{"id":146,"date":"2007-03-27T17:58:51","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T01:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/?p=146"},"modified":"2007-06-01T19:23:54","modified_gmt":"2007-06-02T03:23:54","slug":"scams-round-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/2007\/03\/scams-round-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Scams round the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/news\/localnews\/crime\/stories\/032807dnmetpolicescam.82b87d4.html\"> Dallas police warn citizens about phone <strong>scam<\/strong> 5:22 PM CDT<\/a><br \/>\nDallas Morning News (subscription) &#8211; TX,USA<br \/>\nDallas police are warning the public about <strong>scam<\/strong> artists posing as representatives soliciting money on the department&#8217;s behalf. <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/news\/localnews\/crime\/stories\/032807dnmetpolicescam.82b87d4.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxdfw.com\/myfox\/pages\/News\/Detail?contentId=2780598&amp;version=2&amp;locale=EN-US&amp;layoutCode=TSTY&amp;pageId=3.2.1\"> DPD: Don&#8217;t Fall for Donation <strong>Scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nMyFox Dallas &#8211; Dallas,TX,USA<br \/>\nDALLAS &#8212; The Dallas Police department says someone is trying to <strong>scam<\/strong> people out of their money by pretending to take donations in honor of a fallen officer <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.myfoxdfw.com\/myfox\/pages\/News\/Detail%3FcontentId%3D2780598%26version%3D2%26locale%3DEN-US%26layoutCode%3DTSTY%26pageId%3D3.2.1\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/charlotte.com\/115\/story\/65063.html\"> Gaston police warn of <strong>scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCharlotte Observer &#8211; Charlotte,NC,USA<br \/>\nOn March 21, two men came to the woman&#8217;s Gastonia home on Penny Park Drive, police said. The men said they were building the new subdivision behind her home <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saukherald.com\/main.asp?SectionID=8&amp;SubSectionID=251&amp;ArticleID=7330&amp;TM=43188.3\"> Be aware of school advertising <strong>scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nSauk Centre Herald &#8211; Sauk Center,MN,USA<br \/>\nBusinesses should be aware of a possible phone <strong>scam<\/strong> involving the sales of advertisements for a school sports calendar. Sauk Centre Athletic Director Rick <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.saukherald.com\/main.asp%3FSectionID%3D8%26SubSectionID%3D251%26ArticleID%3D7330%26TM%3D43188.3\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/ci_5530657\"> Trust fund <strong>scam<\/strong> yields probation for Utah County man<\/a><br \/>\nSalt Lake Tribune &#8211; Salt Lake City,UT,USA<br \/>\nPosted: 8:36 AM- A man found guilty of promoting a trust fund <strong>scam<\/strong> has been sentenced to three years on probation. That was the punishment handed down <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/ci_5530657\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tvnz.co.nz\/view\/page\/411749\/1039198\"> Kiwis warned of telephone <strong>scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nTVNZ &#8211; New Zealand<br \/>\nThe Securities Commission is warning a telephone investment <strong>scam<\/strong> could be about to target New Zealanders. People posing as brokers from a fake firm called <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/tvnz.co.nz\/view\/page\/411749\/1039198\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiojamaica.com\/news\/story.php?category=2&amp;story=34190\"> Lottery <strong>scam<\/strong> suspects due in court Tuesday<\/a><br \/>\nradiojamaica.com &#8211; Jamaica<br \/>\nThe 10 persons charged in connection with the multi-million dollar lottery <strong>scam<\/strong> in Montego Bay, St. James are scheduled to return to court on Tuesday. <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.radiojamaica.com\/news\/story.php%3Fcategory%3D2%26story%3D34190\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chattanoogan.com\/articles\/article_104332.asp\"> Woman Seeking Money For Return Trip To Knoxville Is <strong>Scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe Chattanoogan &#8211; Chattanooga,TN,USA<br \/>\n&#8220;Based on our investigation this appears to be a <strong>scam<\/strong>,&#8221; said Sheriff Tim Gobble. The woman has been seen in Cleveland and Chattanooga. <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.chattanoogan.com\/articles\/article_104332.asp\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.djournal.com\/pages\/story.asp?ID=239819&amp;pub=5&amp;div=News\"> International money bilking <strong>scam<\/strong> from Nigeria hits Pontotoc<\/a><br \/>\nNortheast Mississippi Daily Journal &#8211; Tupelo,MS,USA<br \/>\nSheriff Leo Mask said his department began investigating the <strong>scam<\/strong> when his department was contacted by several victims. One of the victims was Luna Corder. <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.djournal.com\/pages\/story.asp%3FID%3D239819%26pub%3D5%26div%3DNews\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.packersnews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070327\/GPG0101\/70327158\/1989\"> Probation ordered for role in Favre memorabilia <strong>scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPackersNews.com &#8211; Green Bay,WI,USA<br \/>\n<strong>&#8230;<\/strong> six months in jail and ordered to pay $15000 in restitution, fines, costs and a donation to the Brett Favre Fourward Foundation for his role in the <strong>scam<\/strong>.<a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.packersnews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article%3FAID%3D\/20070327\/GPG0101\/70327158\/1989\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas police warn citizens about phone scam 5:22 PM CDT Dallas Morning News (subscription) &#8211; TX,USA Dallas police are warning the public about scam artists posing as representatives soliciting money on the department&#8217;s behalf. &#8230; DPD: Don&#8217;t Fall for Donation Scam MyFox Dallas &#8211; Dallas,TX,USA DALLAS &#8212; The Dallas Police department says someone is trying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}