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1. News - Hong Kong - INTERNET SCAM

   Here's a tip - it's not from Li Ka-shing

   Posted Feb 21st 2013, 12:00am by Danny Mok

   ... News Hong Kong Li Ka-Shing internet scam Danny Mok danny.mok@scmp.com The city's richest man Li Ka-shing denies that he gave tips on "how to buy a car and a flat in five years" in an article circulated online. The 2,000-word article, in Chinese, appeared early this month on a number of websites, especially mainland-based ones. It quotes Li suggesting that income ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1155010/heres-tip-its-not-li-ka-shing
2. News - Hong Kong - CRIME

   Web users warned over online sex scam threat

   Posted Nov 30th 2012, 12:00am by Clifford Lo

   ... a video of the incident if he failed to pay HK$7,000. The freshman, 20, who refused to send any money and contacted the police, is the latest victim in a string of online scams carried out ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1094095/web-users-warned-over-online-sex-scam-threat
3. News - China

   Wenzhou businesswoman sentenced to death over US$70m investment scam

   Posted May 17th 2013, 01:05pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... News China Investment scam Agence France-Presse in Beijing A businesswoman in Zhejing province has been sentenced to death for defrauding her clients of around US$70 million in an investment scam, state media reported on Friday as authorities crack down on illegal banking. Lin Haiyan, 39, from the eastern city of Wenzhou, a free-wheeling business hub, was condemned after ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1239706/china-woman-sentenced-death-investment-scam
4. New scam targets job seekers, police say

   Posted Jun 16th 2008, 12:00am by Clifford Lo

   ... Employment Scams Social Engineering Spamming Clifford Lo Victims tricked into expensive facials Cheats trying to con people into taking expensive beauty courses by pretending to recruit ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/641744/new-scam-targets-job-seekers-police-say
5. Business - Money

   Phone and e-mail scams: Don't be the next victim

   Posted Sep 24th 2012, 12:00am by Nicky Burridge

   ... been taken, they need the cash to be sent by Western Union. This is an actual message sent out by one scam artist over the internet, and all such cons tend to follow this script: ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/money/markets-investing/article/1042385/phone-and-e-mail-scams-dont-be-next-victim
6. Business - Comment - LAI SEE HOWARD WINN

   TV companies finally provide entertainment - but only off-air

   Posted Nov 28th 2012, 12:00am by Howard Winn

   ... the bank intends to play this. Strictly speaking it is a criminal offence to withhold money that has been sent to your account in error. If the scam goes according to plan the scammer doubles his ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1092404/tv-companies-finally-provide-entertainment-only-air
7. Job-seekers lose cash deposits in courier scam

   Posted Jun 07th 2011, 12:00am

   ... in online job scams that have prompted police to set up a special task force to tackle the problem. Officers say 23 per cent more people fell victim to job fraud last year than in 2009. ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/969913/job-seekers-lose-cash-deposits-courier-scam
8. News - China

   Briefs, January 8, 2013

   Posted Jan 08th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... web phone scam About 80 Taiwanese and Chinese nationals have been arrested in Cambodia for allegedly extorting money from victims overseas over the telephone, police said. The suspects, mostly ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1122465/briefs-january-8-2013
9. News - World - INTERNET

   Brin says Google glasses will be on market this year

   Posted Mar 01st 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News World Google Internet Internet Access Agence France-Presse in Long Beach, California Co-founder claims eyewear will rid wearers of unsocial smartphone habits Sergey Brin envisions Google's internet glasses hitting the market this year with an eye toward freeing people from unsocial habits engendered by "emasculating" smartphones. Brin spoke of the inspiration ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1163534/sergey-brin-says-google-glasses-will-be-market-year
10. News - World - BRITAIN

    British businessman accused of 'bomb detector scam'

    Posted Mar 09th 2013, 12:00am by GDN

    ... News World Courts Businessman Employment Scams The Guardian in London Court told device sold around world for US$40,000 was actually a cheap golf ball finder A British businessman imported novelty golf ball finders and used the design to develop expensive devices he claimed could detect explosives and drugs, the Old Bailey court was told. James McCormick, who worked from a cramped ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1186470/british-businessman-accused-bomb-detector-scam

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