Monday 25 March 2013

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5 jailed in UK for inventing movie in tax scam
Fox News
LONDON – Five people have been jailed in Britain for pretending to make a Hollywood movie in a scam to defraud tax authorities of millions of pounds. The fraudsters were convicted earlier this month of attempting to bilk the government of $4.2 million ...
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Senior citizen loses $11000 to old scam
USA TODAY
Senior citizen loses $11,000 to old scam. A Denver senior citizen wanted to make some extra money for her bills and was scammed by an offer that lures the masses and took her for $11,000. Post to Facebook ...
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NI actor jailed for Hollywood film tax scam
Irish Times (subscription)
A Northern Ireland actor was jailed today along with four others who pretended to be making a Hollywood blockbuster as part of a Stg£2.8 million VAT and film tax credits scam. Inspectors were told that A-listers from Hollywood would be starring in a ...
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PG&E warns of phone scam
Napa Valley Register
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is alerting customers to be aware of a telephone scam demanding immediate payment for allegedly past due electricity bills. This scam appears to specifically target Hispanic business customers. PG&E customers in the Bay ...
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Merrillville couple indicted for insurance scam
Post-Tribune
Merrillville couple indicted for insurance scam. By Teresa Auch Schultz tauch@post-trib.com March 25, 2013 12:46PM. A Merrillville couple ran an insurance fraud scheme for the past four years, filing insurance claims on property they didn't even own ...
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Microsoft error call is yet another scam
Bangor Daily News
It seems that more and more conversations begin that way, when people realize how often I write about scams in this column. Two people delivered the message just last week, based on "cold calls" each had received. The first call was to a neighbor of ...
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Now there's a 'do not call' list scam
MSN Money
The Federal Trade Commission is warning of a scam in which callers claim to be from the FTC and its Do Not Call Registry. What they are looking for is personal information -- the type of information that can be used for identity theft. A warning to ...
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Police Investigate One Direction Ticket Scam As Fans Are Left Disappointed By ...
Entertainmentwise
One Direction fans have been left bitterly disappointed by a ticket scam that saw 40 people buying fake tickets. Most of the young admirers of the British boyband were turned away from Liverpool Echo Arena when it turned out that the seats they thought ...
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Thieves Arrested for $340K Debit Card Scam, Cops Say
DNAinfo
Thieves Arrested for $340K Debit Card Scam, Cops Say Updated 2 hrs ago. March 25, 2013 9:59am | By Alan Neuhauser, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer. Commentsshareprint. Midtown & Times Square Newsletter. SIGN UP NOW! Congratulations! You have ...
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Connecticut BBB warns of Jamaican lottery scam
The Hour (blog)
Some victims of the scams have lost up to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and report that if they stop paying, the scammers relentlessly bombard them with telephone calls and threaten to burn down their homes and hurt their families. In some cases ...
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