Scam Alert: Pennsylvania officials warn residents of utility scam
As reported by Pocononews.ne Attorney General Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chairman Robert Powelson and the Office of Consumer Advocate today cautioned Pennsylvania residents to be diligent when weighing offers for electricity from door-to-door and telephone solicitors. In recent days, there has been a rash of overly aggressive and dishonest sales pitches in several Pennsylvania communities. Read Article
Asia
- Immigration Scam: ICA in Singapore warns of phone callers impersonating it’s officers
- Singapore: Father loses thousands in kidnapped son scam
- Sri Lanka: Two women arrested in work visa scam at Bandaranaike Airport
- HCM, Vietnam: Man arrested in Gucci bags smuggling case
- Malaysia: STU warn teachers about credit card scam
Australia
- Australia: Quakers Hill Police seize high quality counterfeit DVDs
- Australia: Love scam victims in Gascoyne lose millions of dollars online
- Australia: Millions of counterfeit DVDs seized by New South Wales Police
- Australia: Braybrook man arrested in counterfeit money making operation
- Australia: Teens fall victim to online credit scam managed by black-market drug stores
Brazil
California
- Former California high school teacher jailed over fake Facebook sex scam
- California: Custom agents seize two shipments of counterfeit toasters
- San Francisco: Defendant pleads guilty in Contra Costa college aid scam
- California: Hamilton Police seize counterfeit goods, arrest two involved
- Hercules, California: Counterfeit cash leads police to stolen mail, 5 arrested
Canada
- Counterfeit drugs scandal: Canadian online pharmaceutical company lays off hundreds
- Canada: 75-year old Saskatoon woman loses thousands to diversion theft scam
- Canada: Vancouver man arrested for selling counterfeit airbags on eBay
- Ontario, Canada: traffic stop leads to seizure of 3,000 counterfeit cigarettes
- Canada: Laval woman loses $42,000 in online dating scam
China
- Phone Scam: Chinese criminals turn counterfeit iPhones into real ones
- Ghana Immigration Service: 29 Chinese with fake visas repatriated
- Shanghai, China: 3 arrested for selling counterfeit Japanese Evisu jeans
- China: counterfeit walnuts sold in Guangzhou
- Beijing: Two brothers accused of creating software to sell counterfeit train tickets
Computer Crimes
- Dutch Police Seize Hiddent Market Place Utopia
- Israel face coordinated cyber attack launched by Anonymous and other hacking groups
- Canada: Vancouver man arrested for selling counterfeit airbags on eBay
- IDC: 33% of Microsoft software is counterfeit
- United States: digital technology boom makes counterfeiting money much easier
Corruption / Bribery
- New York lawyer pleads guilty in alleged immigration scam
- India: Authorities seize thousands of counterfeit amoxicillin tablets at public hospitals
- Oil Import Scam: Pakistani Government to punish many officials involved
- Milan, Italy: State mafia informant arrested for running credit card scam
- Louisville, Kentucky: women’s clinic owner faces health care fraud charges
Counterfeit
- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: State Revenue Service seize thousands of counterfeit alcohol bottles
- Counterfeit silver jewelry items difficult to identify
- U.K.: Smokers turn to counterfeit tobacco smuggled from eastern European countries
- Ghana: Millions of counterfeit condoms imported from China seized by authorities
- Europe: Counterfeit cigarette trade on the rise again
Counterfeit Clothes
- HCM, Vietnam: Man arrested in Gucci bags smuggling case
- New Jersey: Passaic Police seize counterfeit designer clothing, arrest three business owners
- Rock Hill, SC: man arrested for possession of counterfeit shoes, DVDs
- Shanghai, China: 3 arrested for selling counterfeit Japanese Evisu jeans
- New Orleans: Kenner merchant faces 10 years in prison for trafficking counterfeit NFL jerseys
Counterfeit Currency
- Pennsylvania: man and woman arrested for passing counterfeit bills at Sands Casino
- Ohio: Grove City Police arrest man for printing, passing counterfeit bills
- U.S.: Secret service investigates Orlando woman’s counterfeit money case
- Maryland: Duo charged with passing counterfeit bills at Ocean City Beach
- Virginia: Mount Vernon Police warn of counterfeit $20s in circulation
Counterfeit Drugs
- Counterfeit drugs scandal: Canadian online pharmaceutical company lays off hundreds
- Chicago: Pharmacist charged for allegedly trafficking counterfeit Viagra pills
- India: Authorities seize thousands of counterfeit amoxicillin tablets at public hospitals
- Africa: Counterfeit medicines cause hundreds of thousands of patients to die each year
- Health Alert: 90% of non-prescription Viagra pills sold online in 2012 were counterfeit
Counterfeit ID's
- Beirut, Lebanon: Man arrested for selling counterfeit immigration documents
- Belgium: 17-year-old teen arrested in Brussels with counterfeit medical certificates, euros
- Tunisia: Jihadist arrested at airport after being deported from Egypt on counterfeit passport charges
- Sunyani, Ghana: 16 arrested for possessing counterfeit diploma certificates
- U.K: Three men get 22 years in jail for fake college scam to grant visas to bogus students
Craigslist Scam
- Worcester, Massachusetts: man charged with fraud in Craigslist scam
- Craigslist scam: Man arrested in Florida for buying concert tickets with counterfeit bills
- Pennsylvania: Bethlehem teen uses counterfeit bills to buy phone off Craigslist
- Craigslist job scam victims robbed in Mexico
- Kansas: Wichita man loses $13,000 to Craigslist scam
Credit Card Scam
- Phishing Scam: Symantec warns of fake credit card websites gathering personal information
- Malaysia: STU warn teachers about credit card scam
- Milan, Italy: State mafia informant arrested for running credit card scam
- New York police arrest 4 involved in debit card scheme
- Australia: Teens fall victim to online credit scam managed by black-market drug stores
Crime
- Lebanon: Security Forces arrest 85 suspects for multiple criminal charges
- Saudi Arabia: Al-Hasa police arrest 64 suspects on many counterfeit, fraud charges
- Abu Dhabi: Asian man arrested for trying to enter the country illegally
- Minnesota: man faces 10 years in prison for smuggling ammunitions to Ukraine
- Saudi Foreign Ministry: new biometric centers to crack down on fake visas
Donation Scam
- Charlotte, North Carolina: Man accused of running cancer charity scam
- Singapore Red Cross warns about donation scam
- MoneyGram warns consumers about charity scam during this tax season
- California: Camarillo police warn of “Boy’s and Girl’s Club”coupon book scam
- Man arrested over dead wife scam in Coudersport, Pennsylvania
Drug Activity
- Lebanon: Security Forces arrest 85 suspects for multiple criminal charges
- New York /Pennsylvania: 49 arrested including Manhattan doctor in painkiller-smuggling operation
- Mexico City airport: Colombian man arrested for trying to smuggle Cocaine
- Beirut: Lebanese airport security thwart attempts to smuggle drugs, counterfeit money
- Georgetown, Guyana: authorities bust largest Cocaine shipment set to the Netherlands
Employment Scam
Europe
- Dutch Police Seize Hiddent Market Place Utopia
- U.K.: Smokers turn to counterfeit tobacco smuggled from eastern European countries
- Belgium: 17-year-old teen arrested in Brussels with counterfeit medical certificates, euros
- Husband & wife fall victim to car rental scam during vacation in Germany
- Italy: Thousands of counterfeit jewelry pieces seized at Piedmont stores
Eygpt
- Egypt: 29 million counterfeit Cleopatra cigarettes seized at Port Said
- Cairo, Egypt: gang members arrested in police impersonation scam
- Travel scam: travel company owner sentenced to 11 years in Cairo prison
- Smuggling tunnels to Egypt to be closed at Rafah crossing due to safety standards
- Egypt, 50 pound note trick scam
Financial Scam
- San Francisco: Defendant pleads guilty in Contra Costa college aid scam
- Mount Laurel, New Jersey: local woman falls victim to phone, lottery scam
- Scam Alert: Irish police warn Waterford residents of grandparent scam
- New York: Former Long Island Railroad conductor pleads guilty in disability scam
- Email Scam: North Carolina law firm lose thousands in overseas phishing scam
Florida
- Florida: senior citizens losing millions of dollars to Jamaica-based lottery scam
- New York: Florida billionaire scores $12 million victory in counterfeit wine lawsuit
- Florida: Tampa police looking for police impersonator involved in elderly scam
- Daytona Beach, Florida: Father and son arrested in large food stamp scam
- Florida: Thousands of counterfeit DVDs seized by authority in Polk county
Gold Scam
- Greece: German national arrested trying to smuggle gold at Athens Airport
- India customs officials: lenient laws behind the increase in gold smuggling
- Manas airport, kyrgyzstan: passenger arrested trying to smuggle jewellery items to Istanbul
- Ottawa: 44-year-old woman sentenced to 3 years in counterfeit jewellery scam
- Bay City, Michigan: police investigate attempted sale cases of counterfeit silver, gold
Health
- Lagos, Nigeria: Fake doctor arrested in medical scheme
- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: State Revenue Service seize thousands of counterfeit alcohol bottles
- Philippines: High concerns over the use of counterfeit pesticides on Vietnamese rice
- Ghana: Millions of counterfeit condoms imported from China seized by authorities
- New York: Long Island woman indicted in cancer scam to support heroin addiction
Human Smuggling
- U.K.: Councils warn parents of truancy scam
- Beirut, Lebanon: Man arrested for selling counterfeit immigration documents
- Birmingham, England: husband and wife plead guilty in immigration scam
- Abu Dhabi: Asian man arrested for trying to enter the country illegally
- Texas: 23-year-old man in Houston pleads guilty to immigrant smuggling
Identity Theft
- Beirut, Lebanon: Man arrested for selling counterfeit immigration documents
- Saudi Arabia: Officials warn business owners about counterfeit credit cards
- Los Angeles: Florida man used son’s identity to get passport, faces federal charges
- New York police arrest 4 involved in debit card scheme
- Germany: corrupt Lebanese embassy employees in Berlin accused of forgery
Illinois
Insurance Scam
- Famous rapper accused of insurance scam regarding $1.8 million lost watch
- Insurance scam: Innocent U.K woman loses her life in staged car collision scam
- Sheffield, UK: 5 men charged with insurance fraud
- Harrow, London: four men sentenced in fraudulent insurance claims
- South Africa: two arrested borrowing corpses to commit life insurance scam
Intelligence
- U.S.: Secret service investigates Orlando woman’s counterfeit money case
- Israel face coordinated cyber attack launched by Anonymous and other hacking groups
- Melbourne, Australia: gambler hacked Crown’s Casino surveillance system wins $33.2 million
- Florence: fugitive arrested by Italian authorities on U.S fraud charges
Internet
- Former California high school teacher jailed over fake Facebook sex scam
- Charity Scam Alert: Fake websites emerge after the Boston Marathon Bombings
- Internet Scam: London Police arrest two involved, seize digital equipment
- Health Alert: 90% of non-prescription Viagra pills sold online in 2012 were counterfeit
- Beware the Google Glass pre-order scam
Latin America News
- Lebanon: Airport security in Beirut seize illegal “Captagon” pills
- California: Temecula Police arrest duo involved in property scam
- Bristol, England: two men sentenced for passing counterfeit bills
- Madagascar: Thai smuggler caught with endangered species in bag
- Iowa Police: debit card scam phone calls reported in Buena Vista
Medical Scam
- Lagos, Nigeria: Fake doctor arrested in medical scheme
- Counterfeit drugs scandal: Canadian online pharmaceutical company lays off hundreds
- Ghana: Millions of counterfeit condoms imported from China seized by authorities
- Chicago: Pharmacist charged for allegedly trafficking counterfeit Viagra pills
- India: Authorities seize thousands of counterfeit amoxicillin tablets at public hospitals
Money Laundering
- Moscow: Khamovniki District Court overstated money laundering claims against YUKOS former Ceo
- Romania:Chinese goods seized by authorities in tax evasion scandal
- Romania: Politician wanted for money laundering and human trafficking flees country
- Romania: businessmen arrested for money laundering
- Thailand, two Russians arrested for money laundering
New Jersey
- Mount Laurel, New Jersey: local woman falls victim to phone, lottery scam
- New Jersey: Passaic Police seize counterfeit designer clothing, arrest three business owners
- Phillipsburg, New Jersey: man sentenced to prison in Target stores bar-code scam
- New Jersey: man gets 7 years for selling counterfeit green card IDs
- New Jersey: two men arrested for possessing and distributing 9000 counterfeit Viagra pills
New York
- New York: Florida billionaire scores $12 million victory in counterfeit wine lawsuit
- New York: Long Island woman indicted in cancer scam to support heroin addiction
- New York: Former Long Island Railroad conductor pleads guilty in disability scam
- Plainview, New York: Dentist jailed for engagement in Medicaid scam
- Long Island, N.Y: Five charged with importing, selling Chinese counterfeit products
North Carolina
- North Carolina: 21-year-old Greenville counterfeit money suspect arrested
- Email Scam: North Carolina law firm lose thousands in overseas phishing scam
- Charlotte, North Carolina: Man accused of running cancer charity scam
- Cary, N.C: Hundreds of counterfeit gun parts seized by Homeland Security agents
- North Carolina: BBB warning residents about American Airways mail scam
Oil
- Oil-Well scam: Indiana man charged for selling unregistered investments
- Oil Import Scam: Pakistani Government to punish many officials involved
- Paris: Charles Pasqua denied any fraud involvement in Iraq’s “oil-for-food” program
- Islamabad: former chief of oil authority ready to surrender in large rupee scam
Organized Crime
- Europe: Counterfeit cigarette trade on the rise again
- London: Criminal gangs selling counterfeit goods at Eastgate market
- Israel face coordinated cyber attack launched by Anonymous and other hacking groups
- Corpus Christi, Texas: 7 locals plead guilty to selling, counterfeiting high quality DVDs
- Hercules, California: Counterfeit cash leads police to stolen mail, 5 arrested
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania: man and woman arrested for passing counterfeit bills at Sands Casino
- Pennsylvania: Police investigate counterfeit money incident at Wrightstown gas station
- Scam Alert: Pennsylvania officials warn residents of utility scam
- Pennsylvania State football recruit arrested in counterfeit cash scheme
- Pennsylvania: Bethlehem teen uses counterfeit bills to buy phone off Craigslist
Philippines
- Philippines: High concerns over the use of counterfeit pesticides on Vietnamese rice
- Quezon, Philippines: Investment scam leader’s wife arrested in police operation
- Pasay, Philippines: 7 arrested on counterfeit money charges in police undercover operation
- Philippines: 44 store owners in Manila charged with selling fake products
- Philippines, police extort laptops from German tourist in scam
Phone Scam
- Wisconsin officials warn of possible phone scam
- Immigration Scam: ICA in Singapore warns of phone callers impersonating it’s officers
- Beware of “Jamaican” phone scam
- Mount Laurel, New Jersey: local woman falls victim to phone, lottery scam
- Arkansas: Columbia County police warn locals about new phone scam
Police/Military Activity
- Saudi Arabia: Al-Hasa police arrest 64 suspects on many counterfeit, fraud charges
- Wisconsin: Waukesha police warn of counterfeit bills in circulation
- India customs officials: lenient laws behind the increase in gold smuggling
- England: Northamptonshire police raid 5 houses and seize counterfeit cash, gun
- India: non- magnetic metal detectors to be installed at 3 airports to eliminate gold smuggling activities
Real Estate Scam
- U.K.: Hundreds of Investors Caught up in Land Scam Deal for the World Cup
- Bakersfield, California: Couple fall victim to an apartment rental scam
- London: landlord sentenced after pleading guilty to online listing scam
- Southwark, England: 4 fraudsters jailed for up to 7 years over land scam
- Los Banos, California: 2 arrested for running receipt scam from van
Romance Scam
- Australia: Love scam victims in Gascoyne lose millions of dollars online
- Canada: Laval woman loses $42,000 in online dating scam
- Bangkok, Thailand: 4 arrested for online romance scam
- Missoula, Montana: 57 years old man loses $23,000 to “Catfishing” scammer
- United States: Over 5,000 internet love/romance scams reported in 2011
Scam
- Immigration Scam in U.K., Nepali man sentence to prison
- Tax Scam: Connecticut taxman warn the public of fake tax preparers
- Florida: senior citizens losing millions of dollars to Jamaica-based lottery scam
- U.K.: Banking company accused in online car sale scam
- Federal agents investigate multimillion-dollar scam concerning NFL and NBA players
Social Issues
South Carolina
- Rock Hill, SC: man arrested for possession of counterfeit shoes, DVDs
- Dillon, South Carolina: 2 men sentenced on counterfeit checks charges
- Kershaw, South Carolina: man charged for trafficking counterfeit trademark logos
- Utah company, Charleston site owners violated law in fake golf clubs case, federal jury decides
Telephone Scam
Terrorism
Texas
- Corpus Christi, Texas: 7 locals plead guilty to selling, counterfeiting high quality DVDs
- Texas: 23-year-old man in Houston pleads guilty to immigrant smuggling
- Texas: 3 indicted for involvement in Social Security disability scam
- Texas: Arlington police seize more than 600 DVDs
- Houston: two police officers accused of helping smuggle cocaine
TRAVEL
- Greece: German national arrested trying to smuggle gold at Athens Airport
- Thailand: Tourist Police promoting smartphone application as a safety tool
- Germany: Justin Bieber accused of smuggling pet monkey
- Mexico City airport: Colombian man arrested for trying to smuggle Cocaine
- Gatwick Airport, London: Russian millionaire arrested for traveling with fake passport
Travel Scam
- Husband & wife fall victim to car rental scam during vacation in Germany
- Thailand: Tourist Police promoting smartphone application as a safety tool
- London: two U.K nationals expect prison sentences for taxi firm scam
- Travel Scam: beware of “Delta round-trip” flight confirmation email
- North Carolina: BBB warning residents about American Airways mail scam
United Kingdom
- U.K.: Hundreds of Investors Caught up in Land Scam Deal for the World Cup
- Immigration Scam in U.K., Nepali man sentence to prison
- U.K.: Banking company accused in online car sale scam
- U.K.: Councils warn parents of truancy scam
- U.K.: Smokers turn to counterfeit tobacco smuggled from eastern European countries
United States
- Travel Club Scam ordered to pay victims in Wisconsin
- Tax Scam: Connecticut taxman warn the public of fake tax preparers
- Federal agents investigate multimillion-dollar scam concerning NFL and NBA players
- Wisconsin officials warn of possible phone scam
- Ohio: Grove City Police arrest man for printing, passing counterfeit bills
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