19 May 2004  
 
 
Scam Report
19 May 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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  BT Manager Netted £280,000 in Google Scam   (The Telegraph)
  • A former British Telecom manager faces more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to a plot to sell bogus shares in internet search group Google to wealthy New Yorkers.


  •   Beware: Nigerian Check Scam Strikes Again   (Channel 3000)
  • A decades-old scam has a new face and is targeting a new group of people. The Nigerian check scam is focusing on Internet sellers.


  •   Scam in the Mail?   (Fremont Tribune)
  • Jerry Woodard said he receives hundreds of cases of mail fraud and scams from customers each year.


  •   'Phishing' Scam Reports Jump   (PC World)
  • Reports of a type of online crime known as "phishing" surged by almost 200 percent in April, according to figures from a computer security industry group.


  •   Alert Pocatellan Avoids Becoming Scam Victim   (Pocatello Idaho State Journal)
  • The news seemed too good to be true, and Glenda Larson believes it probably was.


  •   Oaklander Gets Prison in Tax Scam   (Alameda Times-Star)
  • An Oakland man who admitted preparing 69 bogus returns for 16 clients over several years was sentenced to five months in prison followed by five months in a halfway house.


  •   Couple Charged with Flag Scam   (the [Jacksonville] Daily News)
  • Luck ran out in Las Vegas for an Ohio couple accused of selling an American flag to an antiques dealer they claimed was pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Center.
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