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Written by: David Mikkelson
Oct. 18, 2011
Promises of free Starbucks gift cards to Facebook users are part of a long-running online scam.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 26, 2009
Scammers promise to hook up victims with a variety of government grants.
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Jan. 2, 2009
Thieves steal women's purses from restroom stalls, then burgle victims' empty houses when victim ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 10, 2008
Scammers dupe victims into paying 'security keeping fees' to receive courier parcels supposedly ...
Written by: Snopes Staff
Nov. 26, 2008
A scammer used debit card information gleaned during delivery of unordered 'gifts' to make unaut ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Sept. 2, 2006
Scammers defraud aspiring secret shoppers.
Written by: David Mikkelson
April 7, 2006
Notification of attempted delivery cards from a phony 'Parcel Delivery Service' were used as par ...
Written by: David Mikkelson
March 16, 2006
Notices purporting to come from the Internal Revenue Service make good phishing bait, for a numb ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Dec. 31, 2005
Frauds like these succeed because those perpetrating them frame their solicitations as heart-ren ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Dec. 27, 2004
Strangers pretend to need cabfare to get to a hospital or money to buy gasoline or baby formula ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Feb. 9, 2004
Are you in line for a windfall inheritance because you share your surname with a dead person?
Written by: David Mikkelson
Dec. 23, 2003
Callers pretend to be fraud investigation agents for Visa and MasterCard in order to obtain cred ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 3, 2003
Sellers advertising online are defrauded by "buyers" who pay with cashier's checks made out for ...
Written by: Barbara Mikkelson
Aug. 16, 2001
Scammers offer to give away free money for helping them move large sums to American banks.
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