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haitians targets in advance fee fraud visa scheme

February 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments

The United States Embassy in Port au Prince, Haiti is warning that there is a new advance fee fraud scheme targeting Haitians and Haitian Americans. Haitians, and Americans who are sponsoring their Haitian relatives, are being asked to pay fees up front in exchange for a guarantee that they can bring up to five of [...]

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Tags: Consumer law · Fraud and "con" schemes · Identity Theft · Immigration Law · Internet Fraud · Ruminations · visa fraud

Find out who you are dealing with…

November 16th, 2007 · No Comments

It is easy to believe that someone who sends you an email, calls you on the phone or sends you a fax is the individual who they say they are, but the fact is you can be easily deceived by these indicia of identity that can be easily misused. When dealing with someone who is [...]

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