Archives for the ‘Scams’ Category

Online scam sets off nightmare scenario for Plainfield man

By Contributor • Jan 4th, 2011 • Category: Scams

Online scam sets off nightmare scenario for Plainfield man PLAINFIELD — The calls to Mike Bocknack started flooding in not long after 8:27 a.m. on Dec. 8, a Wednesday. Read more on Daily Record



Strictly Business: Q&A with Katy Hudson of Consumer Credit Counseling Service

By Contributor • Dec 26th, 2010 • Category: Scams

Strictly Business: Q&A with Katy Hudson of Consumer Credit Counseling Service It’s fun to give gifts to loved ones during the holiday season. Giving a big chunk of your pay to credit card issuers for months or even years afterward, not so much. Piling on high-interest debt is almost an annual tradition for some families, [...]



Elderly man loses $100,000 to phone scams

By Contributor • Dec 22nd, 2010 • Category: Scams

Elderly man loses 0,000 to phone scams SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — An elderly South Shore man has become the repeat victim of an overseas phone scam, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. Read more on Tahoe Daily Tribune



Beware of Internet, phone scams

By Contributor • Dec 21st, 2010 • Category: Scams

Money at hand Image by Don Hankins Beware of Internet, phone scams A Willcox-area woman became the unfortunate victim of an Internet scam earlier this month. Read more on Arizona Range News



Latest Elderly man loses $100,000 to phone scams

By Contributor • Dec 19th, 2010 • Category: Scams

Elderly man loses 0,000 to phone scams SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — An elderly South Shore man has become the repeat victim of an overseas phone scam, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. Read more on Tahoe Daily Tribune Some fall prey to e-mail scams Dawn Nachbaur of Washington Township is one of [...]



Latest Regional credit card scam busted

By Contributor • Dec 17th, 2010 • Category: Scams

Regional credit card scam busted The Bogalusa Police Department has arrested one man in relation to a multi-parish and maybe even multi-state credit card scam. Now it’s looking for his accomplice, a woman with roses tattooed across the top of her chest, and Acting Major Joe Culpepper said he believes there are many more people [...]



Regional credit card scam busted

By Contributor • Dec 15th, 2010 • Category: Scams

Regional credit card scam busted The Bogalusa Police Department has arrested one man in relation to a multi-parish and maybe even multi-state credit card scam. Now it’s looking for his accomplice, a woman with roses tattooed across the top of her chest, and Acting Major Joe Culpepper said he believes there are many more people [...]



Latest “credit Card Scam” News

By Contributor • Dec 13th, 2010 • Category: Scams

Police Warn Public To Possible Credit Card Scam Police sat scammers have called several people in Bowling Green, all with 779 prefixes to their cell phone. Read more on WBKO Bowling Green rcmp news Daylight break and enter in Reunion An Airdrie home was robbed in broad daylight Monday in the Reunion area. RCMP say [...]



Latest “credit Card Scam” News

By Contributor • Dec 8th, 2010 • Category: Scams

NEWSPAPER CREDIT CARD SCAM ALERT Beware — Callers who are seeking your credit card information on classified advertisements for The Wayne Independent, The News Eagle, The Carbondale News or The Villager are not associated with us. Unless you get a call directly from our classified advertising representatives do not give out your personal information, especially [...]



Latest “travel Scam” News

By Contributor • Dec 6th, 2010 • Category: Scams

Question by Zragonxy13C: Is it true: Russia authority req’d, ordered their people must carry cash 00.00 US Dollars to travel to USA? I’ve knew a Russian lady thru online Relationship exchange, now she try to convince me that she couldn’t buy airfare ticket w/o proof of carry large sum of $ 2,700.00 Dollars (for 90 [...]