Con artists posing as fake City Light employees

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Seattle City Light is warning people to guard against telephone con artists posing as utility bill collectors targeting customers with Asian surnames. ...

Seattle City Light says scam artists targeting utility customers Seattle Times

Seattle City Light Warns Of Billing Scams KIRO Seattle

Seattle City Light warns of billing scam MyNorthwest.com

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Con artists use census effort to get financial information

Idaho State Journal

So what type of person would take advantage of the constitutionally required Census count to scam people? ...

Census time accompanied by usual scam suspects Waterbury Republican American



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Telephone 'crammers' back at their scam

The Virginian-Pilot

Where we stand Officials need to go after the con artists and get phone companies to do the same. Federal regulators need to crack down on telephone ...

How to avoid looking like a tourist

NEWS.com.au

And that means that con artists , pickpockets and people who are just looking for an excuse to be inhospitable spot them too. It always helps to have some ...



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Census Scams: The Red Flags

Wall Street Journal

Con artists could use the event to acquire personal information that can lead to identity theft. Most Census forms will arrive in the mail March 15 to 17. ...

Fake Census Workers a Concern for the Bureau WHSV



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Ohio makes push to protect citizens against con artists

Akron Beacon Journal

The state of Ohio is making a big push with a new marketing campaign designed to protect investors from con artists . ...

Beware of bail money scam

Buffalo Reflex

Scam artists have been targeting Buffalo businesses with claims employees are being held in jail and are in need of bail money.The con artists call places ...

A Conversation with Castle's Molly Quinn

TV.com

There are some pretty charming con artists out there. Will the relationship between Alexis and Beckett continue to develop? I think it'll happen more and I ...

Get Your Irish Up

TheaterMania.com

In a seedy hotel room, he comes into contact with two not-so-bright con artists out to make a few hundred bucks and an overly curious clerk. ...



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NJ Warns: Beware Potential Frauds When Donating to Chilean Relief Efforts

nj today

Following past disasters, con artists have preyed upon the public's generosity and compassion to defraud donors and enrich themselves. ...

editorial: Put an end to 'Gram' scam

Randolph Herald

Preying on the elderly is not a new crime, but with advances in information technology and the Internet, con artists can more easily than ever before locate ...

SunScam State? Enough: Create a climate that discourages crime, corruption

Palm Beach Post

We've been able tell colorful stories about con artists for years. The stories are getting old. Randy Schultz is the editor of the editorial page of The ...



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Offered a Free iPad? It's a Scam

Newser

The con artists , Graham Cluley writes, are often trying to get you to add a premium cell-phone service and sucker unwitting friends in, too. ...



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Family should protect seniors

The News-Press

Schell said it can help to have a deputy call or go by the house to talk to them about scams and tricks used by con artists . "We want to help them - prevent ...



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False hopes and Barnum

BusinessWorld Online

There are " con artists " who are so talented and charismatic that they can conjure illusions of beauty, youth and perfection, or financial windfalls. ...

Warning! Census scam alert

Winknews.com

Arguien isn't surprised to hear about con artists posing as census workers via email. "You know it's a con, you know it's a scam because the Census Bureau ...



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The 25 Grooviest Movies of the 1930s

ChicagoNow (blog)

25) The Young in Heart (1938): A comic gem about a family of con artists starring Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Billie Burke.



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National campaign against mortgage fraud kicks off in Bronx

New York Daily News

City residents facing foreclosure have been beset by con artists promising low-interest loan restructuring and other easy outs from a mountain of debt. ...



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Police warn of elderly scams

Canton Journal

Con artists also promise prize money, claiming they are calling from a contest center such as Publisher's Clearing House. They'll promise to send vast sums ...



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Stock Shock

Filmcritic.com

Imagine how much these con artists made when the stock (in 2009!) went from $9 per share to five cents (yes, $.05) per share. In the aftermath, some of the ...



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