But one of the first things we saw was a warning about a "phishing scam."

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"He stole from charities, from pensioners. I mean he's horrible! From friends, from widows - he's awful!" To date,no one else has been charged in connection with the scam.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

When the EPA finally alerted the refiners that they were holding bogus permits, they gave them only 14 days to find replacements a virtually impossible task, and yet EPA then lowered the boom and chose to fine the refiners who were the victims, not the perpetrators, of the scam.

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Lu Wen, deputy director of the Nanning public security bureau told the paper that the scam was unheard of in China due to its number of victims.

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The malfeasance of Bernie Ebbers and Dennis Kozlowski claimed the front page, but it was the short articles on A21 or C15 detailing the quieter frauds, the scam artists working in subtler pigments, in found objects, that showed Kendall the extent of the national deceit.

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