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More Hilarious Spam – Scam Emails – Gadaffi Family Needs Our Help

By John McKay August 10, 2012

We thought we'd seen just about everything when it comes to scam-spam emails. But this one is even better!

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Category: National News, Newsletter, Technology Tags: emails, fraud, money, scammers, spam

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Obama Briefed On Green Energy Loans – Before Solyndra Solar Collapse

By John McKay August 9, 2012

New e-mails obtained by the Congressional committee investigating the failed green energy company Solyndra show President Obama was briefed on the Department of Energy loan programs, including those to the company.

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Category: National News, Newsletter, Politics, Science Tags: energy, fraud, green energy, loans, obama, solar, solyndra

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More Rediculous Yet Real E-Mail Spam Received by Newstalk 870

By John McKay August 8, 2012

Here's another in our series of stupid, but actual, emails we've received from folks trying to scam us out of money.

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Category: Business, Finances, Newsletter Tags: crime, email, fraud, KFLDAM, scammers, spam

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What Are the Most Blocked Phone Numbers?

By Mike Adams August 7, 2012 | TSMInteractive.com

The only thing worse than having real creditors calling repeatedly and asking for money is being barraged by pesky tele-scam artists feverishly trying to rip you off.

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Category: Finances, Newsletter Tags: debt, fraud, irritation, scams, telephone

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Why Are Illegal Robocalls Getting Worse?

By Don Deane August 5, 2012 | TSMInteractive.com

This won’t come as a surprise to many Americans, but the problem of illegal robocalls — recorded messages which are used to sell everything from mortgage relief to extended car warranties — is getting worse, according to the Federal Trade Commission. In fact, complaints have more than doubled in the past two years.

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Category: Finances, National News, Newsletter Tags: cellphone, fraud, robocalls, scamming, spam

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‘Black Boxes’ May Be Coming to Your Car in the Future [POLL]

By John McKay August 3, 2012

You've heard of black boxes in commercial airliners and other planes. The boxes track every move, every change of course, and are useful in finding out what happened when an airplane goes down. The Feds are thinking of putting them in your car.

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Category: Newsletter, Politics, Travel Tags: black boxes, cars, driving, fraud, insurance, KFLDAM, privacy

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83 Million Facebook Users Ruled Fake As Stock Falls Below $20 [POLL]

By John McKay August 2, 2012

Facebook's shaky stock prices dipped below $20 a share Thursday after the world's largest social network released a report admitting 8.7 percent of its users are fake.

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Category: National News, Newsletter, Weird News Tags: facebook, fake users, fraud, internet, KFLDAM, social media, stock

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Dems Try To Slip Gun Control Measure Into Cybersecurity Bill

By John McKay July 27, 2012

Calling them reasonable gun control measures, several Democratic senators want to attach a gun control amendment to an already-approved cybersecurity bill.

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Category: National News, Newsletter Tags: automatic weapons, cybersecurity bill, Democrats, fraud, gun control

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‘Rebranded’ ACORN Group Subject of Investigation

By John McKay July 20, 2012

Remember ACORN (Association Of Community Organizations for Reform Now)? The controversial "community organization" group is back under investigation -- just under a new name.

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