Wednesday 3 October 2012

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Authorities: John Donald Cody mastermind behind $100M charity scam
CBS News
Now, "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports that authorities believe that Cody and a man named Bobby Thompson are one and the same person and allege he is responsible for the largest charity scam in U.S. history. The man who called himself ...
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Australia joins US, Canada to foil major online scam
Sydney Morning Herald
... to foil a major international phone scam, known as the Microsoft Imposter scam. The scam, which involves people pretending to be Microsoft employees offering to fix computer viruses, is thought to have ripped off tens of thousands of people in six ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Consumers Duped by Computer Virus Scam Targeted by US Agency
Businessweek
U.S. government regulators announced they won a court order to halt international telephone scams in which people posing as computer technicians called tens of thousands of consumers and duped them into buying unneeded anti- virus services.
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Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Phony Facebook Share Scam
Businessweek
A South Florida man charged with running an $11 million scam involving non-existent shares in companies including Facebook Inc. (FB) and Groupon Inc. (GRPN) was taken into custody after pleading guilty to criminal charges. John Mattera, 50, who ...
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Taix waitress sees donations pour in after she was scammed
Los Angeles Times
Antonia Becerra was close to retiring after working 44 years as a waitress at Taix in Echo Park until she lost her life's savings to an overseas scam. This week she saw first-hand how much people can care: An outpouring of support has generated roughly ...
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Former UP minister held for role in scam
New York Daily News
Lucknow, Oct 3 — BJP leader Badshaah Singh, who was minister in the earlier Mayawati government, was Wednesday arrested here by the Special Investigation Bureau (SIB) of the cooperative cell for his involvement in a multi-crore scam, officials said.
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Two Indicted In Realty Scam
LoanSafe
(Source: By Scott Sandlin, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. (MCT) A former governor of Santa Ana Pueblo and Santa Fe-area real estate broker Thomas Keesing have been indicted on charges of conspiracy and embezzlement totaling $3.6 million related to ...
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Mining scam: Shah panel team arrives today for further probe
Daily Pioneer
With a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the multi-crore mining scam in the State pending for disposal in the Odisha High Court, a six-member team of the Shah Commission is scheduled to arrive here on Wednesday to further investigate the alleged scam.
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Land scam offers pennies on the dollar
North Fort Myers Neighbor
A word of warning to those in north Cape Coral considering an offer from a local businessman to buy your property for $500 to avoid $20,000 in assessments: Besides it being a scam, the land you're selling could be worth 20-fold or more. The key to not ...
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