A successful Houston lawyer says he fell for an elaborate Internet scam that ended up costing him $182,500. Houston attorney Richard T. Howell, a law partner at Buckley, White, Castaneda, and Howell, says he would rather not be in the news because what happened to him is embarrassing to say the least. But hoping others won’t fall into the same trap, Howell decided to sit down and talk with 11 ...

McGregor Police: elderly man scammed of thousands
KXXV News Channel 25
The con is something police said they've never come across before, it's similar to an online or mail phishing scam, except this was face to face. ...

Marc Saltzman Nigerian scam goes old skool
Sync (blog)
It's the 'ol Nigerian bank scam I receive at least once a day on my computer, but never mailed in an envelope to my home office. I know these scams have ...

The Nation -- There was an intense, conspiratorial, crazily sincere man on Glenn Beck's show Tuesday, and it wasn't Glenn Beck.

Theater Listings: March 12 — 18
New York Times
This transporting musical biography of a Nigerian revolutionary of song doesn't so much tell a story as soak an audience to, and through, the skin with the ...

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Daily Sun
... to the electoral fraud which brought the present set of leaders into power in 2007: “It is not in the mindset of God for Yar'Adua to rule Nigeria,” but ...
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Dumbest Idea Ever: Award A Nobel Peace Prize To The Internet
Barron's (blog)
... to pull off a Nigerian-style banking scam, and never once tried to contact terrorists in an effort to volunteer to perform assassinations for Al Qaeda. ...

Shop safely on the Internet
The New Nation
Many phishing scams use spam email as part of their deception; so get a good security software product to reduce your exposure to misleading emails. ...

NO DOUBT BECAUSE of the country’s current economic problems, more and more “work at home” offers are showing up on my computer. I usually transfer them over to the “junk” file, since I already work at home on behalf of The Mirror.

Keep Ahead of the Latest Scams
Credit.com News
Other "deals" entice people to sell Internet hot spots, and others offer expensive seminars on how to make money from the Internet (the most common way: ...

Keep Ahead of the Latest Scams
Credit.com News
Perhaps the most famous are the e-mail pleadings from people claiming to be deposed Nigerian government officials. But there are other hooks, as well. ...

Don't fall for vacation scam
News Sentinel
Pay all your bills before leaving to avoid accessing your personal information and account on a public computer or Internet connection. ...

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Dawson: Nigerian scam – Canada edition
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
The legendary Nigerian lost-fortune scam continues its migration around the globe. Newest stop: Canada. This arrived in my in-box today: I am the above ...

PatrickPretty.com: PatrickPretty.com: Covering Ponzi Schemes, pyramid schemes, securities fraud, investment fraud and Internet crime. Ponzi Schemes. Securities fraud. HYIP Schemes. Pyramid Schemes. Investment Fraud. Internet Crime. ... The company, a multilevel-marketing firm that does not have a contact form on its website and uses an address from Google's free gmail service as its support address, urged its data-collectors in the field to be honest. ...

It’s National Consumer Protection Week and this year’s theme is “Dollars and Sense.”

Nwaubani's novel makes waves
NEXT
The novel which tells the story of the real people behind the email scams that have given Nigeria more of a bad name, presents this issue in a different ...

STATE v. REYNOLDS
Leagle.com
Bales told Reynolds it was a scam. On December 29, Reynolds informed Tessy he had not received her letter and asked her to resend a Federal Express tracking ...

Nigeria: Telecommunication Service Providers As Lottery Operators
AllAfrica.com
... to con your fellow Nigerians to do the same after which N500 will be added to your account and deducted from his account if he falls for your scam and ...

Georgetown detective warns against Web scammers
Georgetown Record
The infamous Nigerian scams go out by the millions, informing people they have inheritances or lottery winnings they need to collect. There are, of course, ...