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UK men in US jail for boiler room scam
2013-07-23 20:40:34| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Three British men have been sentenced to a total of 43 years in prison in the United States for their part in one of the UK's biggest investment frauds.
Has the EU fallen for Congo rainforest logging scam?
2013-07-22 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: BBC Television's Panorama programme has spent six months tracking illegal logs from the Congo rainforest to western Europe. The investigation has revealed that new EU timber regulations are failing to stop illegal wood getting into European stores. I have been on a stakeout for two days, but finally the moment I have been waiting for is about to arrive. I have been monitoring a ship carrying wood to Europe from Congo-Brazzaville. It is the dead of the night and I am at the port of La Rochelle...
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Apple browsers targeted by simple JavaScript ransom scam
2013-07-17 16:06:37| InfoWorld: Top News
Ransom attackers have finally made the jump from Windows to the Mac with news of a stunningly simple hack that tries to trick browser users into paying a $300 fine using a simple JavaScript routine. The attack noticed by security firm Malwarebytes is a mixture of sleight of hand and social engineering that the firm reports that it will work against several Mac-based browsers (using an OSX interpreter) with JavaScript enabled.
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District Attorney: San Jose real estate agent wanted in $500,000 scam
2013-07-12 21:59:24| Real Estate - Topix.net
The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office is asking for help in locating Amalek Elyassnia, a real estate agent from San Jose accused of scamming $500,000 from several people.
NV Energy Warns Customers About Scam
2013-07-04 04:13:43| Electronics - Topix.net
NV Energy has learned that persons identifying themselves as employees of the company are calling customers and threatening to disconnect their power if a credit card payment or cash transfer is not made over the phone immediately.
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