Litigation

Carnival of Fraud - May 12, 2008

By Tracy Coenen

Welcome to the May 12, 2008 edition of carnival of fraud.

Tracy Coenen presents Mary Kay Cosmetics suing little company for daring to make money off Pink posted at The Fraud Files Blog, saying “Mary Kay Inc. is trying to shut down a small company that helps consultants get rid of excess inventory. Nice.”

Wenchypoo presents Three Little Words Limit Severe Consequences posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.

Leon Gettler presents PCAOB targets mortgage securities posted at Sox First, saying, “Here’s a warning to all audit firms and subprime fraudsters: the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has signalled that it will target securitized mortgage loans and collateralized debt offerings when it inspects 2007 annual reports.”

Michael Bass presents Why Americans Can?t Escape Gasoline posted at Debt Prison, saying, “Certainly our economy and way of life depends on our ability to go wherever we want, whenever we want. However, with all the technology on display today, our addiction to gasoline is a reflection of greed - not a lack of technological know how.”

Wilfrid presents State of the Identity Theft Industry - Protect Yourself posted at Your Finish Rich Plan.

Trevor McKay presents Does Anniuty Fraud Exist? posted at The Annuity Professor.

Raymond presents Nigerian 419 Scams and Spam Emails Are Funny But They Make Me Paranoid posted at Money Blue Book.

Raymond presents Always Pay By Credit Card To Protect Against Airline Bankruptcy Loss posted at Money Blue Book.

Alexander presents Debit Card Fraud: How to Prevent It posted at Wealth Junkies.

The Whited Sepulchre presents I Can’t Believe People Still Fall For This posted at The Whited Sepulchre, saying, “here’s the latest variation on a scam that’s been around ever since the invention of the checking account.”

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Full post as published by The FRAUDfiles Blog on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).