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I don't know that this was a Nigerian scam, ... This is a mutating form of extortion that has been going on since the 1970s. It used to be conducted through letters, but now with the Web, it's getting more sophisticated.

Bruce Mckay

After I said, 'This sounds like scam to me,' he hung up.

Bob Richard

An AT&T Service Technician will never ever call you and ask you to punch buttons into your phone. This is a scam.

Aaron Bedy

It's the season to scam, gate, bash and amokize every noun around Washington.

David Smith

It leads me to believe it was a scam, that he was trying to take everything I had.

Mary Jackson

Clearly we don't want those families to be taken advantage of by scoundrels or scam artists.

Jennifer M. Granholm

It's a rip-off. It's a scam.

Raul Garcia

There's a scam for everyone, and that means everyone is a potential victim.

Susan Grant

Don't let yourself get involved in a tax scam or be victimized by one. Be very careful who you trust for tax advice and who you trust with your personal information.

Dan Boone

Peter talked to his mother and she said, 'It's a scam,'.

Karen Templeton

There's no potential scam involved. I'm auctioning it to raise money for relief.

Josh Kaplan

Campaigns like this show how important it is for everyone to know how to spot a scam. They don't just target the gullible and the greedy. A scam artist can fool anyone.

Gerry Sutcliffe

The scam is happening all over the city.

Leroy Gonzalez

Everyday we're probably learning new things that people are doing on the internet to scam people.

Tom Pappas

A scam carried out by our state government is no less a scam. And ads from the North Carolina Lottery Commission which will no doubt entice people to fork over hard-earned cash on empty promises of instant riches would conflict with our efforts to give readers honest and accurate information.

Bart Adams

They lose up to $1,500 on a scam that leaves them nothing but unpaid medical bills.

Cindy Ehnes

[George] Hannibal ... Now who did you scam to spring for this little extravaganza?

George Peppard

We've seen an explosion of this scam this year.

Nancy Mathis

It looks like it was basically one victim in this particular scam.

Stacie Temple

This was obviously a scam devised to get Indians to part with funds. Native Americans are new to dealing with politics and we are trying to build relationships so we can better our communities and our quality of life for our people. On this one issue of gaming we need a legislative fix.

Cheryl Downing

It would be naive for a buyer to assume that's because it's a long way away that these vehicles haven't made it to our state. Likely there are less here than in areas close to New Orleans. But if you were a scam artist, why not go as far away as you can where they're not thinking about it.

Karl Newman

If I know before a trial begins that the jurors have already decided everything and are trying to decide whether or not to cut off her head or hang her, why would I go through that scam.

Ron Franklin

Everything about the Internet makes it perfect for criminals bent on perpetrating a scam.

Susan Grant

We're asking the judge in this case to stop the promoter from promoting their particular scam. We also (are) asking for the liability to be paid back.

Cynthia Magnuson

More often than not, it's a small scam. Seats aren't where they're supposed to be, or they're not as close (to the playing field) as what they told you. They can plead (ignorance) pretty easily.

Jennifer Swanson

It's another hoodoo to scam Martin County. It looks like they are going to structure themselves like a town.

Lloyd Brumfield

The whole thing is a scam designed by friends of the athletic booster clubs. The expense is being transferred from the booster club and athletic department to the state treasurer.

John Sanders

After that, they've got to use common sense, because there is always somebody trying to make a quick buck by trying to scam someone.

Mark Fagan

I smell a scam here.

Dipankar Mukherjee

That's not a reason unto itself to conclude that that's a scam Web site , but it is a reason to be cautious.

Chris Swecker

If someone says that they will set up a trust for you for your income or property and you will still have full control, it's a scam.

Dan Boone

This is how we keep track of this kind of scam and how we may be able to actually find people who are behind this kind of scam, and see that they're prosecuted.

Barbara Anthony

I think it's a scam. I really do.

Jeremy Adler

Peeling back the layers that accompany these various scam websites and trying to get right directly to the perpetrators.

Chris Swecker

They are trying to get your information, trying to get you caught up somehow in the scam.

Harry Ponfil

The email, written in broken English and with bizarre claims, is a particularly obvious example of one kind of scam that some online would-be criminals employ.

Adam Banker

Fraudsters use current affairs to create legitimacy. The holidays are a great reason to send people e-mail to try to scam them into giving up their information.

Melih Abdulhayoglu

The whole thing is a scam. Boxing fans are the dumbest fans in the world to accept it. The titles only have meaning because people say they do. The emperor has no clothes. The sanctioning bodies and their titles are fraudulent.

Mike Silver

With the appointment of Inspector General Hoffman, anyone who tries to scam the government -- either on the job or through a contract -- will do so with fair warning: They will be caught and they will be punished.

Richard M. Daley

Don't get involved in a tax scam or be victimized by one. Be very careful who you trust for tax advice and who you trust with your personal information.

Sue Hales

The Federal Privacy Act, which governs information about individuals who have applied for assistance, protects them against scam artists, abusive spouses, data miners and a host of others who would misuse the information, if it became public.

Joe Cook

There's no potential scam involved.

Josh Kaplan

A 36-year-old man was arrested in the city centre today (Friday) on three charges of fraud in connection with this burial scam.

Inspector Lucas Sithole

They say six percent. They may hop on it and don't realize it's a scam. I want to make sure it don't happen to nobody.

Mary Jackson

If these numbers turn out to be accurate, this appears to be the largest scam of retail investors ever. It certainly eclipses the high-profile boiler-room cases of the early 1990s.

Jacob Zamansky

A bank will never call you and ask for that kind of personal data. If a bank is calling you about (account) numbers, it's got to be a scam.

Janet Eissenstat

The best advice is if you see what you think is a scam, just throw it away. Don't respond, don't do anything. Just throw it away.

Barry Elliott

The Dirty Dozen is a reminder that tax scams can take many forms, ... Don't be fooled by false promises peddled by scam artists. They'll take your money and leave you with a hefty tax bill.

Mark Everson