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Missouri men offer their riches to end scam claims

Two Missouri brothers accused of misappropriating more than $100 million from U.S. Fidelis, once the nation's top seller of auto-service warranties, have agreed to turn over vacation homes, jewelry, a yacht and other riches to settle legal claims against them.

 

Jennifer Aniston Calls Hair Stylist Scam "Not Cool"

She does't give our much info.
Jennifer Aniston said that she lost some money to her former hairstylist, Maria Gabriela Perez, who has been accused of stealing from multiple high-profile clients, like Liv Tyler and Anne Hathaway. Here's what Jen had to say.

 

Scam traffics in kids' social security numbers

Scam traffics in kids' social security numbers

The latest form of identity theft doesn't depend on stealing your Social Security number. Now thieves are targeting your kid's number long before the little one has a bank account.

Senh: These scammers are starting early. My little brother's social security number was used once by an adult. My response to the creditors was how could my little brother, who was 5 at the time, be working and buying all that stuff.

 

Fraudsters angle for piece of BP oil spill fund

Fraudsters angle for piece of BP oil spill fund

Swindlers, scammers and even a few strippers are flocking to the Gulf Coast in search of a piece of the $20 billion BP Plc has set aside to compensate residents for spill-related losses.

Senh: Whenever there's money involved, lots of people are gonna want a piece of it. Sucks for the actual victims.

 

Doctors among those indicted in $251M Medicare scams

Doctors among those indicted in $251M Medicare scams

Federal authorities said Friday they conducted the largest Medicare fraud bust ever and arrested dozens of suspects accused in scams totaling ...

 

Google: Fake Antivirus is 15% of All Malware

Google report shows that fake antivirus scams as a percentage of total malware have risen five-fold over the past year.

 

Israel jails 'holy semen' abuser

An Israeli court imprisons a man for 10 years for tricking women into sexual acts by claiming his semen was holy and had healing powers.

 

Daughter turns mom in for Ponzi scheme

Daughter turns mom in for Ponzi scheme

One investor turned herself into a financial detective to expose the fraud of a $32 million scheme that had people, including her own mother, targeting friends and family for bogus investment returns.

 

Advertised bridal show a scam, FBI and police say

Advertised bridal show a scam, FBI and police say

Thousands of would-be brides and grooms and hundreds of vendors registered for a heavily advertised bridal show that was to start Friday evening in Boston and was in part to benefit Haiti, but according to police the entire event was a sham.

 

Fox News spent weeks promoting "Tea Party Express" scam

The political action committee that organized the Tea Party Express ("Our Country Deserves Better PAC") funneled almost two-thirds of its spending back to the political consulting firm from which it was spawned. More than $850,000 of the money the "grassroots" PAC collected went to the firm of GOP political operatives who ran it.

 

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