Friday 30 November 2012

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Maharashtra irrigation scam: white paper or whitewash?
NDTV
Former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar had quit after the controversy over a white paper that would look into the irrigation scam in Maharashtra over the last decade. Mr Pawar was the minister in charge for those ...
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Fourth pleads in casino scam, charges dismissed against two others
StarNewsOnline.com (blog)
A fourth person – the third from New Hanover County – pleaded guilty this week to a credit card scam that defrauded West Virginia casinos, the office of the U.S. Attorney, Northern District of West Virginia announced Friday. Titus Lavell Lee, 39 ...
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Tax scam admitted: Texas man pleads guilty to filing false claims
Idaho State Journal
POCATELLO — A Texas man accused of running a tax preparation scam in Pocatello pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to filing false claims and making a false claim against the United States. Moses Mukuka, 38, is originally from Dallas, Texas, but ...
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Irrigation scam: NCP demands re-induction of Ajit Pawar
IBNLive
The White Paper on irrigation projects, which was tabled in the Cabinet on Thursday, has virtually given a clean chit to former irrigation minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar. Following, which the party is demanding Pawar's ...
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Car scam case: Term of up to 14 years may grow
Poughkeepsie Journal
A Hyde Park man described as a "consummate scam arrest" faces up to 14 years in prison for forging car loan documents for his own profit, but he could be sentenced to even more time. Ernest Canelli, 43, will be sentenced Jan. 8, after he entered a ...
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Real estate scam seeks buyers, renters on Craigslist
WMBF
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - If you are looking to buy or rent a home in South Carolina, be cautious of the new internet scams popping up on one popular online marketing site. When you are looking to buy or rent, or just need a place to stay when visiting ...
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Alliant Energy warns small business customers of utility scam
Journal Express
The scam artists claim to be representatives of Alliant Energy. The scam involves calling small business customers and claiming that the customer is past due on their Alliant Energy bill. Customers are asked to pay their past due utility bill by ...
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Waco police warn of scam with new twist
Waco Tribune-Herald
Waco police reported Thursday that they foiled an attempt to cheat an elderly woman out of $2,000 and wanted to warn others not to fall victim to the scam. Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said an elderly woman at Lake Shore Estates Retirement Residence ...
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Yes ma'am, sounds like a scam
Dickinson Press
(Though most who have web posts regarding the scam never took a survey). Ms. Davis sounded like a robot and I think that's what "she" is. I asked many questions but her responses included 5-second delays and she continued to "talk" over me. I called ...
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Hammer the scammer
Jamaica Gleaner
My first experience with a lotto scammer was around six years ago. A man brought into my cambio business two US-dollar banker's drafts, each for US$20,000, from a popular bank in the United States. They were designated cashier's cheques, and were ...
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Asphalt scammers targeting city
Bandera County Courier
Contractor is from out of state or drives an unmarked truck - Itinerant scammers will often drive unmarked trucks or have out-of-state license plates. Even if they have a local phone number, scammers have recently been purchasing local cell phone plans ...
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A Kennewick Grandma Out Smarts Scammers
KNDO/KNDU
KENNEWICK, Wash.- Phone scammers victimize millions of people each year and grandma's seem to be easy targets. In less than two months, Grandma Betty Judkins received two phoney calls, as the caller claimed to be her grandson in an attempt to use ...
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Man lost $4k to 'arrested in Peru' scam
WOOD-TV
Why would I be in Peru?'" The grandfather, who had already sent another $3,000 to Lima -- this time via Western Union -- was able to stop the transfer before it reached the scammer. It is known that the first $4,000 sent was picked up at a Lima Western ...
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Scam artist unknowingly targets Kauai police chief
Hawaii News Now
"While this scammer's promises are so outrageous at times it can seem comical, the fact is there are a lot of people who willingly give their personal information and hard-earned money to strangers. And once that happens, almost nothing can be done to ...
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Thursday 29 November 2012

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White Paper on irrigation scam tabled: Maharashtra CM
IBNLive
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said that the White Paper on the irrigation scam in the state has been tabled in the Cabinet. The Maharashtra Chief Minister said that the White Paper gives details of all irrigation ...
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Scam artists target Alliant small business customers
Mason City Globe Gazette
CEDAR RAPIDS — Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), an Alliant Energy company, is warning small business customers about a recent utility scam. The scam artists claim to be representatives of Alliant Energy. The scam involves calling small ...
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Out There: Scam attempts continue to run rampant
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
The "Head of Recruitment" kept sending me email messages, asking about my progress. There are several types of scams that are circulating in the area all the time, said Pam Anderson, assistant vice president at WoodTrust bank. The secret shopper scam ...
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Feds charge ex-Philly city worker and Arkansas couple in million-dollar office ...
Washington Post
PHILADELPHIA — A former mailroom worker at the Philadelphia Water Department is facing federal charges in what authorities call a million-dollar scam involving printer ink and toner cartridges. Prosecutors said Wednesday that since 2006, 61-year-old ...
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'Tis the season for Scams
WDRB
Dozens of them replied back saying they had received this scam. Many people say, they've been getting the messages a lot lately and were asked to fill out a survey with information. Officials say even the link you are clicking on can be malicious ...
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Australia's biggest credit card scam
gulfnews.com
Sydney: Australian police said Thursday they had uncovered the country's biggest ever credit card data theft and smashed a Romanian syndicate allegedly behind the scam. An international investigation saw seven people charged in Romania with stealing ...
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Scams reportedly targeting Medicare recipients targeted
Daily Mail - Charleston
Judy Strawderman is state director of community relations for the Better Business Bureau office in Canton, Ohio, which covers West Virginia. She said her office has been inundated with calls over the past few weeks concerning high-pressure telephone ...
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Phone scam alert in Yarmouth
Wicked Local
A Yarmouth business owner was solicited Tuesday by phone by someone who was allegedly raising money for the Barnstable and Yarmouth DARE program, Yarmouth police reported this week. Police said the solicitations are a scam. The Barnstable and ...
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Seniors Targeted In Phone Scam
Stacey Page Online
The "grandparents scam" commonly involves the calling of mostly the elderly at their homes. After a short conversation, the caller is able to obtain enough information to acquire the grandchildren's names. The callers will also have a younger sounding ...
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DEA warns of scam involving online Rx-drug sales
Orlando Sentinel
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public about a scam involving criminals who impersonate agents and falsely tell victims they must pay a fine related to a prescription drug purchase. Authorities say the criminals call the victims ...
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Facebook scammer Paul Ceglia pleads not guilty
Afterdawn.com
Facebook scammer Paul Ceglia pleads not guilty Would-be Facebook scammer Paul Ceglia has pleaded not guilty to charges that he faked a contract that stated he was entitled to a share of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's stake in the $57 billion company.
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Scam targets W.Va. residents with threats of loan repayment
Charleston Gazette
The scammer uses Internet software to call people using a 304 area code claiming the company must collect a loan repayment within 24 hours or police would get involved. The company also uses a postal box address in Charleston to collect payment, ...
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Police: Suspect Who Tricked OKC Woman May Have Scammed Others
news9.com KWTV
This is a second photo of the alleged scammer taken from surveillance footage at a bank from a few days earlier than the Wal-Mart incident. Oklahoma City Police released a surveillance camera photo taken of a woman suspected of taking $7,000 from an ...
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Wednesday 28 November 2012

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Scams and scares, brought to you by the fake news network
InfoWorld
Despite what you may have read, Google is not buying an obscure Wi-Fi hotspot provider for an outrageous sum of money. But for a few hours on Monday, you can be forgiven for having believed that, as the news came blasting from dozens of seemingly ...
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York police warn of scam
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
YORK — York Police are warning residents about a potential scam after owners of a York grocery store and Chinese restaurant received phone calls from a man who claimed to be from Duke Power, and then threatened to cut off their power if they didn't ...
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Main accused Gidwani's death will severely hamper Adarsh investigation, say ...
India Today
In what could prove to be a major setback to the investigation into the Adarsh Society scam, former Congress MLC Kanhaiyalal Gidwani , who was chargesheeted in the scam, died after suffering from a heart attack at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai.
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Elderly Scam Artist Suspect
KOKH FOX25
Oklahoma City Police is working a case where a 68 year-old woman was scammed into withdrawing in excess of $7,000 from her bank account and giving it to a scam artist. The suspect, a black female, approached the victim in the parking lot of the Wal ...
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CBI should be allowed to probe economic crimes: AP Singh
Moneycontrol.com
The man at the helm of the CBI when the agency probed some high profile cases like the 2G scam, CWG Scam and now Coalgate, AP Singh retires this Friday. In an interview to CNBC-TV18'S Malvika Jain, he said that the CBI needs more officers who are ...
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Avoid the '12 Scams of Christmas' when shopping, surfing online
Tulsa World
Scam artists still look the same and act the same but now use new-fangled gadgets to get what they've always wanted - your credit card account numbers and security codes and all the cash those numbers can reap. McAfee Internet Security outlines the "12 ...
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Phone scam targets Medicare users
WMBF
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - A new scam is ringing in the holiday season and looking for someone to pick up the phone and fall into the trap. The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs urges consumers to beware of this scam involving Medicare ...
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DEA issues extortion scam warning involving Internet drug buys
Network World
The DEA describes the scam like this: Criminals call the victims (who in most cases previously purchased drugs over the internet or by telephone) and identify themselves as DEA agents or law enforcement officials from other agencies. The impersonators ...
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Rs. 20 crore bank drafts, watches worth Rs. 50 lakh seized from scam couple
The Hindu
Bank drafts and fixed deposits worth over Rs.20 crore, 60-odd watches worth Rs.50 lakh and several incriminating material were seized during raids at several places, including the Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) house and office of Ulhas Prabhakar Khaire (33 ...
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Scam artists target job search sites
CBC.ca
A woman says she received a fake job offer and promises of a great payday after submitting her resum̩ on a job search website Рa scam the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says happens regularly. Atalide Messina has been unemployed for 11 months, ever ...
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BBB alert: Medicare scammer scares information from senior citizens
Winfield Daily Courier Online
These scammers can be very aggressive, often calling many times and at all hours of the day to wear down their potential victims. They may even have limited information about the person that's easily gleaned from public databases that they use to make ...
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Hotseat: Jenna Burrell
Willamette Week
Despite the preposterous premise, such West African Internet fraud accounted for 7 percent of money Americans lost to e-scammers in 2010, the Internet Crime Complaint Center says—losses that total around $500 million a year. As it turns out, most of ...
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Tuesday 27 November 2012

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2G scam biggest in my tenure, says CBI director
New York Daily News
I had to handle several cases, including the 2G scam, Adarsh case, Commonwealth Games case, against high−profiled accused. Among them, 2G spectrum allocation scam was the biggest in terms of its complications," Singh said reporters here. Singh, who ...
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Accounting for the 2G spectrum scam
Hindustan Times
The 2G telecom spectrum scam is again back in the news with a former official of India's national auditor Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) contesting CAG's estimate of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore presumptive revenue loss the government suffered by ...
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The grandma/grandpa scam is back in the region
Washington Post (blog)
I reported on this scam this year after a Frederick County woman sent money to scammers after she and her husband were convinced, over the phone, that her grandson was in trouble in Mexico when he was really just fine at college. Authorities suspect ...
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Stock Guru scam: Police conduct raids, recover assets worth 20 crore
IBNLive
New Delhi: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police, which is investigating into the multi-crore Stock Guru scam, has recovered assets worth Rs 20 crore after conducting raids in Mumbai and Ratnagiri. The EOW team has seized 750 yards of ...
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Adarsh accused Kanhaiyalal Gidwani dies
The Hindu
Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, main accused in Adarsh society scam, passed away on Tuesday morning in the Mumbai's Breach Candy hospital after suffering from cardiac arrest. "He had suffered a heart attack three days ago. He also suffered from brain ...
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Montgomery police warn against 'hitman scam' e-mails
Montgomery Advertiser
Duckett urged residents who receive a suspicious e-mail to check online, either at www.snopes.com or with a search engine, to see if the e-mail has already been confirmed to be a scam. Otherwise, contact police, who will determine whether the e-mail is ...
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Police impersonator attempts to scam elderly man out of money
Examiner.com
A man impersonating a police officer attempted to scam a senior citizen out of his money early Monday afternoon in Columbia. But the intended victim couldn't be swayed. And now police are warning others to be on the alert. The incident happened around ...
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Scam suspects sued for syndicated estafa
Manila Standard Today
The Department of Justice on Tuesday filed its first syndicated estafa complaint against former Public Works Undersecretary Bashir Rasuman, his son Jahcob “Coco” Rasuman and nine other officers of Nad Auto Options who were linked to the P300-million ...
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Top ten holiday internet scams to avoid
KTVU San Francisco
Shopping online has its advantages – but like shopping in person, there are dishonest people out there who want to steal your money. The Houston Police Department major offenders division recently published a list of their Top Ten Holiday Internet ...
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Scam calls made via Skype are decreasing, says Microsoft
FierceCIO
The number of sham calls on Skype are decreasing, according to Skype owner Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). The company has long been battling hackers who are exploiting the service to trick Skype users into visiting malicious websites. At the heart of the ...
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Scammers prey on holiday spirit of giving
MarketWatch
Charities can benefit from the holiday spirit, as Americans get caught up in the spirit of giving. But McAfee online security expert Robert Siciliano tells MarketWatch Radio's Adrienne Mitchell that, if you're not careful, you could end up stuffing a ...
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Scammer Faked News of Google Buying ICOA for $400M
CIO Today
"We are investigating the source, so far it originated from Aruba," said ICOA CEO George Strouthopoulos of the hoax about Google buying his company. "This is not true. Never had any discussions with any potential acquirers! This is absolutely false!
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'Grandchild Scam' Reported in Friendship Heights
Patch.com
The scammer claims to have been arrested or involved in an accident in Mexico or Canada, asks that money be deposited into a bank account and provides the bank account's number. The scammer also asks that his or her parents are not informed, police ...
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Monday 26 November 2012

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Mark Cuban rips NBA over bracelets
ESPN
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban believes that one of the NBA's marketing deals is "a scam," and he said Monday that he banned the product from the team's locker room. Cuban made his opinion clear in a video he posted to YouTube last week in which ...
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Scam calls via Skype are declining, Microsoft reports
PCWorld
Skype has been battling wily adversaries who are abusing the Internet calling application to direct people to scam websites, but the Microsoft-owned service says the sham calls are decreasing. The automated calls feature a computer-generated voice that ...
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2G scam: Witness identifies letters exchanged between Raja and Manmohan
Times of India
2G scam: Witness identifies letters exchanged between Raja and Manmohan. The writer has posted comments on this article PTI | Nov 26, 2012, 06.43 PM IST. Tweet. Share on Linkedin. Comments. More ...
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Scam Alert: USPS E-Mails
Turn to 10
Florida's Lee County Sheriff's Office wants to warn you about bogus emails claiming to be from the post office or other shipping companies. Fraud specialist Beth Schell says the emails contain false information about a package that could not be delivered.
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Scam targets cell phone users
Rapid City Journal
HOT SPRINGS – Just in time for the holidays, a new scam – this one involving your cell phone – has cropped up. Several Hot Springs cell phone users – all of whom are Verizon customers - reported receiving text messages last week, inviting them to go to ...
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Stock Guru scam: Modus operandi of fraudsters & ways to avoid falling into traps
Economic Times
Tucked away in a small corner of the story was information on another case of cheating: the Stock Guru scam by Ulhas Khaire. Earlier this month, the police arrested Khaire and his wife Raksha for allegedly cheating almost 2 lakh investors of Rs 1,100 ...
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TF Aman recovers investment scam data bank
Philippine Star
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) is now processing the hard disks, which could give them more pieces of evidence against the investment scam of the Aman Futures Group of the Philippines Inc., ...
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Bank card scam at ticket machines
Belfast Telegraph
Commuters and Christmas shoppers are being targeted by a criminal gang skimming bank cards at ticket vending machines. Devices have been uncovered in Dart and railway stations in south Dublin in recent weeks, warned the Irish Payment Services ...
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Belfast Telegraph
The anatomy of greed and scam
Sun.Star
FRANCISCO "Paco" Dizon, an astute businessman who loves to rub elbows with us hoi polloi once counseled us whom he endearingly calls his "coffee mates" never to fall for something which is too good to be true. This at the time when Legacy, the ...
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