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Connecticut Fake Checks (Forwarding Excess) Scam
SOUTH WINDSOR, Connecticut police today warned of a fraudulent checks scam in which residents have been receiving bogus checks from FedEx or U.P.S. The checks are made out to the resident, and a form letter instructs the recipient to contact the sender via e-mail for further instructions. The scam works by having the unsuspecting recipient […]
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US Immigration Scammer Convicted
A Branford, New Haven, Conn. man is facing a long prison term after pleading guilty to bilking illegal immigrants out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Fifty-six-year-old Ralph Cucciniello has been accused of taking $560,000 from about 60 immigrants in Greater New Haven, as well as the Boston and New York area. The judge Thursday […]
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Canadian Phone Scam runs up Big Long distance charges
Canadian Telecom company, SaskTel is warning customers to be on the look-out for a telephone scam that could lead to unwanted long distance charges. In this scam, a person calls a customer claiming there has been an accident or some other incident. The caller then requests that the customer dial *72 followed by a long-distance […]
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Long-needed Upgrades to Scamdex
Well to start with, I wanted to PHP-ize everything. SO I started looking at the Apache/PHP config and as usual, without backups or testing or anything, I dived in and threw the big red switch. Everything seemed to go ok but then the trouble started! All my websites broke. any ‘.html’ web pages that had […]
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Who owns Westpac-site.org?
Why do I ask? Well, I got a spam/scam email today that pretends to be an alert from Microsoft, via the Secret Service that a backdoor has been found in Windows XP and that a patch has been released which will ‘fix’ this vulnerability. Well, as you can imagine, the ‘patch‘ turns out to be […]
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Mrs Thatcher and the £20,000,000 from her hubby
From: Lady Rebecca Thatcher. No:36 Old Shrewberry Street, London England. Beloved,i am Lady Rebecca Thatcher, suffering from cancerous ailment..I used to be married to Sir Jeremy Thatcher an Englishman who is dead and resting peacefully. My husband was into private practice all his life before he passed. Our life together as man and wife lasted […]
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‘Cost of Living’ Scam Email Warning from SSA
The Social Security Administration is warning consumers not to fall victim to a new email ID theft scam that seeks to pry personal information using the federal agency’s name and a phony website. The fake emails with the subject “Cost-of-Living for 2007 update” threaten consumers with the closure of accounts unless they provide updated personal […]
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Domain Name Search Hijack Scam
I love antique fairs, but have you ever had this happen to you: You pick up a lovely objet d’art and consider buying it but decide you’ll think about it. The second you put it back on the table, someone swoops in from behind you and snaps it up! Well, that’s exactly what has been […]