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Organized crime groups in Mississauga are targeting residents and big businesses in what Peel Regional Police are calling a "lucrative cheque-washing scam."
When his phone rang at 10 a.m. one day, a 79-year-old man was thrilled to hear the voice at the other end congratulating him on being the lucky winner of $3 million in the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes. Sound too good to be true? It was.
On the surface, it seemed like a big sale for a Crystal Lake bridal shop. But beyond the order for satin and beaded gowns lurked what appears to be a con linked to Nigeria, a country that has seen the scam-spotlight before.
A former ticket broker was sentenced to prison for scamming people out of tickets to Ohio State's national championship victory over Miami in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 3, 2003.
A Competition Bureau investigation has led to a jury in Toronto convicting four individuals after a five-week trial for their
involvement in the Yellow Business Directory.com scam.
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