Man charged with fraud , theft Daytona Beach News-Journal Daniel J. Orr, 40, went into the Space Coast Credit Union branch in Palm Coast and tried to open an account with a $63000 check , Flagler County sheriff's … and more

Journal Record (subscription) Elaborate check scams target solo, small-firm lawyers Journal Record (subscription) BOSTON – The basic scam goes like this: A new client calls or e-mails asking an attorney to act as intermediary in collecting a debt, …

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What are scams and pyramid schemes? Solomon Star A scam is simply a business or investment opportunity offered with promises of rewards that never come. In simple words, 'a con job'. …

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Beware of eerily realistic fake check scams Chicago Tribune (blog) Also be sure to read Western Union's information below on how to distinguish if you're the victim of a fake check scam or visit fakechecks.org: The …

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New York Times (blog) Tax fraud warning signs WFXL Fox 31 He says to be wary of a preparer who sends your refund check back to their office. “The refund needs to go to the recipient, to the individual that files … The 'Dirty Dozen' Tax Schemes to Avoid BankInfoSecurity.com (blog) all 44 news articles

Police issue SCAM ALERT following local internet fraud Family Badge “The banking industry should be more vigilant in clearing these check as they obviously find out later they are not real,” Heyse commented. Check scams …

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Scams on the Menu San Diego Reader A check on the web suggests otherwise, as this type of scam has turned up at a variety of restaurants and in multiple cities. On August 2 last year, …

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Ladera Ranch men accused in $1.7 million insider-trading scam OCRegister By RACHANEE SRISAVASDI The men would see news releases of an investment firm and trade before information became public, prosecutors said. … and more

Watch out for Scams promoting Working at Home Jobs Digital News Report What you should remember to do is check out a company before you work for them. If they ask for money up front, this is often a sign that it could be a scam … and more

AG warns of home repair scams with flooding Taunton Daily Gazette Check for a history of complaints with the Attorney General's Office and the Better Business Bureau. · Obtain a written contract or estimate describing the … and more

What Investment High Court rules on investment scam What Investment Five companies guilty of mis-selling undeveloped land as an investment opportunity have been shut down by the High Court. Willow International Limited … and more

Despite predictions that the Labor Department will announce Friday that the American economy, as a whole, added 200,000 jobs, that’s not necessarily completely good news. According to a report from payroll processor ADP , all those jobs are government jobs — and mostly temporary ones from the Census Department. They say that the private sector actually lost 23,000 jobs in March. The latest ADP report showed large businesses with 500 employees or more shed 7,000 and medium-size businesses lost 4,000 workers in March. Small businesses that employ fewer than 50 workers cut 12,000 jobs. Service-sector jobs added 28,000, while factory jobs fell by 9,000 in March. The president signed into law a much-heralded jobs bill on March 18th that will give private-sector employers a break on payroll taxes for the rest of 2010 if they hire people who are already unemployed. These data shows that getting businesses to stop laying people off might still be as important as convincing them to hire.

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Scams on the rise Budget “And if someone is offering to send you a check that you need to cash and only send them some of it back, it is a complete scam .” While telephone scams are …

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Victims help Melbourne credit-card scam probe Florida Today Always check your restaurant bill against the receipt. Store the receipt for safekeeping. Instead of signing the back of your card, print “Ask for ID” in … and more

Law Firm Aided African Scam , Investors Say Courthouse News Service The law firm, through its attorneys, also “stated that the law firm would and, in fact, did draft and supply the promissory notes for the investment program … Nine people sue Solon woman, two Cleveland lawyers for alleged African … Plain Dealer (blog) all 2 news articles

WPD receives complaint of phone scams Weatherford Democrat Likewise, resist any push to send a check or money order by overnight delivery or courier. Con artists recommend these services so they can get their hands … and more

The 'Dirty Dozen' Tax Schemes to Avoid BankInfoSecurity.com (blog) Another regularly occurring scam that appears this time of year are the phishing emails that happily inform the recipient that they've got tax refund money … and more

Officials: More cases of fraud popping up Livingston Daily The letter, purported to be from national investment firm, instructed her to cash a cashier's check and return the $2870 processing fee. … and more

Senior Watch: Need cash? Don't be a victim of fraud Journal Times However, investment and business/franchise “opportunities” are fertile grounds for scam artists. They offer risk free rewards, the chance to be your own …

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Santa Paula woman facing charges in alleged check scam Ventura County Star By From staff reports A Santa Paula woman has been arrested on suspicion of being part of a scam that authorities said has cost its victims about $1.5 …

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Taken in by scam suspect, woman faces foreclosure Grand Junction Sentinel She put her money from the sale, $148000, into Valley Investments in January 2009 and began taking money from that investment to pay off her mortgage. …

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News@Norman Beware of the Scam Artists Out There News@Norman She did the smart thing, took the check to Bank of America, and learned a good lesson in scams . The account had been closed, according to our reader. …

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Are you entitled to government grant money or is it a scam ? ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) She ended up getting a check for just over $2000. Keely deposited the money in her bank account as instructed. She would get the remaining money once she …

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Scam Costs Dexter Woman $1500 KAALtv.com … of Farmers State Bank in Elkton, notified the Sheriff's department of the scam . Schneider said the woman came to the bank with a check from the conman. … and more

Two charged in Somerset County check scam myCentralJersy.com SOMERVILLE — Two Philadelphia men have been charged with operating a check -cashing scam in Somerset … Somerset County Prosecutor charges two men with check scam myCentralJersy.com all 3 news articles

3 Californians jailed in alleged Eagle Mountain moving van scam Deseret News Often, he said, people seeking a moving company on the Internet enter their information on a Web site that generates leads for scam artists. …

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Somerset County Prosecutor charges two men with check scam myCentralJersy.com Williams and Boyd operated a check cashing scam throughout Somerset County that involved legitimate checking accounts and stolen checks. … and more

Another alleged scam unearthed in the carbon markets Probe International The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has now blacklisted WesternField, accusing it of investment fraud . “It is increasingly clear this is a …

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Idaho Reporter Insurance department warns of phony health care scam Idaho Reporter DOI recommends that consumers check on its website to make sure that insurance agents or companies are licensed to work in Idaho. and more

5 Reasons to Fire Your Financial Advisor ETFguide In fact, using these deranged standards, probably led some individuals to trust in Bernard Madoff's giant investment scam . But scams aside, having billions …

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Preventing mail fraud North Fort Myers Neighbor Mail fraud is a scheme to get money or something of value from you by offering a product, service, or investment … and more

Examiner.com Sex, scams and scandals: Another day in Detroit politics Examiner.com “Hill's success in keeping costs in check has carried over to DPS,” Toran wrote. “He has reduced the cost of workers' compensation claims from more than $40 … and more

With unemployment still hovering near double digits, the Christian Science Monitor this week highlights a forgotten angle in the government’s efforts to help laid-off folks weather the storm: Getting part-time work could leave them in worse shape than if they’d remained jobless. “Many people who have been out of work for a year are picking up work as temps or part-timers,” the Monitor writes, “unaware that state agencies will recalculate their unemployment benefits after a year – and use their most recent work history and pay level to do it.” “What is going on for these workers is that because their most recent wages are much lower than the wages they earned in their prior fulltime job, they are facing substantial cuts in their weekly unemployment benefits,” says George Wentworth, a consultant at the National Employment Law Project (NELP) in New York. The Monitor spotlights the case of a Massachusetts worker who was receiving $540 in federal help each month, only to see that figure drop to $103. The reason? She took a temporary job that slipped her from federal to state benefits, causing the state to recalculate her benefits based on the last job she had. Not that Congress isn’t aware of the issue. A Senate bill passed earlier in the month would extend the filing deadline for emergency federal UI benefits through Dec. 31, but would also alter the underlying law so as not to penalize workers who take up part-time jobs in their search for longer-term employment. That provision, though, is not contained in a separate House-passed bill, which the Senate is expected to take up April 12.

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Classichyip is a classical scam Ecommerce Journal There is nothing new about this recently launched investment game program known as classichyip when it has turned to scam just like any other programs. …

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Tennessee Journalist Watch out for census scammers Jackson Sun … attempt their scams in person. The Consumer Affairs Department is advising people to check the ID badge of anyone who approaches you to take the census. … US Census Scam Warnings WDIO-TV US Census Forms Are Out And So Are The Scammers KHSL all 257 news articles

Woman, 78, accused of swindling friends in copied lottery scam Tampabay.com Neighbors said she told them that she lived off her Social Security check and meager savings. “We just felt really bad for her,” Don Gabriele said. … and more

Scam Alert: Checks Not From Frito Lay WHTM-TV Tammy Bennett, of Enola, knew that a letter she received with a check for $3490 just to do some shopping could not be for real. “The letter basically stated …

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Fort Smith Law Firm Warns of Bogus Cashier's Checks Scam KARK The scam involves retaining a lawyer to purportedly collect a debt. That law firm then receives an unexpected cashier's check from another law firm (in this …

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The administration today announced an expansion of its Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets program, which uses TARP money to provide states in the worst economic straits with block grants. In the first round, five states whose housing stock lost more than 20 percent of its value — California, Nevada, Arizona, Florida and Michigan — split $1.5 billion . In this round, the five states with the highest concentration of people living in counties in which unemployment was over 12 percent in 2009 — North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island and South Carolina — will split an additional $600 million. The grants for the first round of funding were awarded in this fashion: California received $699.6 million Florida received $418 million Michigan got $154.5 million Arizona got $125.1 million Nevada got $102.8 million In the new round, the awards are generally smaller, though the administration says they are “equivalent on a per person basis to the $1.5 billion awarded in the first HFA Hardest Hit Fund.” Ohio gets $172 million North Carolina gets $159 South Carolina gets $138 million Oregon gets $88 million Rhode Island gets $43 million As with the previous program, states have to submit their plans for review to the Treasury Department, which encourages them to focus on unemployment and distressed homeowner programs but doesn’t limit its assistance to just those ideas.

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Phone scam reported in Monroe County WXOW.com The person would allegedly get the check a short time later. Jerdee says the US DHS is not involved in these types of transactions and doesn't solicit by … Sheriff's department warns of scam La Crosse Tribune all 3 news articles

In this month’s trickle of economic data comes a little good news for the market, even if it’s perhaps not great news for people’s bank accounts: Consumer spending was up even as incomes were flat in February . Spending wasn’t up by much — just .3 percent — but the fact that it rose even as wages remained flat indicates that people feel more secure spending money they don’t necessarily have. Economists have long said that consumer spending needed to rise to encourage businesses to invest in new employees. In somewhat less heartening data that may belie the idea that consumer confidence rose with spending, consumers spent that extra money on food and clothes rather than durable goods like cars or appliances. Worse yet for consumers, the good economic news sent oil prices up , which could drive inflation up for March. Although unemployment figures for March won’t be available until later in the week, economists expect the unemployment rate to hold steady at 9.7 percent despite the addition of up to 200,000 jobs. There may or may not be pent-up demand in the market causing the rise in consumer spending, but that demand has yet to be reflected in the labor market.

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Man charged in $750k Boulder financial scam allowed to return home Daily Camera Lauritsen was arrested earlier this month and charged with securities fraud , theft, conspiracy and violation of the Colorado Organized Control Act. He is … and more

CBC.ca 4 Albertans accused of $60M Ponzi scam CBC.ca Eric Mattson said Monday the investment program was a Ponzi scheme. In order to perpetuate the scheme and entice new investors, HMS Financial allegedly paid … and more

Feds: $1.2M Internet dating scam busted in WA KING5.com … allegedly to check his mail, he was arrested. The Department of Justice believes more than 1000 people have been victims of the scam since 2005. … and more

CBC.ca Charges laid in another giant Ponzi scheme London Free Press Police looked into allegations of investment fraud and money laundering against HMS Financial Inc. between 2001 to 2004. Investigations began in 2004 and … 4 Albertans accused of $60M Ponzi scam CBC.ca Four Albertans charged in alleged Ponzi scheme Globe and Mail all 82 news articles

Cash4Gold Scam or Legit? WDEF News 12 About a week and a half I think after I sent the package off to them with the gold in it, I received a check . How much for, how much was the check for? and more

Phone scam nearly tricks Spokane grandma Seattle Times Alyce Bailey wants others to avoid the trouble she encountered last week when she nearly fell victim to a swindle known as the grandparents scam . … and more

While the Congressional Black Caucus (among others) pushed unsuccessfully for a major investment in job training to be included in the stimulus package , new data on the long-term prospects for a labor market recovery highlight the ongoing need for the president and Congress to put job training back on the economic recovery agenda. Matthew Scott of Daily Finance has the sobering statistics: Unemployment is expected to remain above 9% for at least the next two years, according to Christopher Woock, research associate for The Conference Board, and other economists. That’s because many of the estimated 4 million jobs lost in the construction and manufacturing industries during the recession may never come back. That’s what happened after the 2001 recession in sectors such as data processing, computer and electronics manufacturing, and textile manufacturing. Even in strong sectors, the projected 3-4 percent annual economic growth won’t be enough to entice employers back to pre-recession hiring levels. So what are out-of-work construction workers or auto workers going to do if their jobs don’t come back? Many of them are going to need to be trained to work in an industry that isn’t floundering. “If we have substantial structural change,” says Woock, “then that’s going to require a significant reallocation of workers across various industries and that is going to make for a very slow and drawn out labor market recovery.”In other words, as industries shift and jobs vanish forever, some workers may be forced to retrain to find work in a different industry. And yet, the latest version of the jobs bill offers tax credits to employers to hire workers — but it doesn’t give credits to workers enrolled in retraining programs, let alone help state and local governments or non-profits fund the establishment or expansion of such programs. Yet the sectors that economists expect to grow over the next few years require skilled labor more often than not. Barry Bluestone, dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University, predicts that within the next eight years, 2.4 million job vacancies could appear in the U.S. in the education, health care, government and nonprofit sectors.Jagadeesh Gokhale, an economist at the Cato Institute, says demand from aging baby boomers will drive job growth in health care and other related service industries. The transition from an automotive assembly line to the health care industry might not be an obvious choice, but for people unwilling to give up on working, it could be exactly the transition they need — and they may well need help from the government to make it happen.

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Springtime Scams To Be Avoided, Tips From Ct Consumer Commissioner Connecticut Watchdog (blog) High pressure sales tactics, haphazard contracts and a request for payment in cash or personal check made out to cash, are all red flags. … and more

Phishing email scams man out of R24 000 Independent Online They didn't check the signatures or anything. So criminals can open a bank account easily. And people like Schabir Shaik and his chums in the ANC are able … and more