New Delhi, Jan. 12: Yesterday’s scam is today’s strategic blunder.

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Revealed: What army won’t say about Bengal land scam (The Telegraph)

A scam targeted at older Missouri residents — including at least one person in Boonville — appears to be continuing, a state official said Friday.

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Missouri Attorney General’s Office gets Boonville call about grandparent scam (Boonville Daily News)

BY RANDI ROSSMANN THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Mendocino County sheriff’s officials are warning of a phone scam surfacing with a man posing as a deputy asking for money from local businesses to get an employee out of jail.

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Mendocino sheriff’s department warns of phone scam (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

BRUNSWICK COUNTY | The Brunswick Sheriff’s Office has received reports of a telephone scam involving lottery winnings and transaction fees, according to a news release. Lt. Marty Folding with the sheriff’s office said anyone who is asked to send money for an international lottery should contact the police immediately.

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Brunswick Sheriff’s Office warns of telephone lottery scam (The Wilmington Star-News)

Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram has reported a telephone scam which targets the elderly has been reported to the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office.

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Victims urged to contact police after elderly scam reported (Florence Morning News)

The next time you receive an offer via text message, beware, it could be a scam.

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Scam Through Text Message? It’s Out There (KERO 23 Bakersfield)

Gujarat cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Pradeep Sharma, who was arrested for involvement in the Kutch land scam last week, was Tuesday suspended from service.

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Scam-involved Gujarat officer suspended (Calcutta News)

Police in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, are warning residents about a scam.

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Police Warn Residents About Phone Scam (WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley)

The Army on Tuesday initiated disciplinary action against a senior General that could lead to a court martial, while administrative action was started against three other top officers for their role in a land scam in Darjeeling.

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Action initiated against serving Generals in land scam (Hindustan Times)

PORT HOPE — Port Hope Police are warning residents about a recent phone scam. Friday, Jan. 8, a Port Hope resident received a phone call from a male who purported to be with the Canadian Banking Bureau.

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Phone scam reported in Port Hope (Northumberland Today)

While a local police lodge is soliciting donations from York County residents, the police are warning the public of a potential solicitation scam operating at the same time.

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Police warn of potential scam (York Daily Record)

This is a great time in social media technology. Even though MySpace and some of the other leaders in the field have fallen by the way side, they have been replaced by either technically or socially superior offerings.

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Twitter Being Used To Get Information About Potential Targets

Forged documents purported to be from the International Monetary Fund were part of an elaborate betting scam which netted up to $10 million, a Gold Coast court has been told.

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Forged IMF documents used in bet scam (Brisbane Times)

A Greek couple who returned to their native Florina, northern Greece, from their home in Germany in 2003 to stage an insurance policy scam involving the murder of a 46-year-old woman yesterday received long jail sentences.

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Couple jailed for fatal scam (Kathimerini)

The Larksville Police Department is investigating a suspected telephone scam in the borough. Police said a person is calling residents, seeking personal information while purporting to sell insurance policies. Police are warning residents not to divulg

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Larksville police warn of telephone scam (The Citizens’ Voice)

WILLITS – Officials are warning about a telephone scam hitting the city of Willits. On Jan. 8, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office received several complaints of a telephone scam occurring at local businesses in and around the city of Willits, according to sheriff’s Capt. Kurt Smallcomb.

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REGIONAL: Reports come in about telephone scam (Lake County News)

Wineries are the target of a new scam in Napa County.

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E-mail scam comes to wineries (Napa Valley Register)

FORGED documents purported to be from the International Monetary Fund were part of an elaborate betting scam which netted up to $10 million, a Gold Coast court has been told.

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Forged IMF documents used in scam – court (Adelaide Now)

And most importantly, it’s not a SCAM and I can prove it. But you can get paid by check, you can have the money sent instantly to your PayPal account ($1 min.), E-Gold account, Alert account, Liberty Reserve account, or you can spend …

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Police are seeking information on a man and a woman wanted in relation to a PIN number scam in Wellington.

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Warning about PIN scam pair (Stuff)

Wellington Police want to identify two people in relation to a PIN number scam being used to obtain money from stolen bank cards. Police say the male and female have been quite convincing with shop staff and warn others not to fall into the same trap. …

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Police warn of PIN number scam in Wellington (Scoop.co.nz)

Newton Falls police said they have arrested three men, who they say are from Nigeria and believed to be part of a multi-state credit card scam. Moments after arresting the three at the Circle K gas station, police searched their vehicle and found $2,000 in cash, several cartons of cigarettes and hundreds of stolen credit cards. “[This is] part of a credit card scandal out of New York City and we …

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Suspects Apprehended in Multi-State Scam (WYTV Youngstown)

The Trumbull County Senior Service Unit wants to warn everyone—especially senior citizens—about possible scams. Representatives from the sheriff’s office said that two senior citizens, one from Warren and one from Niles, recently became victims to a scam. Each lost more than $4,000. Officials said a person called the senior citizen telling them they won a large sum of money but in order to …

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Lottery Scam Targets Seniors (WYTV Youngstown)

New Delhi Jan. 11: The army chief’s top aide, military secretary Lt General Avadesh Prakash, has been asked to explain his involvement in a north Bengal land scam.

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Army seeks land scam explanation (The Telegraph)

Johnson County prosecutors today warned seniors about a scam that targets the elderly. In it, victims get telephone calls from “grandchildren” who claim they are in an emergency and need money wired to them, prosecutors said.

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Scam preys on local grandparents (The Kansas City Star)

Federal authorities today handed a $7,000 check to an elderly San Jose woman, money that was intercepted at the Canadian border as part of a sweepstakes scam.

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$7,000 returned to San Jose woman, 82, bilked in lottery scam (San Jose Mercury News)

Four men are due in a Gold Coast court this morning over their alleged involvement in a sports betting scam.

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Men to front court over sports betting scam (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

A FORMER evangelical pastor is among four men arrested over an alleged $10 million online sports betting scam based on the Gold Coast.

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Ex-pastor arrested over $10m ‘scam’ (Adelaide Now)

The Washington County, Virginia sheriff says scam artists are stealing people’s valuables under the pretense of offering a service.

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House Cleaning Scam (WCYB 5 Tri-Cities)

The Army today decided to slap show cause notices on four of its senior officers, including Military Secretary Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash, for their alleged involvement in a land scam at a military station in Darjeeling.

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Army to slap show cause notices on 4 Generals in land scam (Hindustan Times)

A local implement dealer is the latest victim of an elaborate scam that reaches across the U.S. According to Devils Lake Police Detective Sue Schwab, the business received a telephone call from a male with a foreign accent in December.

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Area parts dealers warned of newest scam (Devils Lake Journal)

The Indian Army on Monday decided to issue show cause notices to a top General and three other senior officers named in a land scam in Darjeeling, amidst speculation that soon-to-retire Military Secretary Lt Gen Avadesh Prakash may escape sacking.

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Land Scam: Army moves in to punish 4 Generals (rediff.com)

A phone scam targeting seniors that involves a fake grandchild in trouble has resurfaced in southern Alberta.

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Fake grandchild scam returns to Alberta (CBC Calgary)

The Washington County Virginia Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigative Division is investigating a possible scam going on in Washington County Virginia involving house cleaning.

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Possible house-cleaning scam in Washington County, Va. (Bristol Herald Courier)

Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor Monday informed the defence ministry of the action to be taken against the two top generals indicted in a land scam in Sukhna Cantonment in West Bengal.

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Land scam: Army chief tells ministry of planned action (Calcutta News)

OpenDNS also today announced that in the period since PhishTank launched to the public, its community has verified and helped block more than three quarters of a million unique phishing scams , protecting millions of people around the …

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A new email scam is targeting people seeking to purchase cars advertised on the internet.

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Car buyers targeted in email scam (di-ve)

Military Secretary Lieutenant General Avadhesh Prakash has got away lightly in the Army land scam, with the Army Chief only demanding an explanation from him.

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Army land scam: Top officer gets away lightly (NDTV)

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigating into the CRPF recruitment scam has estimated that touts and some officers involved in the recruitment of constables had collected well over Rs 225 crore from the aspirants.

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CBI officers involved in recruitment scam (Hindustan Times)

A FORMER evangelical pastor is among four men arrested over an alleged $10 million online sports betting scam based on the Gold Coast.

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Pastor accused in online scam (The Courier Mail)

“It was pretty real,” he said of the email’s resemblance to one that might actually come from PayPal . “I was surprised at how real it was.” deherrera But he can see now it was a fake. Fake email — or phishing — scams are nothing new.

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Fullerton filmmaker fends off phishers from Craigslist – OC …

I have compiled a list of scam PTC/PTR sites from the various forums. In addition to the list, I also have daily updates, warnings and reviews about PTC/PTR sites. Sometimes, a site may not be classified as scam yet, but there could be things that indicate that it may not be good investment

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PTC sites, Scams, Updates and Reviews: January 11, 2010

fastest growing scam on the Internet. Here’s the basic pattern for a “phishing” scam … You receive a very official email that appears to originate from a legitimate source, such as a bank, eBay, PayPal , …

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All About Contents of Internet: Cyber Crooks Go "Phishing"

FOUR men have been arrested over an alleged $10 million sports betting scam based on the Gold Coast.

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Alleged bet scam leads to arrests (The Courier Mail)

Milan police are warning residents to be vigilant in protecting their personal information and to be leery of scams when dealing with online auction sites after a resident was nearly duped in a scam.

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Milan man nearly duped in Internet scam (The Milan News-Leader)

The Department of Foreign Affairs has warned Filipinos seeking jobs abroad about a new recruitment scam which the Philippine embassy in Germany uncovered.

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DFA warns about new recruitment scam (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

The first step of personal data theft is awareness. If you are wiser than the world be safe and secure, we recognize scams , the get-go. You can also pay to know a company like Paypal , which are Spoofer if you say one minutes, …

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I can’t even begin to tell you how many dangerous attachments, exploit encoded messages, 419 fraud, as well as courier, bank, eBay and PayPal phishing scams , plus hundreds of hostile link emails it has deleted, after identifying them …

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My Spam analysis for the week of Jan 3 – 10, 2010 | Wiz's Computer …

However, as demand for Internet-based jobs rises, so to do the number of Internet-based job scams . Search by specific job categories, academic fields, or descriptive keywords. An online subscription is available, and you can select … One difference with online work is that you can get paid by Paypal and withdraw your earnings everyday. Some online jobs are best for women with kids, since most women with very young children can’t go out of the home, but they also have …

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Land scam: Will Generals face the heat? Will army chief General Deepak Kapoor sack his military secretary? If he does, Lieutenant General Avadhesh Prakash will be the highest ranking official to ever meet this fate?

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Land scam: Will Generals face the heat? (NDTV)