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  2. Ohio Housing Finance Agency warns Ohioans about scam ... - AOL

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    The Ohio Housing Finance Agency is warning Ohioans about a scam page on Facebook claiming to have opened a wait list for sought-after Section 8 vouchers and public housing assistance.

  3. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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    Based on mostly the same principles as the Nigerian 419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won large sums of money. Here the victims will also be required to pay substantial small amounts of money in order to have the winning money ...

  4. Elderly in Columbus have lost thousands to scams, fraud. Why ...

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    Internet scams have caused over $3.5 billion in losses for the elderly across the U.S. In Columbus, the person stealing is often close to home.

  5. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.

  6. List of hoaxes - Wikipedia

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    The springfield pet-eating hoax, an online, far-right anti-immigration hoax from Springfield, Ohio that claimed that Haitian immigrants were eating pets, specifically cats and dogs. Stardrive 2000 , a 1986 radio advertising hoax in Portland, Oregon to promote the effectiveness of radio advertising by advertising a fictional automobile.

  7. Texting scam in Ohio uses welfare smart cards as phishing bait

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  8. Foreclosure rescue scheme - Wikipedia

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    Equity stripping or equity skimming is a variation on lease-buyback and is one of the most common types of foreclosure rescue schemes. [4] In it, the perpetrator assumes ownership of the house while allowing the former owner to continue living there, provided that s/he pay rent to the perpetrator, who is the new owner.

  9. Horrifying moment phone scam victim, 81, pulls gun on ... - AOL

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    An 81-year-old Ohio man has been charged with murder after allegedly gunning down an Uber driver who arrived at his home as part of a phone scam he also fell victim to.. William Brock is accused ...