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United States Embassy warns Lebanese of Internet visa scams

If you get a message saying you’ve won the Green Card Lottery, you can be sure it’s a scam, warned the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon Monday.
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Identity Theft In Border States – Why Is Identity Theft Much Worse In Border States?

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Identity Theft In Border States – Why Is Identity Theft Much Worse In Border States?

Identity Theft is a vast and rapidly growing crime in the U.S. It has been ranked the #1 offense against local and federal law. The size of population is a factor when it comes to statistics of which states are . . . → Read More: Identity Theft In Border States – Why Is Identity Theft Much Worse In Border States?

Colorado Among Most Scammed States in America

Colorado Among Most Scammed States in America
According to government data, the state ranks #3 for its number of scams, ranging from fraud to identity theft.
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Beware of money order scams
    You have to give scammers credit for their persistence and even law enforcement personnel have commented if these individuals put as much . . . → Read More: Colorado Among Most Scammed States in America

Q&A: What have states done to reduce the growing crime of identity theft?

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Question by slydog: What have states done to reduce the growing crime of identity theft?
What have states done to reduce the growing crime of identity theft?

Best answer:

Answer by curious115not much, between state and hospital records, it’s just a matter of time. on this it’s every man for himself.

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Latest Scams Sweeping the United States

Jerry Farrell, Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Protection, talks about the latest scam sweeping . . . → Read More: Latest Scams Sweeping the United States

States give closer eye to investment advisers

States give closer eye to investment advisers
As part of the financial reform law passed this summer, states next year will start monitoring about 4,000 investment advisers now examined by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Major Medicare fraud crackdown in 3 states

Major Medicare fraud crackdown in 3 states
The Associated Press: “Federal agents arrested 26 suspects in three states Tuesday, including a doctor and nurses, in a major crackdown on Medicare fraud totaling $61 million in separate scams. Arrests in Miami, Brooklyn and Detroit included a Florida doctor accused of running a $40 million home health care scheme . . . → Read More: Major Medicare fraud crackdown in 3 states