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Scam Jams Sites
Last updated
September 5, 2008
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
- Fake surveys that could lead to identity theft
- Renewed Warnings About Death Threat Scams
- Distraction Thieves Now Posing as Carpet Salesmen
- Pair Sentenced for Stealing Identities, Social
Security Checks
- Distraction Thieves Posing as City Utility Workers
- Jury Duty Scam Now Targeting NC Citizens
- Threatening Calls
- Visitors Offering to "Assist" with
SSI
- FBI Warns of Grand Jury Subpoenas Arriving by Email
- More Warnings About "Free Lunch" Retirement
Seminars for Seniors
- AG Warns of Robo-Calls From Identity Thieves
- FDIC Warns of Advance Fee Loan Scams
- Missionary" Sentenced for Stealing Identity
of 77-Year-Old NC Woman
- Federal Jury in NC Convicts Two in Investment
Scheme Targeting Seniors
- Debt be gone Credit Specialists
- IRS Warns of New Tax Rebate Con, Other Tax
Season Scams
- Automated Calls from Bank Security Department
- "Expiring Auto Warranty" Warnings
- Phony Social Security Representatives Still Pushing It
- Possible Tax Appraisal Scam Reported
- Another "Social Security" Scam Reported;
Identity Theft
- Three New Scams Reported By Social Security Administration
- Report of Scammers Requesting $$$ for Sheriff's K-9 Unit
- Feds Claim Fund-Raisers Mislead U.S. Consumers
- Reports of "Shadow Shopper" Scams
Increase
- Another Scam Targeting Churches
- "Callers from Social Security" Setting
Up Sales Visits
- Door-to-Door Magazine Sellers Posing as Local College Athletes
- U.S. Senate Panel Investigating "Senior Financial Advisors," Insurance
Cos
- Contractor Banned in NC Due to Transaction
with Older Home Owners
- More Calls, Emails, Faxes and Letters Claiming to be from Government
Agencies
- In-Home Distraction
Theft by Phony Medicare Representatives (Catawba County Incident)
- FBI Warns of Email Messages Threatening Death;
Advises Recipients to Hit "Delete"
- "Sheriff" Seeking $$$ for Bullet-Proof
Vests
- Cross-Border Frauds--Greensboro PD Warning & Montreal
Bust
- Georgia Reporting Collect Call-Medicare Scams
- Cell Phone "Phishing" Scams Reported
- Social Security 2007 Cost-of-Living Scam Making
the Rounds (November
13, 2006)
- European International Lottery Scam Surfaces
Again (July 19, 2006)
-
"299
Ring" Medicare Prescription
Drug Plan Scams Persist
- Veterans Administration "Data Breach" Scams (June
5, 2006)
- Asheville Police Warn Citizens About New Lottery Mailings (June
5, 2006)
- New Version of Injured Relative Scam Reported (April 26, 2006)
- South Carolina Authorities Warn of Bank Debit
Scam (March 9, 2006)
- US Government Warns Medicare Beneficiaries
of Internet, Phone Scams (March 9, 2006)
- Alleged Wal-Mart Voucher Scammers Temporarily Shut Down by Federal
Government
- State Health Department - Medical Voucher
Scam (January 11, 2006)
- Vacuum Cleaner Salesman Forced to Return $39K
to Victim (November
29, 2005)
- Another Prescription Drug Benefits Scam; Veterans
Warned by VA (November
3, 2005)
- New and Compelling Reason to Monitor Your Checking Account Closely (October 20, 2005)
- "Free Meds" Scam Stymied; Current Investment Scams Detailed (October 15, 2005)
- Another Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefits Scam Reported (September 14, 2005)
- New Identity Theft Scheme? "You Missed
Jury Duty!" (August
24, 2005)
- Counterfeit Check/Sweepstakes Scammers Foiled in Kinston (August
12, 2005)
- Phony Medicare Representatives Banned From
Calling US Consumers (August
3, 2005)
- Scammers Employing Counterfeit Wal-Mart Money
Orders (July 11, 2005)
- Thieves Impersonating Representatives of District Attorney's Office (July 6, 2005)
- Scammers Promise Wal-Mart Vouchers, Tap Bank
Accounts (June 10, 2005)
- Scammers Seeking Medicare Rx Data, Financial Info (June 9, 2005)
- Victims Told to Wire Funds to Their Own Relatives (June 8, 2005)
- Phony Census Bureau "Operation Iraqi Freedom" Survey (May
18, 2005)
- Seniors Now Being Targeted from Costa Rica (April 28, 2005)
- "International Investments Regulator" Claiming
a Greensboro Address (April 20, 2005)
- Montreal Phone Fraud Groups Raided Today; "Project
CORAL" (February
3, 2005)
- Fraudulent "Winning" Check
from Global Diversification Winners Circle (January 31, 2005)
- Identity Theft -"Phishing" Season
In High Gear (January 7, 2005)
- Door-to-Door Charitable Solicitor Steals From
Older Victim (December
28, 2004)
- Phony Social Security
Reps Shut Down (November
22, 2004)
- Asset Recovery Scammers Threaten to Foreclose (November 22, 2004)
- Voter Registration/Identity Theft Scam (October 14, 2004)
- Scammers Posing as FEMA Officials Lurking in
Western NC (September 22, 2004)
- "Delinquent Account" Scams Reported (August 13, 2004)
- Criminals Posing as Area Agency on Aging Officials (August 2, 2004)
- Asheville Police Dept. Warns of Driveway Paving
Scammers (July 25, 2004)
- Durham Police Warn of Government
Grant Office Scam (July 2, 2004)
- "Bank Security" Calls; Senior Fraud
Alert (July 1, 2004)
- Air Conditioning Repair Scam Attempts Reported
in Charlotte (May
18, 2004)
- Big Bust Involving Gang Suspected of Identity
Theft, Telemarketing Fraud, Other Scams (May 14, 2004)
- Care Givers Charged With Bilking Elderly Man (May 7, 2004)
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Name Again Being Used By
Scammers (April 27, 2004)
- Sheriff Warns of Shady Contractors Passing
Through the Carolinas (March 26, 2004)
- Bank Security Officer Scam
Continuing, Being Refined (March 25, 2004)
- Counterfeit Check Scammers Targeting Owners
of Rental Properties (March 10, 2004)
- SHAM "NATIONAL DO NOT
E-MAIL REGISTRY", Identity Theft Risk
(February
12, 2004)
- USA Patriot Act Scam; Bogus
Message From Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
(February
3, 2004)
- Phony Magazine Sweepstakes
Officials Calling Again (January 9, 2004)
- Iowa Attorney General Warns
Mailings May Lead to Telemarketing Scams
(December
11, 2003)
- Possible Bank Investigation
Scam Involving Phony Police Officer (November
10, 2003)
- Privacy Protection and Bank
Official Scams Combined into One (November
10, 2003)
- Father and Son Charged with
Defrauding Elderly Home Owners (September 3,
2003)
- Overseas Lottery/Counterfeit
Check Scam (August 28, 2003)
- Do-Not-Call Registry (Security
Offices, Identity Theft, and the FTC's) (July
16, 2003)
- Pre-Registration Services
for National Do-Not-Call Registry (May 8, 2003)
- Breaking and Entering Incidents While Elderly
HomeOwners Are in the Yard Gardening (April 25,
2003)
- IRS Spring '03 Warnings About Tax Scams (April
10, 2003)
- Identify Theft Attempts
Reported (January 2003)
- "Hey, Grandpa, it's me calling!"
- "Identity Theft" - Nursing
Home Employees Charged (January 2003)
- Church Congregations Targeted
with "Stranded Family" Scam (November 22, 2002)
- "Your Distant Relative Has
Died in Our Country" (November 22, 2002)
- Phone Company Billing Officer
Scam (September 27, 2002)
- Home Repair Fraud Ring Operating
in Lee and Moore Counties (August 27, 2002)
- Scamming
Parents of Adult Prison Inmates (August
2, 2002)
- Elderly
Women Targeted In Northwest Raleigh Walk-In Thefts (May
30, 2002)
- Past-Due
Mortgage Payment Scam (May 9, 2002)
- Bank
Examiner" Scam Pulled in Chapel Hill (May
2002)
- Identity
Theft and Phony IRS Forms (May 2002)
- Mutual
Financial Co. Lottery Scammers Brow-Beating Seniors (March
14, 2002)
- Magnetic
Mattress Pad Sales (March 5, 2002)
- FTC
Seeks to Halt Cross-Border Lottery Fraud (February
25, 2002)
- Mailings
Offering "Gold" Credit Card; First National Credit (January
17, 2002)
- Louis
Whitehead, Sweepstakes Official (August
2001)
- Scratch
and Win Poker Game Cards Received in the Mail (June
2001)
- Shake
Oil Salesmen
- Sweetheart
Scam
- Bank
of Montreal Bogus Prize Check Scam
- Reparations
for Slavery
- Alleged
Home Repair Fraud Incident in Rowan County
- Solicitors
Who Imply a Connection with the Handicapped Community
- You
have won a Cadillac!
- Phone
Solicitors Claiming to Represent Local Fire and Rescue Depts.
- Ten
Investment Scams
- Raleigh
Police Seek Con Artist
- Sweepstakes
TV Commercials and Calls from Fraudulent Telemarketers
- Telemarketing
Scams Targeting Businesses, Non-Profits, Government Agencies
- Jamaican
Sweepstakes Scammers Target Goldsboro Woman
- Mailings
from "Motor Vehicle Awards, Charlotte, NC
- Health
Products for Seniors: "Anti-Aging" Products Pose Potential for
Physical and Economic Harm. GAO-01-1129,
September 7
- Arizona
takes on "Senior Advisory Council" (October
26, 2001)
- Beware
Scammers Who Would Steal From Victims (September
27, 2001)
- Your
Family Member Needs Help! (August
8, 2001)
- International
Lottery Broker Scams (May 17, 2001)
- State
Joins National Crackdown on Promissory Note Schemes
- Spanish
Lottery Scam
- First
National Trust; "British Bond" Telemarketing Scam
- "British
Bond" Telemarketing Scam
- Chain
Letter Scam
- Nigerian
Funds Transfer Scam
- Nigerian
Money Transfer Solicitations (June
20, 2001)
- AT&T
Technician Scam
- Pay-Per-Call
Telephone Charges
- Water
Inspector Scam
- "Rip & Tear" Telephone
Con Artists
- Scammers
Posing as Claims Administrators in United States Purchasing Exchange
cases
- Bogus
Prize Patrol is Calling Again
- Driveway
Paving Scam Thwarted in Alamance County
- Fraud
Alert: 809 Area Code Scam
- Power
Company Imposer Bilks Woman
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