Goes After Unregistered Firm
AllAfrica.com
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have launched a massive investigation into how an unregistered firm, Pinnacle Contractors Limited, received a whopping N2.76 billion of the oil subsidy funds without supplying even a ...
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Financial Scam Costs Uganda Sh52.8 Billion Irish Aid
AllAfrica.com
The Irish Government has cut sh52.8b (Euros 16m) of aid to Uganda on grounds that it is being mismanaged. According to Irish Times, the government withdrew the aid on Friday following the disappearance of sh13.2b from the Prime Minister's Office.
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SM Krishna happy at 'scam-free' tenure
Times of India
NEW DELHI: A day after he was eased out of the foreign ministry, a stoic S M Krishna met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday. While he thanked him for his support and even credited him for the "change" in relations with Pakistan, he couldn't ...
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Phone scam tries to coerce ransoms
NorthJersey.com
SADDLE BROOK — A new telephone scam has been making the rounds recently, in which a Spanish-speaking man threatens to hold victims' family members against their will unless they pay a ransom, according to police. A township woman nearly fell ...
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IRS Warns of Internet Scam
Patch.com
Editor's Note: The following is a news release from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Internal Revenue Service is issuing a warning about a new tax scam that uses a website that mimics the IRS e-Services online registration page. The actual IRS ...
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Coal scam: CBI likely to register cases against two companies
Daily News & Analysis
CBI has found prima-facie evidence against two companies which benefited from the allocation of coal blocks during 1993-2004 and may register cases against them this week. These will be the first set of cases registered in the preliminary enquiry by ...
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Raining scams: Why we need a new generation of political leaders
Economic Times
It is raining scams. Oddly, "scam" is a relatively new coinage, circa 1960s, though it has roots in "scamp". In the 1960s US, it was an expression used in carnivals, signifying attempts to fleece the public. If fleecing is perpetrated by private ...
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Beware of 'health inspection' scam, Toronto health agency warns
Globe and Mail
If you operate a restaurant in Toronto and someone claiming to be a health inspector tries to set up an "inspection" that requires buying a "first-aid kit," don't bite, Toronto Public Health is warning. The city-operated agency knows of about 10 recent ...
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Globe and Mail
Police Appointments, Cafe Closing, 'Mechanics' Scam Top Local News
Patch.com
'Mechanics' Nearly Scam Woman of $4K Cash, Police Say. Madison Police said in a news release an elderly woman was nearly scammed by two men claiming to be mechanics after one of the men approached her near the Madison Post Office, said he saw ...
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Scammer targeting local seniors
Opelousas Daily World
Once the potential victim obtains the green dot card, the scammer informs them that he will meet him or her with an attorney, and hand over the new car as well as millions of dollars to the card holder," Gallow said. That meeting never happens and the ...
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Saturday 27 October 2012

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Fourteen indicted in bank scam involving casinos
Los Angeles Times
Fourteen people in Southern California have been indicted on charges of stealing more than $1 million from Citibank through a "gone in 60 seconds" scam involving cash-advance kiosks at casinos, federal prosecutors in San Diego announced Friday.
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SCAM ALERT: Don't fall for phony IRS websites
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
The Internal Revenue Service is issuing a warning about a new tax scam that uses a website that mimics the IRS e-Services online registration page. The actual IRS e-Services page offers web-based products for tax preparers, not the general public.
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Indictments name 2 Chicago police officers in towing scam
Chicago Tribune
The two -- Deavalin Page, 46, and Francis Zoller, 43, who were both assigned to the South Chicago police district – were snared in an undercover FBI probe code-named Operation Tow Scam in which seven other additional officers already have been ...
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Zee blackmail case: Indian media must seize this moment
Firstpost
When the Radia tapes scam broke out in Indian journalism towards the end of 2010, NDTV promoter Prannoy Roy had his Barkha Dutt moment as did Hindustan Times in the case of its star editor-columnist, Vir Sanghvi. There were incriminating voice ...
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Scam artists get tax refunds through ID theft
Stuff.co.nz
Creative crooks have found a new way of using stolen identity details to defraud people - illegally applying for tax refunds. The scam came to light when a Wellington professional, who doesn't want to be named, got a letter from police last week ...
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Convicted cancer scam artist allegedly targeted Bolivar, Marshfield
KY3
Bolivar, Mo. -- Bolivar police said a seasoned scam artist managed to trick church goers and others across the Ozarks to donate money to her to pay for phony medical bills and other personal expenses. Brookelyn Walters, 33, faces charges for stealing ...
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'Grandparent Scam' charges filed by Feds
The Desert Sun
None of the victims in the case were in the Coachella Valley, but local police have warned residents about the scam and The Desert Sun has received numerous tips from people who received such a call. A Canadian man is among the defendants scheduled ...
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UPS phone scam in town
El Defensor Chieftain
A possible telephone scam has a Magdalena couple concerned for their neighbors, so they went to the police to try to stop it and the media to get the word out. Elizabeth del Giudice, a retired teacher living in the community, said she received a call ...
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Financial scam costs Uganda sh52.8b Irish aidPublish Date: Oct 27, 2012
New Vision
The money was allegedly transferred to accounts of officials in the Prime Minister's Office, in what is now known as the "Kazinda scam", after one of the suspects. Gilmore said before suspending the aid, auditors from the foreign affairs department of ...
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Missouri AG office files elderly scam charges against Florida man
Kansas City Star
JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is accusing a Florida man of running a sweepstakes scam that targeted an eastern Missouri couple. Prosecutors say 47-year-old Patrick Percival Wilson of Orlando has been charged with four felony ...
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