Google Scam Feed- Pune land scam: Nayyar affidavit led to CBI actionWithin two days after the CBI raided the residences of Lt Gen (retd) Noble Thamburaj and SR Nayyar, it has come to light that what triggered the action by the investigating agency is an affidavit filed by Nayyar in the Bombay High Court in September ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Wellston water line insurance scam"The form is a water line insurance scam," explained Pelletier. An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety. You need an online service to view this article in its entirety. You must login to view the full content on this page.See all stories on this topic » […]
- Former SA soldier pleads guilty in recruiting scamA former San Antonio soldier pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scam to obtain $244000 in fraudulent bonuses for referring recruits to the US military.See all stories on this topic » […]
- Two Montreal men face fraud charges in mortgage scamMONTREAL - Two Montrealers face fraud charges following an investigation by the RCMP into a mortgage scam that cost victims more than $4 million. Kinh Ho Quan, 56, and Hermel Bosse, 58, were arrested this week on charges alleging they took part in at ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Pune land scam: Nayyar affidavit led to CBI action
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Are you using Firefox? – Why Not?
Firefox has many advantages over the competition, The main one being the toolbar add-in. The first one you should install is Google. The really really great thing about the Google toolbar is the builtin antip-phishing detection/protection system. The way this … Continue reading
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Scamdex Logo Competition – Major Prizes!
As you may have guessed, my design skills are not my best feature. Since I launched Scamdex in 2004, the logo I designed using the excellent (and simple) ‘Banner Maker Pro‘ product has remained. I recently bought a copy of … Continue reading
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Michigan County treasurer in Million Dollar Nigerian Scam
A former Michigan county treasurer was arrested last week for allegedly embezzling more than US$1.2 million in public funds, which he sent to a Nigerian fraud scam. Thomas Katona, 56, the former treasurer of Alcona County, was arraigned in a … Continue reading
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Bank loses $1.1m to online fraud
Nordea says it has refunded the affected account holders Internet fraudsters have stolen around 8m kronor ($1.1m; £576,000) from account holders at Swedish bank Nordea. The theft, described by Swedish media as the world’s biggest online fraud, took place over … Continue reading
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‘Honey Pot’ Forum lets Forum Spammers report themselves
A Forum has been created that you really, really shouldnt post on. That’s because it’s a so-called ‘honeypot’ forum. It’s designed to attract those bots and individuals who pepper legitimate forums (fora?) withe simple spam, often of the most eggregiously … Continue reading
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Contract Killer Scam
Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos’s spam analysis centers, have warned of a spam email that pretends to come from a professional hitman, hired to kill the recipient, but are really interested in stealing money.The emails claim that the recipient has been … Continue reading
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Irish Bank hit by ‘undetectable’ phishing scam
FRAUDSTERS are targeting Ireland’s biggest bank, AIB, in a virtually undetectable internet scam. The bank admits it does not know and cannot find out how many of its customers are affected by the fraud. If you have an account at … Continue reading
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Great Scam Video
This is great! It’s a series on British Television that shows how to avoid getting scammed, conned, cheated, robbed by those out to take what’s yours. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgBHjZUKW54[/youtube]
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