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Florida: 3 ATM scam suspects arrested, FBI searching for 3 more involved

As reported by Wsvn.com six men are facing federal charges for their alleged involvement in a debit card skimming operation that targeted ATM machines across Florida. Read Article

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Sheffield, UK: 5 men charged with insurance fraud

Rhestar.co.uk reported that five men who helped scam Barnsley Council out of £70,000 have been handed community orders. John Gregory, Dean Kiss, Duncan Stather, Luke Sharkey and Dale Priestley admitted fraud after making false insurance claims between 2007 and 2010. Read Article

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Japan: man and woman arrested for labor export scam

According to Thanhniennews.com police in Ca Mau Province have arrested a man and a woman for appropriating others’ properties as part of a labor export scam. Read Article

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Iowa: police warn of phone scam targeting hotel guests

Amestrib.com reported that Ames police are warning guests of local hotels of a scam in which a caller claims to be a front-desk worker asking for credit card information. Read Article

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Montana police warn residents about “grandparent scam” in Anaconda

As reported by Mtstandard.com, a well-known telephone scam targeting senior citizens is once again making the rounds in Anaconda. Police Chief Tim Barkell said two residents received separate calls Monday that their granddaughter was in an accident out of state and needed money right away – a variation of what is commonly known as the [...]

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Pelham, Alabama: man sentenced for running counterfeit check cashing scheme

As reported by Gadsdentimes.com, a man has been sentenced for leading a counterfeit check scheme that used homeless men to cash checks in Alabama and Georgia. A U.S. District Court judge sentenced Charles Henry Ross to 51 months in prison on charges of aggravated identity theft and bank fraud. The judge also ordered Ross to [...]

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Jenin, West Bank: 12 tons of mislabeled, expired food products seized

On February 26 2013, consumer Protection agents of the Ministry of National Economy and the customs police, seized 12 tons of expired food products, the warehouse owner was in the process of extending the expiration dates be in the town south of Jenin omelet. Read Article

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Honolulu: local residents fall victim to postal money order scam

Hawaiinewsnow.com reported that, It’s one of the most common scams targeting Hawaii residents. Each year, nearly 2,500 people in Hawaii … receive bogus check offers. The latest version of this scam — involves something a lot of us often depend on: postal money orders. Read Article

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Jeddah: Arab expatriate made fortune selling counterfeit diplomas

As reported by Arabnews.com, Jazan police officials, who recently foiled the attempt of an alleged Jeddah-based expatriate forger to flee the country using a false identity, discovered the suspect earned SR 13 million fabricating documents. Read Article

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Africa and Asia topping the 2012 online fraud list

According to Prosecurityzone.com Iiovation has found that Africa had the highest rate of online fraud when compared to all other continents in 2012. Billions of online transactions processed with Reputation Manager 360—iovation’s shared device reputation and real-time fraud prevention service—were analyzed for geographic trends. The list of the top five continents that originated online fraud [...]

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