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Tax Scam: IRS Pays Out Billions in Fraudulent Refunds CNBC.com The scam is so rampant that thieves are apparently sending in false returns in bulk without even bothering to change the mailing address on the returns. The inspector general said it found one residential address in Lansing, Michigan that was the source of an ... See all stories on this topic »

Benefits Scam Is Blocked Wall Street Journal A version of this article appeared August 1, 2012, on page A16 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Benefits Scam Is Blocked. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This copy is for your personal, ... See all stories on this topic »

Housing scams target renters CBS News "Rental scams have increased dramatically in the past four years since the economic downturn," says Michael Schaffer of Checkyourlandlord.com, a service that provides background checks on landlords and properties. "Unfortunately, it is the type of thing that ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News

Lucas Henderson, College Computer Student, Pleads Guilty To Counterfeit ... Huffington Post A college student arrested last year for running an Internet scam involving hundreds of thousands of dollars of fake product coupons pleaded guilty Wednesday in a federal court in New York to felony charges that could put him behind bars for three years. See all stories on this topic »

Akhilesh not serious on scam probe: BJP New York Daily News Lucknow, Aug 2 — The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday launched a broadside against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, accusing him of giving conflicting statements on an alleged multi-crore rupee scam related to farm houses in Noida. See all stories on this topic »

Grandparent Loses $2700 in Telephone Scam Patch.com Ladeairous said the Port Chester senior citizen who was the latest victim in the "grandparent scam" contacted police Tuesday afternoon to report he had been victimized. The grandparent received a call from a man who claimed to be his grandson, who went ... See all stories on this topic »

Tech Support Phone Scams Surge Krebs on Security These telemarketing scams are nothing new, of course, but they seem to come and go in waves, and right now it's definitely high tide. One reader's story in particular really creeped me out. "Ron" wrote in to say his friend's young daughter was the latest target. See all stories on this topic » Krebs on Security

Subsidy Scam - Court Denies Accused Bail AllAfrica.com Lagos — An Ikeja High Court yesterday refused to grant bail to one of the oil marketers, Oluwaseun Ogunbanbo who is being prosecuted alongside others on the ground of his previous criminal records even as others were admitted to bail. Ogunbambo, who ... See all stories on this topic »

A scam worth 16000 crores that rests on granite NDTV Madurai: Officials from the Madurai district administration in Tamil Nadu are conducting raids at 175 granite quarries across the district. The former Collector of Madurai Mr Sagayam, who was recently transferred, had alleged major violations by many granite ... See all stories on this topic » NDTV

Canton grandma falls victim to money scam Hometownlife.com An 84-year-old Canton woman was bilked of $1960 after a scam artist posing as her grandson phoned her twice to say he was in Spain and needed money wired to him. "That's a very common scam that's going around," Canton Deputy Police Chief Robert ... See all stories on this topic »

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