19 April 2004  
 
 
Scam Report
19 April 2004

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). Due to the ephemeral nature of this type of material, some of the links may expire within a few days of being posted here. Stories are chosen for inclusion here purely on the basis of their entertainment value; we make no claims about the reliability of information linked from this page.

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  Bank Warns of Credit Card Scam   (Daily Freeman)
  • The Bank of Greene County is urging its customers to use discretion when discussing personal financial information over the phone in light of a recent incident in which a customer was offered a credit card with an activation fee during a call originating from Canada.


  •   FTC Enlisting Scam Detectives*   (Los Angeles Times)
  • Home mortgage scammers and spammers are working overtime this spring, trying to tempt consumers into bad loans or to steal personal data and sell it to the highest bidder.


  •   Insurance Scam Rise an Epidemic   (Chicago Tribune)
  • A sagging economy and soaring health insurance premiums have sparked a dramatic rise in bogus health insurance plans.


  •   E-mail Spoofing Latest Scam   (Associated Press)
  • Ominous messages are harmless if virus protection is up-to-date.


  •   Two People Arrested, Accused in Airline Ticketing Scam   (Associated Press)
  • Police arrested two people accused of running a scam to sell tickets and pocket the money.


  •   E-mail Scam Aimed at Robbery   (The Daily Journal)
  • A Philo woman alerted The Daily Journal this week about an e-mail she received that she thought was a scam.
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