fraud: You think you know all the scams! You don't! A new twist! - 05/31/11 12:44 AM
Just when you think you have protected yourself from the Nigerian wealth scam...along comes one that makes one believe it is creditable!
 
How about getting a call from "Relay".  Relay is a service to hard of hearing individuals who with a special phone have a keyboard where an operator takes the message and then calls an individual whose replies they type and communicate with the person on the other end.
 
after lst phone call:
email #1
Thanks so much for taking your precious time with me on the relaycall, i really appreciate it. Much as i would have really … (5 comments)

fraud: It pays to be cautious of whom you do business with! - 04/12/10 11:46 PM
Real estate developer sentenced for fraud The Associated Press ST. LOUIS | A suburban St. Louis real estate developer has been sentenced to more than two years in prison and ordered to pay $700,000 in restitution for a fraud scheme that also included his father.
The sentence for 30-year-old Brian Rickert of Creve Coeur was handed down in U.S. District Court on Monday.
The U.S. Attorney's office says the scheme took place in 2006 and 2007. Authorities say Rickert and his father, Gary, fraudulently obtained financing for several high-end homes in Ladue and Town & Country that they intended to rehab.
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