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SCAMS

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SCAMSScanning Microwave Spectrometer
SCAMSSenior Counselors Against Medicare Swindlers (California HICAP Association)
SCAMSSecurity Combat Automated Management Subsystem


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Basically this was a scam that worked similar to how pyramid scams work in that there was a list of individuals with addresses and these people were to each send one dollar to the people on the list and the idea was that as it was forwarded there were a number of different things that would be sent on and in the end everyone would make money fast.
Residents are being urged not to throw away the letters they receive from Nigerian banks, foreign lottery offers or so-called free offers, but give them to the council instead, as part of a year-long project to investigate the nature of the scams.
 
 
 
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