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Scams and Frauds
Here are some of the latest Scams, Frauds, and Consumer Abuse items in the news.

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Fraudulent Telemarketers Snatching Bank Account Numbers, National Fraud Information Center Stats Show - In 2001 consumers paid for fraudulent telemarketing offers more frequently with bank debits than any other payment method, according to statistics released by the National Consumers League’s National Fraud Information Center (NFIC). Bank debits are situations in which fraudulent telemarketers obtain consumers’ bank account numbers either by luring consumers into providing them or getting them from another source. Bank debits are particularly high in certain categories among the top ten telemarketing frauds in 2001: 62 percent of consumers paid for bogus credit card offers with bank debits; 50 percent gave out their bank numbers in the increasingly popular age-old Nigerian money offer scam; and 26 percent had funds withdrawn from their bank accounts for buyers clubs they never agreed to purchase. Read more...

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