In The News: Home Deed, Fake Cops, 85 yr old Woman
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in In The News | No Comments »Don't get scammed on the cost of your home deed LUCAS COUNTY -- It's something you can get for less than five dollars, but a national company wants you to pay ten times the price. We're talking about home deeds, which you ...
In The News: Handy Man, Burger King, Investigators, Scam Artist
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Police look for man they say scammed people on fix-it-up jobs Lafayette police are looking for a man they believe is conning local people into paying up front for home repairs that he never performs.An arrest warrant has been issued for ...
In The news: Japan, R. Kelly, and Chevelles
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in In The News | No Comments »Och-Ziff Scammed in Japan for $77M Och-Ziff Capital Management got hoodwinked in a racket involving Tokyo trading company. Its Hong Kong business lost $77 million partnering with Marubeni Corp., The Wall Street Journal reported. Och-Ziff was supposed to team with Marubeni ...
In the News: Philanthropy and Church
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in In The News | No Comments »Pomona philanthropist admits he scammed 23 victims Gregg F. Brie, a self-proclaimed philanthropist, pleaded guilty this morning to a felony theft charge and agreed to repay hundreds of thousands of dollars to nearly two dozen people. In pleading guilty to second-degree grand ...
In the News: swim champ scammed
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in In The News, Uncategorized | No Comments »News was a little slow today... SA swim champ scammed OLYMPIC swimmer Roland Schoeman lost more than R40000 in sponsorship money in a travel agency scam, Jacaranda radio said yesterday. Jacarandafm.com’s Buzz said Roland’s mother Geraldine Schoeman had lost the money after ...
Ebay Sellers
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Ebay Sellers, People | No Comments »In general, I have not had problems with Ebay Sellers. But, every once in a while, I get a real gem. This last time, I bought something that was extremely light weight. I paid 75 dollars for the item, $16 of ...
Aramark
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Aramark, Companies | No Comments »In the state of Colorado, when you apply for a new Driver's License, they give you a piece of paper which IS your LEGAL driver's license along with your old DL with a hole in it. I specifically asked, "Will this ...
In The News: Scammed buying a car, contruction, and travel
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in In The News | No Comments »Car buyer swindled in online auction A Todd County resident who tried to buy a vehicle from overseas via an auction Web site was scammed in a bogus deal. The buyer reported the e-mail scam Friday to the Todd County Sheriff's Office. ...
In The News: Teachers, Highways, and Realtors
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in In The News | No Comments »Teachers across the state feel cheated But the government squarely blamed the teachers for the postponement of exams. What is your answer to that * A teacher will never do anything that is against the interest of the students. The boycott ...
Stories in the News: Olympic Flame, All State Insurance, Scams
Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in In The News | No Comments »The Olympic Flame Flees San Francisco "It was a potentially threatening scene, and one that led the organizers to quickly change the route and shorten it by half. Instead of following Herb Caen Way along San Francisco Bay, the new route ...