{"id":151,"date":"2007-05-16T18:55:09","date_gmt":"2007-05-17T02:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/?p=151"},"modified":"2007-05-30T06:34:22","modified_gmt":"2007-05-30T14:34:22","slug":"scam-news-from-round-the-net-may-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/2007\/05\/scam-news-from-round-the-net-may-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Scam News from round the &#8216;net &#8211; May 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naplesnews.com\/news\/2007\/may\/16\/beware_lottery_mail_scam\/?breaking_news\">Beware of lottery mail <strong>scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nNaples Daily News &#8211; Naples,FL,USA<br \/>\nIf you get letter that reads your a &#8220;winner&#8221; in an international lottery, it is likely a <strong>scam<\/strong>. Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office reports several accounts of <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.naplesnews.com\/news\/2007\/may\/16\/beware_lottery_mail_scam\/%3Fbreaking_news\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-ex-webdoctors16may17,0,4570428.story?coll=la-home-local\"> 3 doctors charged in &#8216;rent-a-patient&#8217; <strong>scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nLos Angeles Times &#8211; CA,USA<br \/>\nThe arrests bring to 17 the number of defendants charged in the &#8220;rent-a-patient&#8221; <strong>scam<\/strong> operated out of Unity Outpatient Surgery Center in Buena Park. <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-ex-webdoctors16may17,0,4570428.story%3Fcoll%3Dla-home-local\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capemaycountyherald.com\/article\/articles\/3593\/1\/ACCC-Alerts-Students-to-Mail-Scam\"> ACCC Alerts Students to Mail <strong>Scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCape May County Herald &#8211; Cape May,NJ,USA<br \/>\n5.16) Atlantic Cape Community College officials learned earlier this week about a possible mail <strong>scam<\/strong> that could affect current and former students. <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/India\/Stamp_paper_scam_Court_accepts_Telgi_aides_guilty_plea\/articleshow\/2055161.cms\"> Stamp paper <strong>scam<\/strong>: Court accepts Telgi aide&#8217;s guilty plea<\/a><br \/>\nTimes of India &#8211; New Delhi,India<br \/>\nNEW DELHI: The CBI&#8217;s probe into the fake stamp paper <strong>scam<\/strong> received a shot in the arm Wednesday with a court accepting an application by an associate of <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/India\/Stamp_paper_scam_Court_accepts_Telgi_aides_guilty_plea\/articleshow\/2055161.cms\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.enquirer.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070516\/NEWS01\/305160045\"> Man gets 3 years in investment <strong>scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCincinnati Enquirer &#8211; Cincinnati,OH,USA<br \/>\nA Lebanon man was sentenced to almost three years in prison Wednesday for his role in an elaborate investment <strong>scam<\/strong> that cost his clients millions of dollars <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/news.enquirer.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article%3FAID%3D\/20070516\/NEWS01\/305160045\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/mld\/beaconjournal\/news\/state\/17235625.htm\"> Ex-chief gets suspended jail sentence in license plate <strong>scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nAkron Beacon Journal &#8211; Akron,OH,USA<br \/>\nProsecutors said Demeropolis participated in a <strong>scam<\/strong> in 2004 and 2005 that allowed him to get license plates for two of his vehicles without having them pass <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.ohio.com\/mld\/beaconjournal\/news\/state\/17235625.htm\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtvq.com\/midatlantic\/tvq\/news.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2007-05-16-0010.html\"> BBB Name Used In Business E-mail <strong>Scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nWTVQ &#8211; Lexington,KY,USA<br \/>\n<strong>Scam<\/strong> artists are using the Better Business Bureau&#8217;s good name to try to do bad things to computers. We&#8217;re taking action with the BBB to warn businesses <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.wtvq.com\/midatlantic\/tvq\/news.apx.-content-articles-TVQ-2007-05-16-0010.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newswatch50.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx?content_id=92b9cccd-c9f1-4df0-8fdc-dcf4c0825ca1\"> Ogdensburg man accused of cashing Nigerian <strong>scam<\/strong> checks<\/a><br \/>\nNewswatch 50 &#8211; Watertown,NY,USA<br \/>\nOgdensburg City Police have made an arrest in connection with a Nigerian email <strong>scam<\/strong> and say it may be just the first in a series of arrests. <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news?hl=en&amp;ncl=http:\/\/www.newswatch50.com\/news\/local\/story.aspx%3Fcontent_id%3D92b9cccd-c9f1-4df0-8fdc-dcf4c0825ca1\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/litochoro.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/beware-of-this-debitcredit-card-scam.html\">Beware of this debit\/credit card <strong>scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBy melusina(melusina)<br \/>\nI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve fallen victim to a run-of-the-mill credit card <strong>scam<\/strong>, and I thought I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d post about it so others out there are aware of it. When I was looking over my banking statement this month, I noticed a charge of $9.95 to a company called <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/litochoro.blogspot.com\/\" title=\"http:\/\/litochoro.blogspot.com\/\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwitimes.com\/articles\/2007\/05\/16\/news\/lake_county\/docb3ba3951523e4606862572dd00045c74.txt\"> Police arrest Gary woman in alleged check <strong>scam<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCROWN POINT | She said she was under orders from an operative in Lagos, Nigeria, authorities said.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwitimes.com\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.nwitimes.com\/\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beware of lottery mail scam Naples Daily News &#8211; Naples,FL,USA If you get letter that reads your a &#8220;winner&#8221; in an international lottery, it is likely a scam. Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office reports several accounts of &#8230; 3 doctors charged in &#8216;rent-a-patient&#8217; scam Los Angeles Times &#8211; CA,USA The arrests bring to 17 the number [&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\/151"}],"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=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scamdex.com\/ScamBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}