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The miracle cars scam was an advance-fee scam run from 1997 to 2002 by Californians James R. Nichols and Robert Gomez. In its run of just over four years, over 4,000 people bought 7,000 cars that did not exist, netting over US$ 21 million from the victims.
A supposedly good actor waves the victim forward, but while the victim is changing lanes, that person deliberately smashes into the victim's car. [15] When police arrive, the bad actor denies having waved the victim forward, making the victim look careless and guilty. [16] The scheme is mostly employed where cars are merging, or in parking lots.
A sextortion scam targeting emails is underway nationwide, in an attempt to coerce payments using threats of embarrassment, according to New York State Police. How does the sextortion scam work?
The two companies frequently tow cars in the church parking lot during worship services, she said. The problem got so bad, the church has designated people to watch the lot and make sure cars are ...
The 2012 study examined 56 police impersonation episodes from May 2002 to February 2010 from three U.S. metropolitan areas, dealing with 63 offenders and 71 victims. The study found that these incidents "most often involve one victim (76%), one offender (91%), no witnesses (75%), no weapon (68%), and result in no injury to the victim (96%)."
Residents of Irmo, S.C., have been flooded with phone calls by crooks impersonating police chief Bobby Dale as part of an impostor scam.
WEST WARWICK – The West Warwick Police Department is warning of an organized group that is "aggressively panhandling at street intersections throughout Rhode Island" in an effort to scam drivers.
The Church-hired expert compared autopsy photos of McPherson with those taken shortly before the accident. The expert concluded from the photographs there was "no appreciable weight loss", countering the prosecution's view that McPherson lost 20 pounds (9.1 kg) to 40 pounds (18 kg) while in Scientology's care.