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Released: June 13, 2010
Scam artists are as slick as the oil spill
Source: Michelle Singletary, Washington Post (Free Registration)
The magnitude of the BP spill really hit me once I starting seeing front-page photos of oil- soaked birds. One poor thing looked like a Hollywood- inspired alien or a prehistoric creature.
How can you not wonder: What will it take to clean up the mess?
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scams, fraud, headlines, disaster-related scams, opportunistic scams
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