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Thwarting scams, frauds takes vigilance

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Thwarting scams, frauds takes vigilance
PEACE DALE – Tammy Miller recently shared her knowledge of scams and fraud during a program at the South Kingstown public library. Miller is the director of the Consumer Protection Unit of the Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General.
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Missouri's Top Ten Scams for 2011
Attorney General Chris Koster has released a list of the top ten most common consumer complaints and scams reported to his office in 2011. Jefferson City, Mo – infoZine – Violations of Missouri's No-Call Law topped the annual list with more than 22000 …
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Grandparent scam resurges in county
NEWARK — If someone calls to solicit bail money for a grandson imprisoned in Peru, chances are it's a scam. At least eight Licking County residents have called dispatchers in the past three weeks to report mysterious individuals soliciting money for …
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Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax: Indianapolis Mobilizes for an Epic Battle with …

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Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax: Indianapolis Mobilizes for an Epic Battle with …
Zoeller is riding the momentum of a hoax that's reignited before every major sporting event, be it the Super Bowl, the World Cup, the Olympics, or the NBA All-Star game. Alarming figures are pulled from the mist of imagination, where extra zeros …
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Reba McEntire Slams Death Hoax: I Am Alive and Kicking
Reba McEntire has apparently fallen victim to an Internet death hoax. Words spread recently that the "Consider Me Gone" hitmaker fell to her death while filming a movie in Kitzbuhel, Austria, but the country crooner herself was quick to deny the rumors …
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Latest Scam News

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Spot fix scam Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Amir freed from jail
By STAFF REPORTER PAKISTAN cricketer Mohammad Amir has been released from jail after serving half of a six-month sentence for his part in a fixing scam. Amir, 19, who had been tipped to become one of the all-time great fast bowlers, was freed from …
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Olympics scam dupes US woman out of £140000
The Metropolitan police have broken up an online scam involving the Olympics, in which fraudsters duped one woman out of £140000 by claiming they were working with Scotland Yard. A 24-year-old man from London was arrested on Tuesday for fraud by …
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Keep an eye open for unfamiliar texts that appear on your cell phone. They …
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Minnesota and North Dakota has received a report of a text scam sweeping the Twin Cities. It appears the bogus texts lead to charges on the cellphone bills of consumers who receive them.
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Latest Scam News

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FTC: phone card scam leads to .3M settlement
(AP) WASHINGTON — Marketers of calling cards that duped tens of thousands of consumers are going to pay $ 2.3 million in a settlement with the government. The Federal Trade Commission says the marketers bilked people out of millions of dollars by …
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SC to decide on probing P Chidambaram's role in 2G scam today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is set to give its judgment on Thursday on the plea seeking probe into the role of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum scam. The apex court is also slated to give a judgment on whether the 2G licences …
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