Archive for Scams
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Some People Cheat and Others Can’t. Why?
Sometimes cheaters do get caught. New York financier Bernie Madoff faces a possible life sentence after pleading guilty to 11 felony counts in one of history's largest investment frauds. Unfortunately, this is just one of many recent stories about captains of industry and finance behaving badly with...
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Merman fished out of the Caspian Sea
Fishermen claim to have spotted an amphibious creature resembling a human in the Caspian sea. Gafar Gasanof, the captain of the Baku, an Azeri trawler, told Iranian newspaper Zindagi: "The creature was swimming a parallel course near the boat for a long time. "At the beginning we thought it wa...
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Roman Polanski Wants the Sex with Minor Charges Dropped
Lawyers for Roman Polanski, a fugitive for 30 years in a notorious sex case involving a 13-year-old girl, filed a request Tuesday to dismiss the charge against him because of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct. The motion alleges that a documentary about filmmaker released earlier this year re...
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Find Out the Secrets Why Companies Use Rebates
Rebates are a marketing tool used by manufacturers to increase sales, by lowering the cost of a product in the eyes of a customer, without actually dropping the price on the shelf. The company makes available a rebate for those buying the product, let's say, $20. You buy the product, send the compan...
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McGruff the Crime Dog is Going Digital
McGruff the Crime Dog is going digital. The 26-year-old mascot is the centerpiece of the National Crime Prevention Council's new campaign to "Take a Bite Out of Cyber Crime." The Web site ByteCrime.org, formally launched Wednesday, offers a free, 36-page online brochure with tips. "The message re...
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How a Superdollar is Made. A Counterfeit’s Secret
A superdollar is an almost perfect counterfeit American dollar bill. Although some would think the $2 bill is a counterfeit. ;) Millions of dollars of the fake cash have been passed into circulation since its existence was first noticed over a decade ago. The money, officially known as Note Fami...
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Do Not Knock Massachusetts Bill Going to Vote Today
Do Not Knock list proposed by Massacusetts lawmakers here to push for a bill that would allow residents to sign up for a do-not-knock list keeping solicitors off their property. The legislation also would require background checks on sales crews. Representative Cleon Turner of Yarmouth says th...
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Protect Yourself on the Internet
The Internet has changed so much in the last few years. I can remember not to long ago when a person could safely chart his course through the Internet safely and easily, but now the Internet has changed for the worse for the uninformed user. Today, the Internet is full of spy ware, Internet hijacke...
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I Know Who You’re Talking to on Your Cell Phone
Your Cell Phones records can be purchased from a website for only $50 such as BestPeopleSearch.com A U.S. congressman said Friday that federal agencies were looking into whether telephone companies were sufficiently protecting consumers' records amid concerns that Internet sites were selling cell...
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Piece of Plymouth Rock is offered on eBay
There are Plymouth Rock commemorative plates. Plymouth Rock salt and pepper shakers. A Plymouth Rock woolen rug. Even a 49-year-old volume of ''The Bobbsey Twins at Plymouth Rock." The eBay website abounds with kitschy knickknacks celebrating the hunk of granite at the edge of Plymouth Harbor, wh...
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Clerks 2: Silent Bob is Forever Silent?
Hey anyone know where I can get some Clerks 2 Ringtones or Jay and SIlent Bob ringtones? Writer/director Kevin Smith is currently in production on the sequel to the indie cult smash hit film Clerks. As you may know, he's been documenting the whole experience with video diaries (two a week actuall...
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Ashlee Simpson to Perform on Oprah
Ashlee Simpson to Perform on Oprah Friday August 26 6:50 AM ET Ashlee Simpson, who was busted for a "Saturday Night Live" lip-synch gone awry, will perform on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" this fall, says her manager-father, Joe Simpson. Earlier in the week, Simpson had confirmed reports that Ashl...
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Millions and Millions are Affected by Spyware
A new Pew Internet Project report shows that about 93 million American internet users (68% of them) have had computer trouble in the past year that is consistent with problems caused spyware and viruses, though 60% of those who had problems were not sure where the problem originated. Some 25% of...
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George Bush alters TV ad to fool viewers and GETS CAUGHT
President Bush campaign acknowledged Thursday that it had doctored a photograph used in a television commercial to remove the president and the podium where he was standing. The campaign said the ad will be re-edited and reshipped to TV stations. A group of soldiers in the crowd was electronical...
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PLEASE READ EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, fake email
Claim: Someone who calls himself "slavemaster" is luring women to their deaths over the Internet and has already claimed 56 victims. Status: Not any more. [Collected on the Internet, 2000] If a guy by the name of SlaveMaster contacts you do not answer. He has killed 56 women t...
