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Beware scam gift card offers, sheriff warns
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel?? Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti warns that a new email scam offering discount gift cards is making the rounds of residents?????in-boxes. ???What they???re doing is they send you an email and they???ll say, ???If you want, you can get a $100 gift card for...Tags: FBI, Corporate Crime, Credit and Debt, Al Lamberti, Justice System
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Vacation rental fraud inquiry in Florida Keys
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelAfter two victims??contacted the Monroe County Sheriff's Office with complaints about possible vacation rental fraud involving??a Key Largo home, Deputy??Becky Herrin says??the agency is asking anyone who may also have been scammed to??contact...Tags: Rentals, Corporate Crime, Trips and Vacations, Condos and Houses, Monroe County (Florida)
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Man charged with property rental fraud in Florida Keys
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelJohn David Williams, 52, of Tavernier Photo: Monroe County Sheriff's Office, courtesy The Monroe County Sheriff???s Office is investigating a man who is accused of defrauding renters of vacation homes in the Florida Keys. So far, a sheriff???s spokeswoman...Tags: Office and Retail Spaces, Key West, Trips and Vacations, Justice System, Trials
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Where to take hacker complaints
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel??Our report this week on fraudsters using the grandparent scam to target residents in the 954 area code drew complaints from some readers who described how computer hackers had immobilized their email accounts. Judy from West Palm Beach??said friends??...Tags: FBI, Security, Corporate Crime, Computer Crime, Email
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Avoid contractor fraud: do the homework before home improvement
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelThe National Center for Home Improvement Fraud?? will hold a free??workshop, ???How to Protect Yourself from Home Repair Contractor Fraud,??? on Oct. 20 at the Central Broward Regional Park.?? Open to the public and hosted by Broward County Commissioner...Tags: Corporate Crime, General Contracting, Lauderhill, Home Improvement
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Don???t fall for ???pretexters???
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelRecently widowed Lillian Wilson of Pompano Beach has enough to cope with without having to deal with what the FTC calls ???pretexters.??? Luckily her daughter was by her side when Wilson received two cell phone texts last week that advised the 72-year-old...Tags: Corporate Crime, Cell Phones, Pompano Beach, Interior Policy, Telecommunication Service
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Ways for veterans to avoid financial fraudsters
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel?? Veterans give a lot??for this country. They shouldn't also be vulnerable??to scammers that target them, the Better Business Bureau says, and offers the following tips: Beware??firms that??charge??for products and services that are available??receive...Tags: Sales, Theft, Business, Media Industry, Facebook
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Timeshare scam warning from Palm Beach County clerk
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel?? ?? The Clerk & Comptroller???s office of Palm Beach County is warning??residents about??a growing fraud ring that is targeting timeshare owners throughout the United States. Clerk Sharon Bock??alerted??citizens last week??to be wary of calls from peo.....Tags: Corporate Crime, Palm Beach County, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Palm Beach County launches guardianship fraud hotline
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsA new Palm Beach County hotline unveiled Monday allows people to report suspected fraud, waste or mismanagement by guardians of the elderly, children or incapacitated. Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller Sharon Bock launched the guardianship fraud...Tags: Corporate Crime, Accounting and Auditing, Palm Beach County, Abusive Behavior
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Clerk wants to know if you suspect guardianship fraud
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel???? Palm Beach County residents who??suspect a guardian, family member, attorney or caregiver may have stolen??money from a ward???s account, sold off a ward???s property or made suspicious loans or money transfers is urged to report it to the Palm Beach...Tags: Corporate Crime, Palm Beach County
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Artwork, fraud victims sought
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelMatthew Taylor, 43, Vero Beach. Photo: U.S. Department of Justice, courtesy Federal investigators and the Los Angeles Police Department are seeking information about the man picured above: Matthew Taylor, 43, an art dealer from Vero Beach, Florida....Tags: Jackson Pollock, Justice System, Theft, Painting, Artists
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Grandparent scammers targeting the 954
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelIn the latest example of a widespread scam, the Broward Sheriff???s Office is alerting Dania Beach residents that ???grandparent??? swindlers are targeting people within the 954 area code. The way it works: Mystery callers claim a loved one has been...Tags: Tamarac, Clubs and Associations, Criminals, Computer Crime, Facebook
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