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moneyfeatures.blogs.money.cnn.com - 3/18/2009
Five scams on the rise
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Tough economic times make fertile breeding ground for scammers and this recession is no different. I was at the Consumer Federation of America conference in Washington, DC last week, where several state consumer protection regulators spoke about the sharp increase in financial and consumer ...

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kiplinger.com - 3/13/2009
Watch Out for Stimulus Scams
— kiplinger.com — I've been seeing lots of ads suggesting that the government will be sending people big checks, usually of more than $12,000, as part of the stimulus plan. Is the Treasury Department really going to send checks of this size? Nope. Scam artists miss no ... (more) Watch Out for Stimulus Scams

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information-security-resources.com - 3/12/2009
Dissecting Social Engineering Scams
— information-security-resources.com — I get offers for many products by e-mail which i mostly delete or let the spam filter take care of them. But in the past week i got bombarded from several different sources regarding one apparently free product. The sheer amount of e-mails made me read through one of them. It was an announcement for (more) Dissecting Social Engineering Scams
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The Mess That Greenspan Made — ... - O.C. Register FED/TREASURY/BANKING • Fed Debates Injecting Credit Into Economy - Bloomberg • Fed scopes out options with key rate near zero - AP • Fed Debates Buying Government Debt - Bloomberg • Citigroup's top economist tapped for Treasury post - AP INTERESTING • Educators banking on penny drive - Miami Herals • Ghosts of a Gilded Age Haunt 19th-Century Chinese Banking Hub - NY Times • Five scams on the rise - CNN/Money ...

Stimulus Grant Scams
Business Opportunities Weblog — CNNMoney: Tough economic times make fertile breeding ground for scammers and this recession is no different. Since the $787 billion stimulus bill became law in February, dozens of websites have popped up offering advice for a fee on how to get government grants on everything from small business initiatives to paying off student loan debt. The BBB has received hundreds of complaints about sites like federalgrantsolutions.com, which billed consumers $70 a month on their credit cards for info they thought was free. ...

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