Scam Quotations

More and more of the scam artists we deal with are outside the United States. It's especially a problem with the Internet, ... because there really is an international component to it.

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.

If this had happened in 2004 when the Anglo-Leasing scam was first exposed, or in November 2005 when the president reconstituted cabinet, the sense of optimism and confidence that the government is genuine about fighting graft would have prevailed.

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

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

It didn't take long for people to figure out that this was a way to scam the system,

Unfortunately, that's another e-mail scam that we've (also) seen in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. This is a scam that's similar to the other scams where individuals this time of the year (are targeted) since we're so busy and folks are so wrapped up in taxes.

We're advising consumers to use the same due diligence they normally would when purchasing a used vehicle and working to arm them with additional, current information when we become aware of it. The addition of Flood Damaged Vehicles Tips highlights this potential scam for everyone who visits our site.

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

There are plenty of ways to download movies legally online, which is good for consumers and good for the movie industry, ... We won't tolerate this scam premised on the illegal swapping of valuable movie content.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

We tend to think of security issues as being computer-based. But many scam artists use the telephone and simple false pretenses to trick people out of data.

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,

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

Email scammers are attempting to fleece the innocent out of money, and it is the naive who are most at risk of ending up penniless. This scam contains spelling mistakes and typos, but even if the scammer had done a better job at presenting himself professionally people need to learn that there is no such thing as a free lunch. If an unsolicited email makes extravagant promises then computer users should be extremely wary.

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

This is the absolute worst hack that has happened, the biggest scam to date.

This is similar to the old scam of selling swamplands to unsuspecting Floridians. These people wanted to build a home, but instead they were swindled out of dreams and money.

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.

The natural assumption was that old people and kids get taken advantage of by scam artists. But it's really the people who like to shop online a great deal. They should proceed with more caution.

Increasing our investigative force and pursuing tougher laws will strengthen our ability to put scam artists behind bars and enforce our message that we intend to put the brakes on this costly crime.

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.

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

If the lessons of September 11th and the Asian tsunami are learned, some cold-hearted evil scam artists will use this occasion to perpetrate fraud, lining their own pockets at the expense of hurricane victims.

I didn't have money to eat when I was 21. When I was short on cash, I would sometimes scam food from fast food places. I'd go into fast food chains and pretend I was from a movie studio, tell them they didn't send us the right order and demand they fix it. I've tried to make that right whenever I could.

It's nothing more than a scam that takes advantage of two interests: urban mayors who need money and suburban mayors who want to keep the poor out of their town.

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

For the first time since we began tracking Internet fraud, wire transfer was the No. 1 method of payment. It's really alarming. The whole reason why scam artists try to convince people to wire money to them is because it's so hard to trace and track wire transfers.

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.