Saturday 5 January 2013

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Love scam costs lonely widower
New Zealand Herald
A lonely Kiwi widower who was scammed out of $1 million by an Australian online dating service is living a retirement in virtual poverty. Retired Taranaki Regional Council finance manager Alan Young had just lost his wife of 29 years to cancer when he ...
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New Zealand Herald
Police: Superstorm victim cheated in rental scam
Ct Post
BRICK, N.J. (AP) — Theft by deception charges have been filed against a man who allegedly tried to rent a New Jersey home he doesn't own to a woman whose residence was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. Authorities identified the suspect, 46-year-old ...
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Susan Collins, law enforcement warn of telephone scam targeting Maine seniors
Bangor Daily News
The phone scam has been around for years and bilked Maine seniors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, including one woman who lost around $150,000, Maj. Bill King of the York County Sheriff's Department said Friday at the Hammond Street Senior ...
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Bank teller thwarts attempt to scam elderly Streator resident
Bloomington Pantagraph
2013-01-04T19:41:00Z Bank teller thwarts attempt to scam elderly Streator resident pantagraph.com. 15 hours ago. (0) Comments. STREATOR -- An alert bank teller prevented a $2,600 home-repair scam involving an elderly Streator resident, authorities said.
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Scam warning for Northampton hospital jobseekers
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
We believe this scam was based overseas. We do not know how much money was requested. "We would want to point out to your readers that that St Andrew's Healthcare will never ask for payments from job applicants at any point in the recruitment process." ...
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Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Luxury holiday homes scam
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From back, Graham Torrington, Charlie West-Lewis, Zack Smit (Zimbabwe), Aubrey Brookes (Senegal), Matthew Smit (Namibia) and front, Shelley Torrington, Cindy Smit, Nicole Torrington, Yolande Van Schalkwyk (Namibia) and Savannah Smit who returned ...
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Man involved in Bieber ticket scam charged
KCTV Kansas City
A man who police said preyed on parents trying to surprise their kids with Justin Bieber concert tickets is now facing possible jail time. Jeremy Attebery, 32, scammed one local mother who bought the tickets after seeing them in person and pulled them ...
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Jamaican Phone Scam Targeting Seniors
WABI
It is difficult for me to think of one that is more cruel, more sophisticated, and more persistent than the Jamaican phone scam," said Senator Susan Collins. The phone calls from this particular scam all come from area code "876" . " I knew there was ...
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WABI
UK victims of $24M real-estate fraud frustrated by pace of case
Orlando Sentinel
wondered Janice Atherton, of Dunfermline, Scotland, whose husband, Scott, was a firefighter and received a lump-sum payment for trauma he suffered during a tragic fire. Scott Atherton looked forward to having a home in Florida and the scam has only ...
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Orlando Sentinel
Instructor: online GED tests are a scam
Martinsburg Journal
MARTINSBURG - With use of pencil and paper giving way to keyboard and computer, a common misconception may be that the testing to receive a General Educational Development diploma is offered online. However, according to Jon Doherty, a local ...
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