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added 2007 Sat May 26 12:13:03 by KingOfTruth
Awash in snow, path to Pikes Peak summit proving dangerous. Last May, Teresa Taylor was watching climbers pad up to the summit of Pikes Peak in shorts and sneakers. This year, she's warning everyone that beyond Barr Camp, you'd better be dressed for the worst.
added 2007 Fri May 11 9:08:08 by STONERS
More than two dozen men and women are accused of arranging or participating in marriages with Bulgarians to help the foreigners evade U.S. immigration laws, a federal prosecutor said Thursday.
added 2007 Thu May 3 11:40:03 by gatitabonitasen
Can you be fired for doing a great job, year after year, and in fact becoming nationally known for your insight and performance? Yes, as in the case of Marilee Jones, who was the dean of admissions at MIT until her dismissal last week, when it was discovered that she had lied about her academic credentials twenty-eight years ago. She had claimed th
added 2007 Thu May 3 11:23:01 by gatitabonitasen
Some scandals don't involve illegal activity -- they're just outrageous and unjust. Take gambling in America. Abetted by Congress, legislatures from 48 states now sponsor gambling operations and lottery monopolies to balance their budgets on the backs of their poorest and most vulnerable citizens -- while basking in the virtue of fighting tax incre
added 2007 Wed Apr 18 13:07:49 by charbarred
A lonely man is ;£16,000 poorer after sending money overseas to two women he fell in love with over the internet, in the hope they would join him in the UK.
added 2007 Mon Apr 16 18:34:57 by SarrahA
Former boy band guru Lou Pearlman is a wanted man! It was his charm, investigators say, which helped him to bilk more than 1,400 people out of hundreds of millions of dollars in a classic pyramid investing scheme. The svengali that began the Backstreet Boys and 'Nsync is on the run after stealing from senior citizens.
added 2007 Sun Apr 15 4:33:49 by TechnologyExpert
The Internal Revenue Service on Friday warned of Internet scam artists trying to obtain people's bank account numbers and other information by posing as a participant in a program offering free tax preparation software to low- and middle-income taxpayers.
added 2007 Fri Mar 9 2:01:52 by Wil
The U.S. operative for a Nigerian Internet scam ring has turned on his one-time colleagues, providing new details of who they are and how they work. Eric Amoako, a native of Ghana, made the decision to "come clean" and end his days of crime after being caught on 20/20 undercover cameras attempting to scam a California heart surgeon.
added 2007 Tue Mar 6 2:31:04 by talktalk217
Warren Buffet is suing an internet stock picks newsletter after it was reported the caricature featured, has a remarkable likeness to him.

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added 2007 Sun Mar 4 23:08:12 by moemebe
Celia Labenne owns Bay Trophy in Fremont. She got a peculiar order last month: 500 soccer girl bobble head trophies. It came over the phone, with hearing-impaired assistance from an operator. "And we thought it was legitimate because we have a deaf customer. They gave us a credit card number. It wouldn't go through...
added 2007 Wed Feb 28 12:51:10 by charbarred
Anyone who has an email account has gotten at least one email from someone who is trying to get millions of dollars out of a troubled African country. Now the scam has joined the army...
added 2007 Mon Feb 26 5:03:31 by Qwghlm
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added 2007 Sat Feb 24 16:25:49 by siddhu1983
I am getting sick to death of websites stealing OUR content!! Whether you have a blog, forum, e-commerce site or let's face it, anything with an RSS feed you are the target of a new type of site which threatens the entire net.
added 2007 Tue Feb 20 11:37:21 by unknown user
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added 2007 Mon Feb 12 22:00:31 by unknown user
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added 2007 Sat Jan 27 6:21:30 by PinkyPie
A one-time millionaire with a house on a golf course, Barber was sentenced in October to 12 years in prison for masterminding the largest mortgage fraud ever prosecuted in Missouri, and most other states too, the FBI says
added 2006 Thu Dec 21 19:12:07 by unknown user
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added 2006 Sun Aug 20 19:08:32 by C.K.
Notice how poorly written the entire email is. The subject alone is a huge red flag: “Requesting for Tracking Number.” Also, there are numerous other odd clues to this being a total scam (the most notable being that if you go to PayPal’s site, there is no mention of any such program. Neither is it mentioned on eBay’s site.
added 2006 Thu Aug 10 2:07:56 by msaleem
Derren Brown manages to take someones wallet and house keys, simply by asking for them naturally. Apparently, it is an old Russian scam. Incredible how you don't realise you're being conned.
added 2006 Sun Aug 6 2:00:21 by dirtyfratboy
The fraudsters sent e-mails all over the world promising the recipients quick financial gains from a make-believe inheritance or fictitious lottery wins in exchange for 'processing fees' of several thousand US dollars. Those who paid up never heard from the supposed organisations again nor saw a penny of their promised windfall.