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

North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services

1. Senior Fraud Alert: Scammers Attempt to Use Local Police to Reconnect with Elderly Repeat Victim of Fraud
2. Senior Fraud Alert: Scammers Use a New Method to Steal Your Money
3. Senior Fraud Alert: Rockingham Co. Sheriff, Others Warn of Strangers Seeking Payment Via Green Dot Cards
4. Senior Fraud Alert: Chapel Hill Police Warn of Jamaican Sweepstakes Scammers Demanding Money ASAP
5. Senior Fraud Alert: Phony Cops Are Scamming Business Owners
6. Trade Practices Alert: Warnings About Seminars on Stock Trading
7. Senior Fraud Alert: Home Computer Users, Beware of That Call from Tech Support
8. Trade Practices Alert: Feds Go After Abusive "Collectors"
9. Senior Fraud Alert: Task Force Member's Work Helps to Secure Guilty Pleas from 2nd Defendant in Case of Cross-Border Fraud Against Seniors
10. Senior Fraud Alert: Charlotte Victim, Bank Officials, PD Financial Crimes Unit, DA Secure Convictions Against Alleged Financial Predator
11. Trade Practices Alert: Grant scammers’ tangled web dismantled
12. Senior Fraud Alert: NC - Based Home Repair Fraud Group Active
13. Senior Fraud Alert: "Classic Ponzi Scheme" Victimizes Friends, Nets Lenghty Prison Term
14. Senior Fraud Alert: Buying Gift Cards to Enter a Sweepstakes Contest or Collect a Prize? Something Isn't Right
15. Senior Fraud Alert: Fraud Artists Posing as Social Security Officials, Seeking Bank Account Info
16. Senior Fraud Alert: Callers Pose as Law Enforcement Officers, Attempt to "Shake Down" Call Recipients
17. Senior Fraud Alert: Roof Sealant Scammers Target Older Home Owners
18. Senior Fraud Alert: "Grandparent Scam" Becoming Costlier and More Sophisticated
19. Senior Fraud Alert: Repeat Victims of Fraud Groups; Two Resources That Might Help
20. Senior Fraud Alert: Western NC Estate Planning Specialist Gets Lengthy Prison Sentence; Must Repay $10.5 Million to Retirees
21. Senior Fraud Alert: New Consumer Awareness Materials From US Postal Inspection Service
22. Attorney General Alert: Time Means Phony IRS Scams
23. Trade Practices Alert: Foreign Currency Investment Company Allegedly Promising Monthly Returns of 5% Ordered to Cease and Desist
24. Trade Practices Alert: Beware of Letters from "State Record Retrieval Board"
25. Senior Fraud Alert: Con Men Execute $10K Pigeon Drop Scam in S.E. Charlotte Shopping Center Parking Lot
26. Trade Practices Alert: Feds Accuse Former Wachovia Securities Advisors of Defrauding Older Clients
27. Senior Fraud Alert: Warning to Veterans About "Warning to Veternans!!" Email Messages
28. Senior Fraud Alert: Federal Court Shuts Down Numerous Sweepstakes Mailing Firms
29. Senior Fraud Alert: Update on earlier Trade Practice Alerts concerning timeshare resellers who allegedly scam seniors and others
30. Senior Fraud Alert: Progress Energy Warns of Callers Threatening to Cut Off Service
31. Senior Fraud Alert: Buncombe Co. Sheriff's Dept. Reports Spike in Loved-One-In-Distress Scams
32. Senior Fraud Alert: Identity Thieves Offer Free Diabetes Equipment to Seniors
33. Senior Fraud Alert: Callers Pose as Local RSVP Program Officials
34. Senior Fraud Alert: Distraction Thefts by Couple Offering Tree Services
35. Senior Fraud Alert: CNC Alzheimer's Support Groups Allegedly Targeted By Con Artist
36. Senior Fraud Alert: Con Artists Claim to be With Make-A-Wish Foundation
37. Trade Practices Alert: Solicitors Posing As Federal Securities Requlators
38. Senior Fraud Alert: Identity Thieves Claim to Be With a Southeastern NC Bank
39. Trade Practices Alert: Callers Wanting to Draft Bank Accounts for Medicare
40. Senior Fraud Alert: Scammers Pose as Tree Trimmers Working for the City
41. Senior Fraud Alert: Census Scams
42. Trade Practices Alert: Fundraisers for Police, Firefighter and Veterans Groups Put Out of Business, Forced to Pay $18.8 Million
43. Trade Practices Alert: Insurance Agents Reportedly Coming to Seniors' Doors to Sign Them Up for "ObamaCare"
44. Senior Fraud Alert: Sheriff Warns of Scammers Targeting Homes With Wheelchair Ramps
45. Senior Fraud Alert: Home Repair Fraud Crew Takes $91,000 From Cary Man
46. Senior Fraud Alert: Don't Be Fooled by Sweepstakes Scammers Posing as Federal Officials
47. Senior Fraud Alert: Face-to-Face "Grandparent"
48. Senior Fraud Alert: Warning from the Department of Veterans Affairs
49. Senior Fraud Alert: "Please help me. I am locked out."
50. Senior Fraud Alert: Scammers May Approach When Legitimate Companies Work on Your Home
51. Banking, Senior Care Professionals Foil Scammers
52. Itinerant Paving Scammers Coming Out of Hibernation
53. Urgent! We Are Now Servicing Your Mortgage
54. Unexpected Checks Are Legitimate
55. Contractor Sentenced; Senior Fraud Video Available
56. FDA Reports Prescription Drug/Extortion Scam
57. Residents of Assisted Living, Retirement Communities Targeted by Con Artists
58. Scammer Posing as Federal and Local Law Enforcement Officers
59. Fake surveys that could lead to identity theft
60. Renewed Warnings About Death Threat Scams
61. Distraction Thieves Now Posing as Carpet Salesmen
62. Pair Sentenced for Stealing Identities, Social Security Checks
63. Distraction Thieves Posing as City Utility Workers
64. Threatening Calls
65. Visitors Offering to "Assist" with SSI
66. FBI Warns of Grand Jury Subpoenas Arriving by Email
67. More Warnings About "Free Lunch" Retirement Seminars for Seniors
68. AG Warns of Robo-Calls From Identity Thieves
69. FDIC Warns of Advance Fee Loan Scams
70. Missionary" Sentenced for Stealing Identity of 77-Year-Old NC Woman
71. Federal Jury in NC Convicts Two in Investment Scheme Targeting Seniors
72. Debt be gone Credit Specialists
73. IRS Warns of New Tax Rebate Con, Other Tax Season Scams
74. Automated Calls from Bank Security Department
75. "Expiring Auto Warranty" Warnings
76. Phony Social Security Representatives Still Pushing It
77. Possible Tax Appraisal Scam Reported
78. Another "Social Security" Scam Reported; Identity Theft
79. Report of Scammers Requesting $$$ for Sheriff's K-9 Unit
80. Reports of "Shadow Shopper" Scams Increase
81. Feds Claim Fund-Raisers Mislead U.S. Consumers
82. Another Scam Targeting Churches
83. "Callers from Social Security" Setting Up Sales Visits
84. Door-to-Door Magazine Sellers Posing as Local College Athletes
85. U.S. Senate Panel Investigating "Senior Financial Advisors," Insurance Cos
86. Contractor Banned in NC Due to Transaction with Older Home Owners
87. More Calls, Emails, Faxes and Letters Claiming to be from Government Agencies
88. In-Home Distraction Theft by Phony Medicare Representatives (Catawba County Incident)
89. FBI Warns of Email Messages Threatening Death; Advises Recipients to Hit "Delete"
90. "Sheriff" Seeking $$$ for Bullet-Proof Vests
91. Cross-Border Frauds--Greensboro PD Warning & Montreal Bust
92. Georgia Reporting Collect Call-Medicare Scams
93. Cell Phone "Phishing" Scams Reported
94. US Government Warns Medicare Beneficiaries of Internet, Phone Scams (March 9, 2006)
95. Alleged Wal-Mart Voucher Scammers Temporarily Shut Down by Federal Government
96. State Health Department - Medical Voucher Scam (January 11, 2006)

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