Oklahoma County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man at N.W. 39th Street and St. Clair Avenue in Oklahoma City, after he led them on a high-speed chase.

Police are looking for a man who robbed a hotel in southwest Oklahoma City early Saturday morning.

The Huntsville Police Department wants to alert the community about a rash of phone scams where people are trying to trick others out of their hard-earned money.

National Consumer League Lists 'Top 10 Scams' of 2011
LoanSafe
The phony prize scam usually asks the victim to send a payment to claim a prize that never shows up, the league says. It accounts for 26.98% of all scams and 49.69% of telemarketing scams. On the list of top Internet scams, phony prizes rank third ...
Group names Top 10 scams of 2011OCRegister

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One of three men accused with robbing and shooting Major John Waldenville will go on trial June 11.

Dixie Press Online
Email promises lottery winnings contingent on fees
Dixie Press Online
I know this sounds like a scam to me but if it is real I do not want to ignore it. So I ask have you heard any reports of this as fraud? I have looked on the net (And Snopes.com) but found nothing.” Your specific email scenario would be difficult to ...

The chairman of the Senate Education Committee says he wants to restore a $5,000 stipend to Oklahoma teachers who complete the National Board Certification process.

A former Woodward police detective has been charged with 13 felony counts after prosecutors accused him of stealing methamphetamine from the police department's evidence room.

Your personal and financial information is at stake
AARP News
... don't expect job scams — among the most common cons in recent years — to end anytime soon. For months, the number of fake job advertisements has quietly increased on employment websites. Recently, the fraudsters have turned to the Internet's ...

Logan County deputies arrested a Coyle teacher and her husband Thursday on complaints of child neglect and drug possession.

Submissions for Community Calendar are required two weeks preceding the date of publication. Send to: Mary Ann Bottari, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; mbottari@pioneerlocal.com. Information may be faxed to (847) 486-7495. Agenda The city of Park Ridge lists the following meetings which take place in City Hall, 505 Butler Place, unless otherwise noted. For a complete ...

Telemarketing calls top list of consumer complaints
Fond du Lac Reporter
Klein said scams involving a "prize fee" are quite common. In a letter, phone call or email, the recipient is informed that he or she won money. But in order to receive the prize, they need to pay a fee. If they pay it, the scammer walks away with the ...

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Impostor landlords fake rental housing
The Salinas Californian
The scammers often use the Internet to cash in, first to find real rentals to mimic and then offer for rent. Later, the Internet is the vehicle used to traffic the fraud. The Internet also makes the short-term vacation rental market vulnerable to the ...

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BBB: Resolutions for savvy consumers
Jackson Sun
I'll ask myself why a company in some other state or country that I found on the Internet will lend me money when a local lender won't. Even if I'm desperate, I won't fall for this common scam that requires me to pay a fee before I get my loan (which ...

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Group names 'Top 10 Scams' of 2011
OCRegister
By JAN NORMAN / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Phony sweepstakes and bogus prizes were the top scams of 2011, reports the National Consumer League. Click on the photo above to see details of the top 10 Internet and telemarketing scams of the year.

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Telemarketing calls top list of complaints
Fond du Lac Reporter
Klein said scams involving a "prize fee" are quite common. In a letter, phone call or email, the recipient is informed that he or she won money. But in order to receive the prize, they need to pay a fee. If they pay it, the scammer walks away with the ...

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Team recovers N151b embezzled pension funds
Information Nigeria
According to him, if such monumental fraud could be going on at the Head of Service Office alone, then the overall amount of fraud that would be taking place in other pension offices nationwide would be monumental, noting that there were 42 pension ...

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Rent My Vacation Home new free warranty stops scams. Vacationers traveling in the USA and staying in vacation homes listed on the site, Rent My Vacation Home dot com are guaranteed money back against fake vacation Homeowners.New York, NY (PRWEB) February 03, 2012 The program from Rent My Vacation Home dot com® not only protects the vacationers from scams but the vacationers do not need to leave ...

The Better Business Bureau says it investigates thousands of scams every year, "from the latest gimmicks to schemes as old as the hills." Those investigations have produced the BBB's Top Ten Scams of 2011.

Osun Defender
Why EFCC Is Delaying Prosecution Of Fuel Subsidy Fraudsters – Investigation
Leadership Newspapers
... Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and others, pending the conclusion of the committee's probe. LEADERSHIP gathered that the EFCC, in order to avoid duplication of enquiry into the scam, may adopt the final report and recommendations of ...
JONATHAN'S OIL SCAM!!!Osun Defender

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