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Con takes another swipe at previous scam victims: Plain Dealing Plain Dealer Consumers who've lost money to sweepstakes and lottery scams should be on the lookout for "reloader" scams. In these scams, con artists pretend to help past victims of scams recover their money. In one recent example, a reader got a call from someone ... See all stories on this topic »

Avoiding Post-Disaster Scam Artists Huffington Post Another common scam is where supposed repair workers (or their sales people) blitz impacted neighborhoods, hoping to ensnare frazzled homeowners. Their typical line is, "We're really slammed but with a cash deposit you can ensure a spot on our busy ... See all stories on this topic »

Scam Targets People Seeking Unemployment Compensation 10TV In the other scam, the caller provides general information about unemployment compensation before seeking the individual's Social Security number or other personal information. The agency says it would never request credit card information over the phone. See all stories on this topic »

Adviser accused of Facebook scam The Spokesman Review NEW YORK – A Florida investment adviser has been charged in New York in an $8 million securities fraud scheme that capitalized on enthusiasm for Facebook shares. Craig L. Berkman was arrested Tuesday at his home in Odessa, Fla., and detained until a ... See all stories on this topic »

Couple Charged In Alleged Advertising Scam Indiana's NewsCenter FORT WAYNE, Ind. (www.incnow.tv) -- Police have charged a Fort Wayne man and women with corrupt business influence for a alleged scam that promised advertising on pizza box fliers, door hangers and restaurant place mats. Susan Lindemann, 49, and ... See all stories on this topic » Indiana's NewsCenter

Facebook Black Scam Spreading Quickly, Symantec Warns CRN Facebook users are being warned to avoid a quickly spreading scam on the social network called "Experience Facebook Black," which ends up being a series of surveys designed to collect data on victims. The speed at which the scam is spreading has forced ... See all stories on this topic »

10 Red Flags You're About to Get Scammed Mashable You can't imagine ever getting scammed. Besides being a diligent Internet user who knows the ins and outs of web terrain, you have an email account that siphons all harmful messages into a neat little folder, which you never even check. So you're ... See all stories on this topic »

Quick on lotto scam bill, slow on crime cure Jamaica Gleaner The elaborately named Law Reform Fraudulent Transactions Special Provisions Act (or simply the anti-lottery scam bill) must be one of the fastest-ever laws to have moved through Jamaica's notoriously slow legislative process into the country's Parliament. See all stories on this topic » Jamaica Gleaner

SEC Charges Craig Berkman And Lawyer In Alleged Facebook Investment Scam Forbes The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Craig Berkman, 71, a former Oregon gubernatorial candidate who now lives in Florida, and his lawyer, with operating an investment scam peddling pre-IPO shares in Facebook, LinkedIn, Groupon, ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

Karnataka: Families forge income certificates, RTE scam flourishes IBNLive Bangalore: The Right to Education is not even a year old yet, but the whiff of a scam is already gathering steam in Karnataka. The schools in Karnataka say that families fake their income certificates which are generously issued by tahsildars to make ... See all stories on this topic » IBNLive

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