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  2. Brothers jailed for US home repairs scam targeting the elderly

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    Two County Fermanagh brothers who scammed elderly homeowners in the United States out of hundreds of thousands of dollars have been sentenced to 18 months in a US prison and face likely deportation.

  3. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    People shopping for bootleg software, illegal pornographic images, bootleg music, drugs, firearms or other forbidden or controlled goods may be legally hindered from reporting swindles to the police. An example is the "big screen TV in the back of the truck": the TV is touted as "hot" (stolen), so it will be sold for a very low price.

  4. How to protect yourself from real estate wire fraud - AOL

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    His company has partnered with federal law enforcement to help educate consumers and businesses about the signs of wire fraud scams. But getting the money back is often unsuccessful. But getting ...

  5. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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    The People's Voice (formerly NewsPunch and Your News Wire) thepeoplesvoice.tv Active Founded by Sean Adl-Tabatabai and Sinclair Treadway in 2014. It has published fake stories, such as "claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit." Its name was changed to NewsPunch in 2018 and The People's Voice in 2023.

  6. Phishing - Wikipedia

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    To mitigate the problem of phishing sites impersonating a victim site by embedding its images (such as logos), several site owners have altered the images to send a message to the visitor that a site may be fraudulent. The image may be moved to a new filename and the original permanently replaced, or a server can detect that the image was not ...

  7. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    The internet can be a fun place to interact with people and gain info, however, it can also be a dangerous place if you don't know what you're doing. Many times, these scams initiate from an unsolicited email. If you do end up getting any suspicious or fraudulent emails, make sure you immediately delete the message or mark it as spam.

  8. ‘Just like that it’s stolen’: This Tampa couple’s under ...

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    Larry and Dreama Bilby thought their under-construction home in Tampa, Florida was safe. Although they weren’t living on the property, they monitored it via home security cameras — which is ...

  9. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, scammers exploit the levels of unemployment by offering jobs to people desperate to be employed. [12] Many scammers do not realise they are applying and being trained for tech support scam jobs, [14] but many decide to stay after finding out the nature of their job as they feel it is too late to back out of the job and change ...