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Ebola Outbreak Spawns Scams
Alton Daily News ^ | WBGZ Radio 10/11/2014 | Kim Howard - IIS Radio

Posted on 10/10/2014 10:22:33 PM PDT by GonzoII

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office is warning about a new Ebola-related scam. One purports to be an "Ebola Pandemic Update" and offers a link to a "Civilian Crisis Protocol." The other is selling a surplus personal protection kit for $29.

Madigan also warns consumers not to fall for any suspicious charitable solicitations in relation to the Ebola outbreak.

(Excerpt) Read more at altondailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ebola
Heads up.
1 posted on 10/10/2014 10:22:33 PM PDT by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII
Thanks. What took the scammers so long? Usually they have the snake oil ready overnight.
2 posted on 10/10/2014 10:41:57 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: GonzoII

Nigerian Prince Ngobo offers you an Ebola Free certificate - yours for the asking price of $100 USD.

Nothing extra to pay! Get yours today.


3 posted on 10/10/2014 10:46:15 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

Cool! You gotta link!!?


4 posted on 10/10/2014 11:49:19 PM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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I’m gonna start selling my “Ebola Be Gone” spray.

If you think you’ve been in contact with someone with Ebola, just whip out a can, spray yourself really fast....and you’ll be safe.

There is a money back guarantee. If you catch Ebola, just mail in the receipt, and proof of purchase receipt, with a self addressed stamped envelope, you’ll receive your money back in 6 weeks.


5 posted on 10/11/2014 12:06:49 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

6 posted on 10/11/2014 12:41:05 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: GonzoII

Lisa Madigan, so enthralled with Baal and Baal’s insatiable desire for child sacrifice that she sought to close down prolife counseling centers in Chicago, now warns us of ebola? Perhaps because death reminds her that she shall stand before God in judgement.


7 posted on 10/11/2014 1:32:16 AM PDT by jobim (.)
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To: goldstategop
Nigerian Prince Ngobo offers you an Ebola Free certificate - yours for the asking price of $100 USD.

Is that good faith deposit, to be followed by a $10 million deposit into your account, and they need it ASAP, so they can send you your money before the guy dies of Ebola?

8 posted on 10/11/2014 2:07:25 AM PDT by Mark17 (So we tanned his hide when he died Clyde and that's it hanging on the shed. Altogether now)
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To: GonzoII

In the 1980s the JWs went door to door claiming that if you joined them you would be safe from AIDS..

They told me that everyone would die from AIDS except them...


9 posted on 10/11/2014 2:30:07 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: GonzoII

10 posted on 10/11/2014 5:07:53 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: GonzoII; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

11 posted on 10/11/2014 7:04:16 AM PDT by null and void ("Agoraphobia": fear of the marketplace; "AlGoreaphobia": fear of the marketplace of ideas.)
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To: GonzoII

The worst scam is obola.


12 posted on 10/11/2014 7:06:57 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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