Fla. man pleads guilty to online Ponzi scheme
WGME
Thomas A. Bowdoin Jr., of Quincy, pleaded guilty to wire fraud Friday in US District Court in Washington. Prosecutors say the 77-year-old Bowdoin operated an online advertising company and marketed himself as a "money magnet." He promised huge returns ...

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Where Americans Lost Money Online
Forbes
Over-payment fraud, the victim receives an invalid monetary instrument with instructions to deposit it in a bank account and send excess funds or a percentage of the deposited money back to the sender. There was no shortage of schemes in the online ...
The 5 most common online swindlesGCN.com
Cyber-thieves increasingly aiming at cellphonesEast Valley Tribune
FBI finds scammers impersonating the FBI now one of worst online threatsNetwork World
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UseFreeSMS.com - US Based Website Launches Free Send Online SMS Service For ...
WebWire (press release)
UseFreeSMS.com, a new online venture aimed at mobile phone users, is pleased to announce a brand-new service allowing anyone to send a free SMS text message to any mobile phone, anywhere in the world, capable of receiving such messages. www.



Web scammers fleecing people looking for love
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Tim Pillack with the Waterloo Police Department confirmed investigators are looking into the con, which involved the woman sending tens of thousands of dollars in cashiers checks and using money transfer companies. Experts say the scam is common, ...



Hey, girlfriend: Edison students offer girlfriend-like online tasks for $5
Naples Daily News
"Girls give guys advice, break up with their girlfriend for them, send them a message on Facebook they can show off to their friends...," he wrote. He sent those lines to a writer at online news blog buzzfeed.com, who posted a story about it.



Cybercrimes Up in 2011
The Ledger
Online crime occurs in varied forms, from identity theft that uses personal information to commit fraud, to phony job schemes involving bad check deposits, to "romance scams" that seduce the lovelorn to send money to a pseudo-suitor.

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Online tool to give view of Glendale's spending
AZ Central.com
17, 2012 10:16 AM Glendale staff unveiled an online tool to allow residents to better track city spending, but some City Council members questioned whether it would give a complete picture. The "Follow Your Money" online program will allow residents to ...

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Trouble at the Tollbooth
New York Times
The E-ZPass authorities opted not to acknowledge my explanation in any way — though the post office confirmed delivery of my letter — and have proceeded to send us increasingly more disagreeable notices. A quick read of other online complaints ...



Online betting bill advances in Delaware House
CBS News
Officials say the money generated from the expanded gambling would allow them to eliminate the $4 million in slot machine fees paid by the existing casinos and cut their table game fees from $6.75 million to $3 million. In return for those financial ...

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Norton man who groomed girls online gets 6 years
Gazette Live
The 31-year-old offered them money, alcohol and phone top-ups to persuade them to send indecent pictures of themselves. Using social media like Facebook and MSN Messenger, he used false names and ages to pose as a younger man.
Stockton predator groomed girls on FacebookThe Northern Echo

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