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U.S. FTC warns stimulus scammers already at work
Rueters ^ | 3/4/09 | staff

Posted on 03/04/2009 5:34:10 PM PST by Nachum

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - Scam artists with sophisticated Web sites, some featuring photos of President Barack Obama, are offering to help consumers cash in on the new $787 billion economic stimulus package, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ftc; scammers; stimulus; warns
Annointed scamming.
1 posted on 03/04/2009 5:34:10 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

‘how to get your stimulus checks’


2 posted on 03/04/2009 5:35:10 PM PST by GeronL (Will bankrupting America lead to socialism?)
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To: Nachum

all 569 of them in DC


3 posted on 03/04/2009 5:35:15 PM PST by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: xcamel

THAT 569 doesn’t have to worry about taxes on any cash made on this shakedown.


4 posted on 03/04/2009 5:49:43 PM PST by SteelTrap
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To: GeronL

I just got an email today telling me “they” had finally received my stimulus check of $617. Who “they” are, I don’t know as I didn’t open the email. Hope Obama won’t tax me on the check I didn’t get.


5 posted on 03/04/2009 6:07:31 PM PST by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
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To: Nachum

Shucks, I’ll save everyone the trouble of doing the research.

The worst scammer of them all operates the website whitehouse.gov and recovery.gov


6 posted on 03/04/2009 6:46:23 PM PST by beagleone
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To: Nachum

The way I see it, the people who are wicked and stupid enough to get scammed were wicked and stupid enough to vote for Soetoro. I say, let the scammers scam! Take those morons for every penny you can!


7 posted on 03/04/2009 6:53:56 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Nachum

Scamming the scammers. They say you can’t con a con, but then again, what do “they” know?


8 posted on 03/04/2009 6:55:29 PM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Arthur McGowan

I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment.


9 posted on 03/05/2009 6:53:42 AM PST by kaylar
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