It didn’t take long but fly-by-night contractors descending upon flood-ravaged Calgary have arrived.
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It didn’t take long but fly-by-night contractors descending upon flood-ravaged Calgary have arrived.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At the height of the financial crisis, bargain hunters would gather each week on county courthouse steps to bid on foreclosed properties throughout Northern and Central California. The inventory lists were long, especially in hard-hit areas such as Sacramento and Stockton. But the auctions were generally short affairs — often because real estate speculators were illegally fixing the bidding process.
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Few people know how extensive Ponzi schemes really are in Canada, says a Toronto-based expert on the subject.
Al Rosen, a long-time author and accountant, has spent much of his life trying to tell them.
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If you have followed gold and silver market news over the past few years, it is likely you have seen various reports on fake gold and silver products.
In March 2012, a 1 kilo tungsten gold bar turned up in the United Kingdom.
Then in September 2012 there were reports on a slew of 10 oz tungsten gold bars bought and sold in New York’s jewelry district.
The big problem with these news reports is that they have given little to no solution on how the public at large can avoid fake bullion products.
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Alberta families and businesses are out almost $10 million this month due to a dicey investment scheme by a St. Albert company.
Optam Holdings Inc., an investment company based in St. Albert and owned by city resident Wade Closson, filed for bankruptcy April 2.
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Arianna Hansen only meant to vent.
But when she went online to a community website designed for people to do just that — sharing a story of being ripped off by a landlord who took her money and ran — people not only offered support, but the money poured in.
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Fraud happens more often in Lethbridge than some of its embarrassed victims would like to admit to city police – particularly “romance scams” that prey on lonely souls.
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HOMEOWNERS wary of being taken in by bogus “loan modification specialists” should not assume that a law office is the safest conduit to their lender. Consumer advocates say a growing number of fraudulent modification services involve lawyers, or people who say they are lawyers.
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Scammers who post ads on Craigslist and Kijiji for apartments in Edmonton that don’t exist have a new trick to deceive skeptical consumers — they suggest victims wire money to themselves or to family members.
The scam artists tell their victims the transaction is safe, but it isn’t.
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