This page features a daily collection of links to articles about Internet scams (as well as some links to prominent scams of the non-cyber variety).
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A San Bernardino County man has pleaded guilty to using the Internet to fool more than 250 men into paying money for Russian wives and girlfriends who didn't exist.
Eat Rite has been in Amarillo since 1950, clearly doing business the right way, but recently someone tried to scam them while attempting to place a $5000 order.
If you haven't received a chain letter in your mailbox, chances are, you will, but the United States Postal Service says chain letters are not only a scam, joining the chain is a federal crime.
Consumers and financial institutions are being warned of a new e-mail scam that purports to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and that advises consumers to click on an attached file for more information about alleged fraudulent activity regarding their bank accounts.
An adoption scam bilked couples in North Carolina and three other states out of more than $60,000 and ended in the arrest of an Alabama mother and daughter.
Police are looking for two women after a woman shopping in a Borders bookstore said she was the victim of a scam. The victim told police the women approached her saying they found a purse with $60,000 in it.
The latest identity theft scam is particularly alarming because at first glance it looks like official information from your credit card company, and says your card is going to cost more money if you don't act immediately.
Imagine looking at your checking account statement and finding a charge for $139 you didn't make. It's happening to people all over the country and authorities say a Canadian company is behind it.
Citing three incidents in the past month, Nassau police are cautioning the elderly to be aware of con artists posing as utility workers to gain entry into their homes and then rob them.
A 67-year-old Honolulu man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in an Internet bank fraud scheme that has been associated with Nigerian con artists.
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