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Archive for January, 2009


01/27, 2009

Campaign targets junk mail scams

A campaign to stamp out fake postal and internet competitions is being carried out by Darlington Council.

01/26, 2009

India’s lessons from Satyam

Economist Kaushik Basu on what India should learn from the Satyam corporate scandal.

01/22, 2009

Chinese milk scam duo face death

Two men get the death penalty and an ex-dairy boss gets life for China's tainted milk scandal which left thousands of children ill.

01/20, 2009

Rise in scams expected this year

Dorset residents are being warned about scams targeting consumers through the post and online as an awareness campaign gets under way.

01/17, 2009

Scam bins target bogus mailings

Scam mailings are the target of a new campaign by Trading Standards officers in Leicestershire.