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Federal Reserve Bank – Economic Working Papers
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Vacation Club Lawsuit, Part 2 – myfoxny.com
MYFOXNY.COM – If you’re looking for great travel deals, you might be tempted by an interesting offer that comes in the mail. But Fox 5 blew the whistle on the alleged scam. Now Arnold Diaz has some new information you need to know. The New Jersey …
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Vacation Club Lawsuit – myfoxny.com
Indeed, Consumer Affairs officials call the company’s promises a scam, and the Better Business Fox 5’s Arnold Diaz got on the case (watch his report; video, left). One victim — Dianne Prebush — says the company refunded her money when she …
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Garda alert on ’shoulder surfing’ pin number scam – Irish Times
GARDAÍ HAVE warned shoppers to take extra care when paying for goods following the arrest of three people earlier this week over the theft and use of debit and credit cards. The three were charged on Tuesday in relation to so-called “shoulder …
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Boca Raton 34-year-old charged with mortgage scam has to give up Rolls … – Palm Beach Interactive
A U.S. Secret Service investigation into an alleged mortgage scam run by a 34-year-old Boca Raton man has led to his arrest and seizure of assets including a Rolls Royce Phantom, Lamborghini, Ferrari and 42-foot Fountain racing boat. Jason Vitulano …
What Makes A Person Good Scam Bait?
We all like to think we’re basically scam-proof, and that reason and skepticism will protect us from even the most talented hustlers. More likely, we just haven’t encountered those hustlers yet. In this report from the University of Cambridge, the authors review a series of short cons run by pros on the UK series The Real Hustle , then they summarize what they believe are seven principles of human behavior that work against you when you’re being targeted in a scam. Distraction – When we’re distracted, you miss important cues
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Ohio warns of text message unemployment scam – Middletown Journal
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities say a text message scam is targeting Ohioans who receive unemployment benefits. Attorney General Richard Cordray said Wednesday that people are receiving fraudulent text messages on their cell phones that claim to be …
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Watch out for text message scam, Memphis man says – WMC-TV
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) – A Mid-South man thought he had won a free Walmart gift card, but a text message announcing the award was actually a scam. It started with a text message, leading John Carnes to believe it was his lucky day. “It said that I had …
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Flyby And Driveby Photos Of Walmart’s Super-Secret Data Center
Have you ever seen these crazy Walmarts ginormous data center in Missouri? Airplanes and the Google Maps Streetview car have. Dubbed, “Area 71,” the facility is built on bedrock so it can withstand numerous kind of disasters.
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Grocery Shrink Ray Strikes Store-Brand Sugar
The grocery shrink ray has struck bags of sugar in two different parts of the country. Bags that a rational consumer would assume contain five pounds of sugar–since they’ve contained five pounds of sugar for as long as most Americans can remember–now contain four pounds of sugar. Somehow, we don’t think that grocers are doing this as an effort to reduce Americans’ sugar consumption. Reader Doug in Washington state first noticed the shrunken sugar a few weeks ago.
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Madoff victims ask Congress to recover their funds – Town Hall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Victims of Bernard Madoff’s epic scam urged Congress on Wednesday to change laws so that all investors of such frauds will be compensated should they lose their investments. At a U.S. House of Representatives hearing, Madoff …
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Cordray Joins Charity in Warning of Fraudulent Solicitations – Jackson County Times-Journal
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Preying on the generosity of Ohioans during this holiday season, scam artists are soliciting donations in the name of the Buckeye Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA). Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray said …
Google says Utah company behind online scam – KOB.com
(AP) SALT LAKE CITY – Google Inc. says a Utah company is using its name to defraud consumers. The Internet leader filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Pacific WebWorks Inc., a Salt Lake City company that claims it pays people thousands of dollars …
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Madhu Koda hospitalised on court directive – New Kerala
Ranchi, Dec 9 : Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and his Kamalesh Singh, accused in the multi crore mine scam, were admitted to hospital here on Wednesday after courts direction for the same. According to Jharkhand Police, the duo were …
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Watch out for e-mail scam – Houston Community Newspapers
Vanessa Handrick Garner found herself the victim of computer hackers Wednesday when someone hacked into her e-mail and proceeded to attempt to scam people in her e-mail address book. The e-mail says she is stranded in London and needs money. In other …
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FTC Sues to Stop Robocallers – PC World
The Federal Trade Commission today said it was going after three outfits that allegedly made robocalls to sell worthless credit-card interest-rate reduction programs for large up-front fees of as much as $1,495. The lawsuits against Economic Relief …
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How Fake Sites Trick Search Engines To Hit The Top – WUSA
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies …
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Facebook Users’ Holiday Spirit Target of New Koobface Variant, Reports … – TMCnet
GLENDALE, Calif., Dec 09, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Cybercriminals are capitalizing on the Christmas holiday in a new Facebook scam that renders users’ computers useless, reports PandaLabs, Panda Security’s malware analysis and detection …
Celebrity credit card lessons: The famous who became not so rich – CreditCards.com
If fame and fortune were all we needed to be happy and secure, then there wouldn’t be so many celebrities fighting off creditors. Many of us think that if we had the kind of money that celebrities have, we’d do a better job of managing our credit …
US charges 5 with foreclosure scam in Philly area – Daily Business Review
ive people were charged with using a supposed mortgage-rescue program to steal nearly $15 million in home equity from homeowners facing foreclosure in suburban Philadelphia. The federal indictment Tuesday accuses the owners of Axxium Mortgage, J&J …
Cisco Systems report: Criminals target social networks like Facebook … – Triangle Business Journal
The report from the San Jose, Calif.-based networking giant, which has more than 4,000 employees in the Raleigh-Durham area, highlights “the critical role that people, not technology, play in creating opportunities for cybercriminals.” In …
This one isn’t verified by Visa – Allentown Morning Call
The scam: Visa recently put out the word that it’s been targeted by scammers. Its Verified by Visa program is the real deal — a program that provides an extra layer of protection for Visa customers. But the Verified by Visa name and logo are being …
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Tax scammers pitch assessor – San Francisco Chronicle
Ting was one of many San Francisco homeowners to receive a mailer this week advertising help in reducing property taxes – for the low, low price of $180. Here’s the catch: The companies (there appear to be more than one sending out slightly different …
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Two more charged in burglary ring – Brattleboro Reformer
David Anderson, 20, of Alstead, N.H., was dating Hill at the time of the burglaries, according to police documents. Police said the use of Anderson’s father’s truck, which Anderson provided, played a crucial role in the break-ins. Anderson and …
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Wednesday morning Rangers things – Lone Star Ball
“But now the owner has an escape route that allows him to get out of debt, be remembered positively by the public for his last act and remain in the mix of the team’s board of directors.” EG also lauds Nolan because he is offering Hicks dignity …
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The U.S. government continues research into biofuel – DailyTech
Research is good, but things like the Corn Ethanol subsidies which can never develop into a practical or economical fuel source is just an absolute scam. Corn ethanol has no positive benefit to anybody but the Corn producers who line their pockets …
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Southwest Demanded Proof My Infant Wasn’t 2
Kris says the Southwest Airlines check-in desk gave her all sorts of hell when she tried to check herself and her 7-month-old baby boy onto a flight. The clerk at first refused to give up her ticket because she didn’t have proof of the baby’s age, then relented only after 10 minutes of arguing. Kris forwarded us a letter she wrote to Southwest: Your employees were unhelpful and generally rude towards me during my flight experience. The problem occurred Sunday October 18 at 1:40 p.m.
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Debt Consolidation Online Application – Do Online Consolidation Work … – Transworld News
Many people in this economy have found themselves in debt over their head. These same people often turn to online debt consolidation firms. Do online debt consolidation services really work? Simply put, yes they do. Hector Milla Editor of the ” Best …
The Heron’s Nest: Budget blues – Delaware County Daily Times
Taxes are going up in towns all across Delaware County. It’s the trickle-down theory – in reverse. With the economy tanking, revenues are down, expenses are up. Delaware County is not immune. The county budget calls for a tax hike.
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Arizona Enjoins Abusive Payday Lender – Courthouse News Service
TUCSON (CN) – The Arizona attorney general says a payday loan company duped hundreds of rural borrowers by suing them for nonpayment in a court far from their homes, setting up a “veritable assembly line of default judgments.” Arizona says Kansas …
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US charges 11 in alleged immigrant marriage scam – Zanesville Times Recorder
COLUMBUS (AP) — U.S. authorities in Ohio say 11 people have been charged in an alleged scheme to arrange sham marriages to help people from eastern Europe gain legal residency. Federal prosecutors say immigrants paid $17,000 to marry U.S. citizens …
Feds charge 11 in alleged immigrant marriage scam – Pueblo Chieftain
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — U.S. authorities in Ohio say 11 people have been charged in an alleged scheme to arrange sham marriages to help people from eastern Europe gain legal residency. Federal prosecutors say immigrants paid $17,000 to marry U.S …
Google Sues Make Money With Google Scams – Searchnewz.com
In the Finally! department, Google is taking legal action against advertisers who used Googles name and logos to promote their get-rich-quick scams. The Make Money on Google ads were rampant in both search and display advertising in the first half of …
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Crooks pitch World Cup scams after group draw – The Register
Cybercrooks have begun punting World Cup ticket and HD TV viewing scams as a successor to earlier lottery-based cons. The revision of earlier fraud follows the final draw for the 2010 World Cup last Friday. Now, in addition to the opportunity to …
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Walk Away From These Stocks – MSNBC
“Sorry we couldn’t do business” is a phrase you’ll hear from brokers at the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas when a deal just doesn’t make sense. And no, I didn’t find this out by trying to hock my grandfather’s watch. This pawn shop is featured …
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$700 Billion Bank Bailout Extended Until 2010
The administration announced it’s extending the $700 billion financial bailout program until next fall. The Treasury said it’s important to hold onto money and have it available in case any new catasrophes slam our financial system: “As we wind down many of the government programs launched initially to address the crisis, it is imperative that we maintain this capacity to respond if financial conditions worsen and threaten our economy,” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wrote in a letter to Congress. Geithner Extends $700 Billion Bailout Program Until October [Bloomberg]
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Wachovia Harrasses Me For Phantom Car Loan Payment
Richard bought a vehicle, returned it and bought another from the same dealership. He says Wachovia erroneously paid off the second loan instead of the first. Once he got the finance department to correct the mistake — a process that took a month — Wachovia started hassling him to make a payment for which he was never billed.
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