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BBB Warns Residents of Door-to-Door Scam
St. Louis area residents should be alert for a new door-to-door magazine sales scam involving young people posing as students of L’École Culinaire, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns. A homeowner in the 5400 block of Pernod Avenue, in the city’s North Hampton neighborhood, said she was approached by a young man and a woman [...]
Karnataka officer pays with life for exposing land scam
A senior Karnataka government official who was brutally assaulted on May 15 for exposing scams in house-building cooperative societies and was on life support at a hospital here died on Sunday, police said. S.P. Mahantesh, 48, passed away early Sunday, deputy commissioner of police B.R. Ravikanthe Gowda told reporters. However, the police are yet to [...]
Scam gets renter luxury for nothing and views for free
HOW would you like to live it up in a million-dollar Brighton East townhouse with all the bells and whistles, a flash fully furnished St Kilda apartment offering sweeping views of the esplanade and water, or a brand new Hampton penthouse boasting a private rooftop terrace – all without paying anything for the privilege? Interested [...]
Tug Gettling: Slam the scam
I received an email the other day. The email was sent from “my beloved and dearest friend” from the west-central African country of Cameroon. I do not know one person from Cameroon and I do not have one friend that refers to me as a “beloved and dearest friend.” Of course the email was one [...]
Alleged scam target: ‘Just hang up the phone’
(NECN: Jack Thurston, Colchester, Vt.) – “There are people losing their savings,” sighed Joseph Flora of Milton, Vt. “If they get one of these calls, just hang up the phone!” When Flora heard the warning Thursday from Vermont’s Attorney General about Jamaica’s area code 876, home to what law enforcement described as a sophisticated ring [...]
Forestry scam: PMO asks MoEF for plan of action
Article source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Forestry-scam-PMO-asks-MoEF-for-plan-of-action/articleshow/13309876.cms
Scam watch: Beware of online romance
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) – NewsChannel 9 has spent the week profiling scams that have been reported by people throughout Central New York. Some new data has recently emerged indicating which scams are the most effective in separating victims from their money. Work-from-home and criminals impersonating FBI agents were the most common type of internet crime complaints. [...]
Scam Artists Caught Heading for Hong Kong
Three women have been arrested and charged in connection with a scam targeting older Chinese women in San Francisco and other major cities around the U.S. in the past few months, police and prosecutors announced Thursday at a news conference. Lirong Lin, 57, Caiqiong Chen, 43, and Huifei Lin, 42, were arrested and charged with [...]
Queen Of Corruption Mayawati Regime Orchestrated Rs 40, 000 Crore Scam, Says …
As per the government’s estimates, the total worth of scams during the BSP rule is over Rs 40,000 crore, which is almost equal to the annual outlay for the state during 2011 – 2012 and is nearly one-fourth of the state’s annual budget of Rs 1.89 lakh crore. LUCKNOW – Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh [...]
Scam Watch: Foreign lottery scams
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) — All this week we’ve showed you scams that are targeting Central New Yorkers. On Friday night, NewsChannel 9 looked at scams including realistic looking foreign lottery scams. Maybe you got a congratulations letter in the mail like Jim Brown. The letter’s contents caught Brown’s attention right away. “We got this letter saying [...]
