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Recession helps scammers prey on Valley residents (The Fresno Bee) With 15 million Americans out of work, authorities are scrambling to keep up with con artists who offer bogus business opportunities to people desperate for money. More . . . Recession helps scammers prey on Valley residents (Merced Sun-Star) With 15 million Americans out of work, authorities are scrambling to keep up with con artists who of More . . . Fraudster's monthly payback: $1,000; owes $2.1M (Lancaster Online) Allen Perry may never be able to pay the entire $2.5 million restitution he owes.But a Lancaster County judge is going to make him try.Starting this month, Perry, 51, of Landisville, must pay $1,000 a month toward his outstanding bill with the county, according to an order by President Judge Joseph ... More . . . The Delectably 'True Confections' Of A Chocoholic (NPR) Katherine Weber delivers the delightfully sardonic story of Alice Tatnall Ziplinsky — an ambitious candy aficionado and heiress (by marriage) to the 84-year-old Zip's candy company. Alice's narrative — plump with candy history, candy commentary and personal anecdotes — is one to be savored. More . . . Avoiding Tax Scams (Forbes) These schemes can lead to fines--and even jail time--for both scammer and victim. More . . . If you're asked to 'pay for a job,' watch out (The Florida Times-Union) It's hard enough to be jobless. It's even worse to discover a company can't deliver on its promises to help find work for a client or provides a "work-at-home" job that is a scam. More . . . Scams Prey on Victims of the Recession with Bogus Job, Money-making Schemes (Kansas City InfoZine) FTC Cracks Down on Con Artists Who Target Jobless Americans More . . . Companies accused of duping job-seekers (The Columbus Dispatch) • Don't pay for help finding work. Be suspicious of companies that want you to pay for exclusive information, mandatory training sessions, starter kits or other materials, especially if they ask you to wire money to a foreign country. More . . . Cincinnati firm sued as part of job-scam crackdown (The Columbus Dispatch) A Cincinnati-based company, Job Line, was sued today by the Ohio Attorney General, which alleged it bilked job-seekers out of money for supposedly exclusive access to positions that didn't exist, were publicly available or were out of date. The action was part of a state and federal crackdown on job-search and work-at-home schemes taking advantage of people stressed by the economic downturn. More . . . Federal crackdown on work-at-home scams (The Philadelphia Inquirer) "GUARANTEED! $$$ PROBLEMS ... CONSIDER THEM SOLVED." It sounded good to Ellyn Forquer, a single mother and parole officer from Lansdale. So she responded to the ad and became a victim of a work-at-home job scam. More . . . Advertise on this page
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