Arrest made in 'fire victim' scam case
Laurel Leader Call
By Charlotte A. Graham, countyreporter@laurelleadercall.com CNHI LAUREL — Local law enforcement authorities have arrested the man suspected of a number of scams in Jones and neighboring counties. Jones County Sheriff Alex Hodge identified the suspect ...

Los Angeles Times
Scam watch: Credit cards, auto repairs, phone cards
Los Angeles Times
Getting scammed into paying for repairs that are unnecessary, performed poorly or not performed at all can make things much worse. Consumers filed more than 14000 complaints in 2011 with the Better Business Bureau about alleged scams by auto repair ...
Credit card scammers up to old tricksExaminer.com
FTC Action Halts Telemarketers Who Sold Bogus Credit CardsMarketWatch (press release)

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Man Arrested In Synagogue Scam
WCVB-TV
Afterward, the member googled the name "Alan Fein" and discovered several stories of similar scams from across the country. After police were notified of the case, they started talking to stores in the neighborhood about Fahra.

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Senior Spotlight: Seniors to get tips on preventing scams
NJ.com
By Star-Ledger Staff EAST ORANGE — On Thursday, SMP of New Jersey, a federally-funded program of the Jewish Family and Vocational Service of Middlesex County, will give a presentation on common Medicare scams at the McIver Homes in East Orange.

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Naked Security
Facebook Malware Scam Takes Hold
CSO
Within three hours of the scam's appearance, more than 60000 users had followed a link to the spoofed CNN page, according to Sophos Senior Security Advisor Chester Wisniewski. Facebook removed that link, but others are still being shared.
US attacks Iran and Saudi Arabia? Malware spreads via Facebook status updatesNaked Security

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Avoiding scams should be on your list during tax season
South Bend Tribune
Tax scams often appeal to those in financial distress, and as we continue through the filing season, it's important to remember a few common scams to avoid. The goal of most tax scams is to either trick people out of their money or steal their ...

BBB phishing line used in scam
The Augusta Chronicle
By Kelvin Collins E-mail phishing scams using the Better Business Bureau's name and logo continue to proliferate across the Web. Most of the e-mails carry the BBB torch logo and come with the subject line, “Complaint from your customers” or “Urgent: ...
BBB unveils the top 10 scams of 2011Arizona Republic

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Town police, state comptroller warn of lottery scams
Poughkeepsie Journal
AP Town of Poughkeepsie police and New York officials are warning people about lottery scams involving phony notifications that local residents have won lottery money. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says scammers are sending out letters telling ...

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SOCIAL SECURITY: Watch out for scams during tax season
Lufkin Daily News
We usually call these “scams” and many of these “scams” can do major damage to your credit score and your pocketbook. Any time someone just comes up and asks for your personal information, you should be afraid, be very afraid. Particularly bad are the ...

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Oneindia
Scams: Who'll stop the slide?
Times of India
But for a nation on the edge after a year of scams and anti-corruption crusades, the battle for good governance is not over. In fact, it has received a fillip with the Supreme Court ordering wholesale cancellation of the licences issued by former ...
"We can do away with income tax for the next 25 years"Moneylife Personal Finance site and magazine
D-Day for PC, 2G trial court set to decide his roleIBNLive.com
Highlights: Trial court verdict on Chidambaram in 2G case todayNDTV
Deccan Herald -Oneindia -Daily Pioneer
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Time-share scam takes time to crack
Allentown Morning Call
I wrote about Adler more than a year ago when he feared he had lost $2649 in a time-share scam to International Paradigm Marketing of Winter Garden, Fla. Adler said the company told him it had found a buyer for his Orlando time share and he had to pay ...

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BBB unveils the top 10 scams of 2011
Arizona Republic
That, according to the Better Business Bureau, made it the "scam of the year" in the BBB's rankings of the top 10 scams of 2011. According to the BBB, anyone who opens the e-mail to read the so-called complaint will unleash a malicious computer virus ...
BBB phishing line used in scamThe Augusta Chronicle

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Valentine's scams take aim at your wallet
Kansas.com
MoneyGram, one of the major global money transfer companies, has estimated that romance scams defraud victims of more than $10000 per occurrence. For those so victimized, whatever the amount, a website called romancescams.org may be helpful.

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CBS Local
Tech companies team up to combat email scams
Foster's Daily Democrat
NEW YORK (AP) — Google, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing. Such scams try to trick people into giving away passwords and other personal information by sending emails that ...
Free Email Providers Launch DMARC.org To Prevent Phishing ScamsCBS Local

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Oneindia
D-Day for PC, 2G trial court set to decide his role
IBNLive.com
New Delhi: The UPA has been embroiled in one scam or the other over the last one year. But on Saturday, it is set to face its biggest test with a Delhi court likely to decide whether Home Minister P Chidambaram can be called accused in the 2G case or ...
Highlights: Trial court verdict on Chidambaram in 2G case todayNDTV
Congress heaves a sigh of reliefDeccan Herald
2G: Judge OP Saini-the man in eye of the stormOneindia
Times of India -Daily Pioneer
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Police warn citizens of phone scams
Huntsville Item
By Cody Stark Staff Reporter HUNTSVILLE — The Huntsville Police Department wants to alert the community about a rash of phone scams where people are trying to trick others out of their hard-earned money. Lt. Jim Barnes said HPD has received several ...

abc7.com
Suspect sought in IE foreclosure bank scam
abc7.com
(KABC) -- Two suspects have been arrested for an alleged scam involving fake home rentals. Investigators say the pair broke into foreclosed homes and then claimed they were living there legally. In the "Cash for Keys" Program, banks give people who are ...

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Indian Express
'CBI should fix politicians too'
Times of India
HYDERABAD: Even as the IAS officers in the state are up in arms over the arrest of two of their colleagues in the Emaar scam and illegal mining case, two former bureaucrats who have served GOI in top positions have said that the law is taking its ...
CBI takes happiness out of DilkushaDeccan Chronicle
Andhra babus to approach Centre over arrests?IBNLive.com
AP Home Secretary arrested by CBI in Emaar Properties caseHindu Business Line

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National Consumer League Lists 'Top 10 Scams' of 2011
LoanSafe
by Evan Bedard on February 3, 2012 in Scams (Source: By Jan Norman, The Orange County Register, Calif.) - Phony sweepstakes and bogus prizes were the top scams of 2011, reports the National Consumer League. The phony prize scam usually asks the victim ...
Group names Top 10 scams of 2011OCRegister
Help the elderly steer clear of the 'grandparent scam'Cliffviewpilot.com
Top 10 scams of 2011—Fraudsters targeting victims by ageConsumerReports.org (blog)
WebProNews
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CBS Local
Ticket scams cost business $80000, woman $2000
Chicago Tribune
INDIANAPOLIS— An Indianapolis business reports losing $80000 in a Super Bowl ticket scam, while a city woman reports losing $2000 trying to buy tickets online in a separate incident. WISH-TV reports that Sports Events LLC said in a report to the ...
Be Wary of Super Bowl Scams This WeekendPatch.com

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