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Misinformation and Good Intentions Drive Green Scams and Energy Fraud

October 2nd, 2008

Green scams: Whether it's bogus investments, energy fraud and supposed savings or other cons, when it comes to being green it's easy to draw the wrong conclusions: Internet ScamBusters™ #303

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