Sheriff warns of magazine scam
A group of young people have been going door to door selling magazine subscriptions claiming to be students and trying to raise money for trips. Lamar County, Mississippi. Read Article
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UK, Birmingham capital of child sex trade
FOREIGN sex gangs are using Birmingham as a base to pimp children as young as 12. Child protection officers are focusing their efforts on beating the sick pervert rings in towns throughout the north. Asian gangs are believed to be heavily involved. In Leicester, police have become aware of an internet scam which involves non existent modelling agencies attempting to get children to pose in their underwear. Read Article
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New Mexico AG Warns of Restaurant Scam
New Mexico Attorney General Gary King’s office has issued a warning to restaurants across the state of a new scam called “Health Inspector.” A spokeswoman for King says scammers pose as restaurant health inspectors from the State Health Department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They call restaurants statewide stating they have a complaint and [...]
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Roadside assistance scam
If you need roadside assistance after an accident or a breakdown, the tow truck, ambulance or fire department that responds could stick you with a big bill — one that your car insurance might not cover. Read Article
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Expense report scams
No wonder they’re not clamoring for a raise: Some employees admit to padding their expense reports by up to 25% on a regular basis. While you hope that none of your company’s employees would pull any of these stunts, desperate times drive some folks to desperate measures. Years without pay increases and personal financial woes [...]
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Camel racing scam in Dubai
A gang of three Asians has been caught fitting robotic camel jockeys with stun guns to shock the animals into going faster during races. The rigged equipment sold for up to Dh30,000 to trainers or owners. The scam was busted after Dubai Police caught the men in a sting following a tip-off. Read Article
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Where hackers get exploit kits
Software that facilitates online attack by novice fraudsters and would-be anarchists is big business, writes KARLIN LILLINGTON. THE NEW software suites come with all the trappings of today’s modern software offering: cloud computing hosting options, software as a service (SaaS) features, outsourcing, digital certificates, licences to prevent piracy, software modules, and bundled service and support [...]
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Twitter, rougue anti-virus scam
Thousands of Twitter users are believed to have been hit with malicious links tied to a rogue anti-virus scam circulating the micro-blog service. The scam is spreading through malicious links abusing the goo.gl URL shortening service. According to Kaspersky Lab, the malicious links redirect users to different domains with a ‘m28sx.html’ page. That HTML page [...]
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Scammers divert home owner’s attention
Two men walked up to a Schuylkill County home Thursday afternoon and distracted the elderly couple who lived there while a third man slipped into the house and stole $6,000, police said. The 3:45 p.m. burglary at the Luckenbill house on Heather Lane, Pine Grove Township, was similar to incidents the day before and 60 [...]
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Virginia,Restaurants, caterers warned about scam
A familiar scam that targets caterers and restaurants resurfaced recently in Chesterfield County. “This closely resembles other scams we’ve investigated last year,” said Tom Gallagher, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau in central Virginia. Gallagher said the perpetrator used a phone relay service to place a large order with a Chesterfield-based caterer. Read [...]
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