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  2. FBI Warning: Adoption Scam Targets Would-Be Parents - AOL

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    Federal officials are warning couples seeking to adopt that there's a new adoption scam aimed at fleecing money out of would-be parents. The scam artists respond to online ads from couples ...

  3. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...

  4. Georgia Tann - Wikipedia

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    Beulah George "Georgia" Tann (July 18, 1891 – September 15, 1950) was an American social worker and child trafficker who operated the Tennessee Children's Home Society, an unlicensed adoption agency in Memphis, Tennessee. Tann used the home as a front for her black market baby adoption scheme from the 1920s to 1950. Young children were ...

  5. Adoption fraud - Wikipedia

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    The Adoption of Michelle Riess - New Jersey (1976) The Tennessee Children's Home Society, an unlicensed adoption agency used by its longtime director Georgia Tann as a front for black market adoptions. An investigation in 1950 revealed the illegal activities of the Society; Tann died that year before she could be prosecuted.

  6. How to stop scammers from coming after your verification ...

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    We are happy to help you avoid scams, fraud and predatory lenders. You work hard for your money, and we want to make sure scammers don’t get it. Regina Morrison Newman is the Shelby County Trustee.

  7. Report abuse or spam on AOL - AOL Help

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    Learn how to report spam and other abusive conduct.

  8. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    The scam then becomes an advance-fee fraud or a check fraud. A wide variety of reasons can be offered for the trickster's lack of cash, but rather than just borrow the money from the victim (advance fee fraud), the con-artist normally declares that they have checks which the victim can cash on their behalf and remit the money via a non ...

  9. New Hotel Phishing Scam — Be Careful If You’re Offered a ...

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    “Hotel phishing scams are fraudsters who reach out through email or a website impersonating a hotel representative asking people to re-confirm their payment information and personal details for ...