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Last updated
March 19, 2009

David N. Kirkman
Task Force Alert Chair
Asst Attorney General
Consumer Protection
NC Department of Justice
P.O. Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602
919-716-6000

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Consumer Fraud Alerts

  1. Senior Fraud Alert; "Please help me. I am locked out."
  2. Senior Fraud Alert; Scammers May Approach When Legitimate Companies Work on Your Home
  3. Banking, Senior Care Professionals Foil Scammers
  4. Itinerant Paving Scammers Coming Out of Hibernation
  5. Urgent! We Are Now Servicing Your Mortgage
  6. Unexpected Checks Are Legitimate
  7. Contractor Sentenced; Senior Fraud Video Available
  8. FDA Reports Prescription Drug/Extortion Scam
  9. Residents of Assisted Living, Retirement Communities Targeted by Con Artists
  10. Scammer Posing as Federal and Local Law Enforcement Officers
  11. Fake surveys that could lead to identity theft
  12. Renewed Warnings About Death Threat Scams
  13. Distraction Thieves Now Posing as Carpet Salesmen
  14. Pair Sentenced for Stealing Identities, Social Security Checks
  15. Distraction Thieves Posing as City Utility Workers
  16. Threatening Calls
  17. Visitors Offering to "Assist" with SSI
  18. FBI Warns of Grand Jury Subpoenas Arriving by Email
  19. More Warnings About "Free Lunch" Retirement Seminars for Seniors
  20. AG Warns of Robo-Calls From Identity Thieves
  21. FDIC Warns of Advance Fee Loan Scams
  22. Missionary" Sentenced for Stealing Identity of 77-Year-Old NC Woman
  23. Federal Jury in NC Convicts Two in Investment Scheme Targeting Seniors
  24. Debt be gone Credit Specialists
  25. IRS Warns of New Tax Rebate Con, Other Tax Season Scams
  26. Automated Calls from Bank Security Department
  27. "Expiring Auto Warranty" Warnings
  28. Phony Social Security Representatives Still Pushing It
  29. Possible Tax Appraisal Scam Reported
  30. Another "Social Security" Scam Reported; Identity Theft
  31. Report of Scammers Requesting $$$ for Sheriff's K-9 Unit
  32. Feds Claim Fund-Raisers Mislead U.S. Consumers
  33. Reports of "Shadow Shopper" Scams Increase
  34. Another Scam Targeting Churches
  35. "Callers from Social Security" Setting Up Sales Visits
  36. Door-to-Door Magazine Sellers Posing as Local College Athletes
  37. U.S. Senate Panel Investigating "Senior Financial Advisors," Insurance Cos
  38. Contractor Banned in NC Due to Transaction with Older Home Owners
  39. More Calls, Emails, Faxes and Letters Claiming to be from Government Agencies
  40. In-Home Distraction Theft by Phony Medicare Representatives (Catawba County Incident)
  41. FBI Warns of Email Messages Threatening Death; Advises Recipients to Hit "Delete"
  42. "Sheriff" Seeking $$$ for Bullet-Proof Vests
  43. Cross-Border Frauds--Greensboro PD Warning & Montreal Bust
  44. Georgia Reporting Collect Call-Medicare Scams
  45. Cell Phone "Phishing" Scams Reported
  46. US Government Warns Medicare Beneficiaries of Internet, Phone Scams (March 9, 2006)
  47. Alleged Wal-Mart Voucher Scammers Temporarily Shut Down by Federal Government
  48. State Health Department - Medical Voucher Scam (January 11, 2006)

Last updated on June 19, 2009

 

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