December 04 2003 -
Con
victims out $10,000 or more... Fake escrow sites, fake car sales a
devastating combination
- By Bob Sullivan, Technology
correspondent, MSNBC, One of the most devastating scams ever
devised by Internet thieves, capable of bilking victims out of
$10,000 or more at a clip, is still going strong. Consumers lured by
the combination of a great deal on their dream car and the false
sense of security that goes with the name “escrow service” continue
to fall for the staggering scam. In fact, experts say, it’s more
common today than one year ago, when the con was first revealed.
Sending $10,000 or more to someone you’ve only met in cyberspace
could — and probably should — give anyone a case of the jitters...
December 26 2003 -
Argh! Educators Debate Efforts to Rename Schools -
U.S. National - AP
to My Yahoo!, By STEVE SZKOTAK, Associated Press Writer, HAMPTON,
Va. - At Jefferson Davis Middle School, a civil war of words is being
waged over a petition drive to erase the name of the slave-owning
Confederate president from the school. Opinion is mixed, and it's not
necessarily along racial lines. "If it had been up to Robert E. Lee,
these kids wouldn't be going to school as they are today," said civil
rights leader Julian Bond, now a history professor at the University of
Virginia. "They can't help but wonder about honoring a man who wanted to
keep them in servitude." That argument isn't accepted universally among
Southern black educators, including the school superintendent in
Petersburg, where about 80 percent of the 36,000 residents are black.
Three schools carry the names of Confederates...
December 23 2003 -
Nigerian 419ers surface in Baghdad - By
Lester Haines, The Register, There appear to be no
depths to which Nigerian 419ers will not go in order
to feed their lust for riches beyond the wildest
dreams of avarice. Indeed, they are now masquerading
as coalition troops stationed in Baghdad who claim to
have unearthed one of Saddam's treasure hordes. It's
sort of like "Kelly's Heroes" but relocated to Lagos
and the the sun-kissed banks of the Tigris...
December 22 2003 -
Gore’s son
arrested for marijuana possession - 21-year-old released
pending trial. Albert A Gore, III, the son of former vice president and
2000 Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore, was arrested and charged
Friday with marijuana possession. The Associated Press, The son of
former vice president and 2000 Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore
has been charged with marijuana possession. Albert A. Gore III, 21, was
arrested Friday night after he was stopped for driving a vehicle without
its headlights on...
