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Vatican to put pope's coffin on show
The faithful attending the beatification of Pope John Paul II in Rome will be able to pray at his coffin, which will be exhumed for the event, the Vatican has said. The Roman Catholic Church warned its members around the world not to fall prey to fraudsters, particularly on the internet, who...- cybercore
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Malaysia police nab 3 for stealing 725,000 condoms (which have not yet been found).
Malaysian police have arrested three suspects involved in the heist of some 725,000 condoms, which have not yet been found. Mohamad Shukri Dahlan, the police chief of Malaysia's northern Perak state, says the heist was "an inside job." He said Friday the suspects work for the firm...- cybercore
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Hacker pleads guilty to stealing 400 billion virtual poker chips
UK hacker Ashley Mitchell has admitted to stealing online poker chips from online gaming firm Zynga and laundering them through several facebook accounts in the hope of evading detection, after penetrating the poker game system. Link Removed due to 404 Error The poker chips that were...- cybercore
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Ariz. man accused of putting porn in TV broadcast
Link Removed due to 404 Error An Arizona man has been arrested on charges that he used a computer to interrupt a local telecast of the 2009 Super Bowl with a 37-second pornography clip. The FBI and Marana police took Frank Tanori Gonzalez into custody Friday on suspicion of fraud and...- cybercore
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Pair of Women to Sue Dr. Phil For Locking Them in House With Naked Dude
Pair of Women to Sue Dr. Phil For Locking Them in House With Naked Dude January 10th, 2011 Several women are suing TV doctor personality Dr. Phil, claiming he traumatized them by trapping them in a house and forcing them to look at a naked man. Somewhere, Brett Favre is jealous he...- cybercore
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Son kept father's corpse in wardrobe for five years
Link Removed - Invalid URL Police here are investigating a man for abandoning a corpse after his father's mummified remains were believed found in a wardrobe at the apartment the father and son shared. According to police, Mitsuo Sonoda's 55-year-old son, currently in hospital, has admitted...- cybercore
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Windows 7 Fake Receipt Program Targets Amazon Retailers
Amazon retailers are being targeted by fraudsters who have created a custom-built a program that generates fakes receipts for nonexistent orders, according to researchers from GFI Software. he program is designed to create a customized HTML file that closely resembles an actual Amazon.com...- Captain Jack
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Windows 7 Caution!!! Fake Microsoft Spam
In te last 48 hours. Residents in Queensland and also has started in New South Whales of Australia have been facing fake Microsoft Virus alerts via the phone and in some cases via email. These callers and sender say they are from Microsoft and other computer companies saying your computer is...- Firecracker
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Windows 7 Bogus calls claiming to be from Microsoft
I received a call today from a representative of this website: Link Removed - Invalid URL They claimed my pc had been sending them error messages and that my 'Microsoft warrenty' (whatever that is) was out of date. I played along until I got the above details and then revealed I was a MVP...- kemical
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- consumer protection fraud microsoft mvp phone report scam security warranty
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Owing Money: Credit Card Debit
This looks bad to me, especially with all the credit card fraud !- Celestra
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Windows 7 Rogue Antivirus Program Comes With Technical Support
February 12, 2010 In an effort to boost sales, sellers of a fake antivirus product known as "Live PC Care" are offering their victims live technical support.- Celestra
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Windows 7 Watch where you purchase things on the Internet
There are sites out there where ine can get burned and I got burned. So just letting you know. I will not name the site unless I get permission to but, it was really nice well set up site just about like Windows 7 Forums. Except this one sold software only. Naturally I purchased a week and...- lorenkjr1
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Windows 7 Sneaky Software Makers
I used PC Tools Registry Mechanics a few years ago and they slipped in an automatic renewal feature that nobody noticed unti they got billed. Webroot bought PC Tools a while ago and appar incorporated the same it's apparently hidden in their Terms of Use and you have to opt out manually. I just...- Joe S
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- automatic billing billing issues consumer desktop tools fraud irritating opt-out refunds registry renewal scam software terms webroot
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Windows 7 Warning...Bogus antivirus vendor
This morning I recieved a telephone call from someone claiming to be a MS rep saying I'd reported some virus activity on my machine. He then asked me to call up my 'temp' files and with nothing being found in there he then asked me to call my 'prefetch' files. This time the folder did indeed...- kemical
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- antivirus fraud malware microsoft phone prefetch report scam security temp files vulnerability
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