Lexington Herald Leader Lexington, state police focus on counterfeit check racket Lexington Herald Leader We don't believe they were caught up in this scam … but we're not sure,” she said. Two of the four people arrested in Georgetown had tried to cash a … Police Search For Women Who Allegedly Cashed $40K In Bogus Checks LEX18 Lexington KY News all 9 news articles

New: Search Oregon consumer complaints online KTVZ “In this recession, scam artists and crooked companies are targeting seniors and people who have lost their jobs and their homes,” Kroger said. … and more

Berrien Co. woman wants to warn you about scam WALB-TV A $150 investment would result in a $550000 prize. That's the deal a caller offered a Berrien County woman who supposedly won a sweepstakes. … and more

Credit.com News Protect yourself from scams WALB-TV Some say he has won a million dollars, or could help some troubled people, if he sends a check to pay for taxes or fees. “If they get the check , … Consumers urged to take caution to avoid scams Deseret News Online learning opportunities featured for National Consumer Protection Week 2010 Stamford Plus Magazine Get the facts on “Dollars and Sense” during National Consumer Protection Week, Duluth Weekly all 46 news articles

Phone Scam Targeting Huntsville Business Owners KBTX Luckily, he was able to cancel the check in time. The police department says you'll find numerous complaints against the company online, even from former … and more

Police: Swindlers posing as sweethearts Gaston Gazette “They'll have multiple scams going at once. You may not even be talking to the same person each time.” When in doubt, police say, check it out. … and more

Miami Real Estate Investors Charged With Running $135 Million Ponzi Scam Real Estate Channel (MIAMI, FLORIDA) — A Miami firm promoting Florida real estate investments was actually running a $135 million Ponzi scheme, the Securities and Exchange …

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Temporary safety net or permanent entitlement program? That’s the question some conservative voices are asking as Congress eyes yet another filing extension for federal unemployment benefits. The Washington Post reports : [C]omplaints that extending unemployment payments discourages job-seeking have begun to bubble into the political debate. [Arizona GOP Sen. Jon] Kyl told the Senate he questioned why anyone would see unemployment benefits as helpful to the economy, or to the job market. ”If anything, continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work,” Kyl said. “I am sure most of them would like work and probably have tried to seek it, but you can’t argue it is a job enhancer.” Conservative employment experts are now weighing in with a similar message. James Sherk, a labor economist at the Heritage Foundation, for example, told the Post that the extension of emergency benefits — which now run for 99 weeks in high-unemployment states — have turned a safety net program into something more like welfare. “It is appropriate and natural for Congress to extend the time limit of unemployment insurance with the job market as bad as it is,” Sherk said. “But by quadrupling it, it is no longer an unemployment insurance program but a welfare program.” Two thoughts: 1) The critics aren’t wrong to question the very human motivational effects that indefinite federal payments could have on some workers. (No doubt there are folks out there only too happy to be paid for doing nothing — and would continue to do so as long as they could.) Yet there’s also a general agreement among economists of all stripes that the current jobs crisis has endured because businesses simply aren’t hiring — not because of some pandemic of laziness among workers receiving emergency help. Indeed, the average UI check is just 36 percent of a worker’s previous salary, according to the National Employment Law Project — hardly enough for many recipients to pay mortgages, make car payments, keep the kids in Nikes, and generally sustain the type of consumptive lifestyle that the nation’s economy hinges on. To say that folks would be satisfied enough with such a pay cut to retire on UI checks is to wholly misunderstand the motivations that make our very system of capitalism click. As Peter Morici, economist at the University of Maryland, wrote last week: “When dollars leave the United States to purchase imports and do not return to purchase exports, Americans cannot sell all they make — be it manufacturers, software makers, movie producers, or clean shirts from the corner laundry.” It’s these trade imbalances, Morici argues, that are exacerbating the jobs crisis, which has left 16.8 percent of workers either without a job or underemployed. Not that Congress shouldn’t be addressing such deeper structural problems in the economy, of course. But meantime, critics of a UI extension should be called out when they try to shift the blame to the unemployed simply because American companies have found higher profit margins in outsourcing. (Kyl, for one, seems to recognize some of this. Despite his reservations with the UI extension, the Arizona Republican eventually voted last week in favor of a short-term filing extension.) 2) Kyl’s claim that UI benefits aren’t a job enhancer flies in the face of economic experts who point out that those payments provide more bang for the buck than nearly all other forms of economic stimulus. Analysts at Moody’s Economy.com, for example, estimate that every $1 that Washington spends on UI benefits returns $1.61 to the larger economy — a far cry from the 21 cents per $1 returned by the corporate tax break (popular among conservatives like Kyl) that Congress enacted in the name of stimulus last fall. “Without this extra help,” the Moody’s analysts wrote of UI benefits, “laid-off workers and their families would be slashing their own spending, leading to the loss of even more jobs.”

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New York Daily News Bogus site targets Madoff victims, agency says Reuters … serving a 150-year prison sentence after pleading guilty a year ago to orchestrating Wall Street's biggest investment fraud of as much as $65 billion. … Madoff Victims Can Appeal Ruling on Paying Claims, Judge Says BusinessWeek SEC charges Madoff's director of operations with falsifying accounting records … Lexology (registration) all 214 news articles

BBC News Gambler warned he faces jail over £34m pyramid scheme BBC News A professional gambler has been found guilty of running a £34m pyramid scam that targeted people on low incomes. Kevin Foster, 51, of Doddington, in Kent, … and more

ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN OFFERS RESOURCES TO PROTECT SENIORS IN TOUGH ECONOMIC … LoanSafe … communities about how to avoid consumer scams , including debt settlement traps, fake check cashing scams , risky reverse mortgages and health care fraud . … and more

City police investigate counterfeit money scam Delmarva Now Police are asking businesses to check bills by holding them up to the light and look for the watermark and authentication stripe instead of using a pen. … and more

Lottery scam surfaces in Sumter Villages Daily Sun All you have to do is cash a check — which is conveniently enclosed with the letter — and wire most of it to your claim agent, who happens to be in Canada, …

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Crown simplifies case against five fraud suspects CTV.ca The Crown has reduced the number of charges against five former employees of the Norbourg investment firm to 607 from 722. Prosecutors hope the decision … and more

Orissa mining scam runs to Rs 3 lakh crore: Congress Economic Times The Orissa government has also failed to check violation of Mines and Minerals Development Regulation Act by some mine owners who extracted minerals beyond … and more

Prosecutors Seek Three Centuries For Petters FINalternatives In October, Lancelot Investment Management founder Gregory Bell pleaded guilty to mail fraud , admitting he co-engineered a series of bogus “roundtrip” … and more

Police shine spotlight on knock-offs CHQR RCMP are warning the public about a scam that may be flying under the radar. This month there is lots of talk about identity theft, investment fraud and …

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$7.3m conman faces 170 years in jail This is Nottingham A CONMAN from Nottingham faces up to 170 years in an American prison after being convicted of a £4.8m investment scam . Jurors took just 20 minutes to find …

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Q. Have economic troubles led to an increase in scams ? — LG Winston-Salem Journal Check companies out with the NC Attorney General's Office or the Better Business Bureau before making major purchases. • Join the Do Not Call Registry. … Consumer Complaints Up Nearly 20 Percent WFMY News 2 all 16 news articles

Steuben sheriff warns residents against phone scam Elmira Star-Gazette The Steuben County Sheriff's Office is warning cell phone users about a possible scam involving callers who claim to be from banks. The sheriff's office has … and more

Woman loses $1500 to scam Galesburg Register-Mail The company then sends an employment packet which includes business evaluation forms, a training assignment and a cashier's check ranging from $900 to $4000 …

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Crown reduces number of charges against Norbourg five in effort to simplify case Winnipeg Free Press Lacroix was sentenced last October to 13 years in jail after quickly pleading guilty to 200 fraud -related charges in a $130-million scam that involved 9200 … and more

Financial aid scam sent to student e-mail Six Mile Post Students should also check the business records if planning to find an adviser, get a student loan or simply seek counseling from outside the college. … and more

Former Saints teammates file suit over investment The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey and former defensive lineman Charles Grant are suing ex-teammate Kevin Houser over investments … and more

Steuben sheriff warns against cell phone scam Elmira Star-Gazette The Steuben County Sheriff's Office is warning cell phone users about a possible scam involving callers who claim to be from banks. The sheriff's office has … and more

Grundy County Woman Targeted In Scam Trenton Republican Times Accompanying the letter was an authentic check for $4800 from Keypack Industries-TN, drawn on an account from Lake City Bank of Warsaw, IN. …

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Satyam gets 6/10 in Forrester report Livemint Mumbai: More than a year after Satyam Computer Services Ltd emerged at the centre of the largest fraud in Indian corporate history, its new avatar Mahindra … and more

Goddard reminds seniors to be aware of lottery and sweepstakes scams AZFamily “With many scam artists taking aim at seniors, I want all Arizonans to be armed with the knowledge they need to stay safe and stop crimes before they happen … Arizona official wants seniors safe from scams Sierra Vista Herald all 2 news articles

Tennessee Attorney General Warns About Fake Check Scams Eyewitness News Memphis Counterfeit checks are being used in a growing number of fraudulent schemes such as foreign lottery scams , check overpayment scams , Internet auction scams …

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Philanthropist sued for insurance scheme UPI.com … (UPI) — Three insurance companies are suing a well-known Rhode Island philanthropist on grounds he preyed on the terminally ill in an investment scam . … and more

Credit.com News Online learning opportunities featured for National Consumer Protection Week 2010 Stamford Plus Magazine … Week website called “ Scam Watch” includes print materials and videos to help consumers learn about and avoid being cheated by fake check scams , … Get the facts on “Dollars and Sense” during National Consumer Protection Week, Duluth Weekly all 31 news articles

Get the facts on “Dollars and Sense” during National Consumer Protection Week, Duluth Weekly So, it's simple: if you are asked to send in money in order to enter a sweepstakes or collect your prize, it's a scam . Home Repairs – Many Georgians are … and more

Increasing Online Identity Fraud Highlights the Need for Consumers to Better … MarketWatch (press release) Check out the seller — Look for online merchants who are members of a seal-of-approval program that sets voluntary guidelines for privacy-related practices … and more

ABC News Investment 'Psychic' Accused of Financial Fraud ABC News … cow pies” because investors are more vigilant about the scams and — cash-strapped by the recession — are requesting access to their investments . … SEC charges market psychic alleging $6M scam The Associated Press Stock Market 'Psychic' Charged With Duping Investors DailyFinance S.E.C. Charges Psychic With Securities Fraud New York Times (blog) THINQ.co.uk

Six arrests in wine investment probe Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review Scotland Yard has made six arrests in connection with a suspected fine wine investment scam . Fraud squad officers believe that tens of thousands of pounds …

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Fraud prevention in the workplace Manila Bulletin Of course, the more sensitive the position, the more thorough the background check should be. It would be wise to check on the family background, …

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Developer in Easley scandal owes $700000 plus to county Jacksonville Daily News New York investment advisor Bernie Madoff was convicted in 2009 of running the largest investment fraud scheme in US History. He is serving 150 years in a … and more

NewswireToday (newswire) – 03/08/2010 Orlando, FL United States – Legal professionals are finding ways to set themselves apart from their competition. The Azam Law Firm of Lake Mary, Florida, is one of the firms using a flat fee rate rather than hourly billing for legal representation

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Cornell University law clinic aims to deter investment fraud Ithaca Journal Jacobson said frequent targets of investment fraud could include retirees, recently laid-off employees with buyout packages, or those receiving large … and more

Elderly man warns of scam KAIT … a suspicious phone call or get a check for prize money for a contest you never signed up for it's important that you question it because it could be a scam . and more

Examiner.com Advocacy fraud alert – Michael E. Robinson, Sr. Examiner.com Another parent advised that she had mailed Mr. Robinson a check to retain Mr. Robinson's advocacy services. She wrote it out to his company “Office of …

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The Guardian British conman jailed in US for £50m trail of fraud and theft The Guardian By April 2004 he had tricked a children's cancer charity in Chicago into parting with more than $1.5m as part of a $3.5m scam involving investments run by a …

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New York Daily News Stock Market 'Psychic' Charged With Duping Investors DailyFinance According to George S. Canellos, director of the SEC's New York Regional Office, “Morton's self-proclaimed psychic powers were nothing more than a scam to … Self-Proclaimed 'Psychic' Charged with Investor Fraud ABC News (blog) SEC charges market psychic alleging $6M scam The Associated Press S.E.C. Charges Psychic With Securities Fraud New York Times (blog) THINQ.co.uk

Virus scanner's checkup seems like a scam RocNow I know you recommend buying the “full versions once you see how great they are,” but I'm worried if I do and I run another system check I'm going to get the … and more

Business caught in check scam Chronicle-Telegram … and the local offices of a nationwide shipping company are among the latest to fall victim to what police say is a variation of an old check scam . …

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TEA Party Movement Jamestown Post Journal … Palin's intent was to embarrass the president – but they all failed miserably, as did the entire scam . She has ''promised to return'' the $100000 check . … and more

Authorities warn of Internet scam Mohave Valley News The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office say that in a recent case in Paulden, a seller on Craigslist received a check from a buyer but it was for much more than …

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Nouveau World Wine investigated over vintage claims Mirror.co.uk A company at the centre of a suspected £3million wine investment fraud has been raided by Scotland Yard. Detectives are investigating Nouveau World Wine's … Six arrested in Australian wine fraud decanter.com all 4 news articles

Scam suspect sought in bait-and-switch scheme BurlingtonFreePress.com I then told him that I always pay with a check . He then left my office and told me he would think about it.” Martin also said the man departed his business … and more

Queens duo scam a dozen for $16M in furs and houses New York Daily News Remedios Consoli and Arnel Matias told investigators they got a fake $5 million check for five homes in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, a pair of vacant lots … and more