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April 23, 2026
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Crime

Nigerian romance scam has parish ties

December 22, 2010 Michelle Stuckey

Lynda Fullem thought she had found true love when she met Jimmy Kenneth on Match.com. Kenneth said he was from St. Charles Parish, was a 45-year-old widowed single father and owned his own construction business.
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Crime

Scam seeks account info through email, fake web page

November 4, 2010 heraldguide

Many residents around the parish have received an email purporting to be from First National Bank USA that tells them that their account has been suspended, but the bank is warning customers that it would never send such an email.
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Crime

Luling activist used as pawn in oil spill scam

August 27, 2010 heraldguide

Right after Katrina, Luling resident Adline Mott helped more than 100 people from the community who desperately needed jobs find work rebuilding the area. […]

Business

Scam forces bank to block all ATM

July 16, 2010 heraldguide

Customers of First National Bank USA were victimized by a debit card fraud scheme that tricked them into giving an automated calling service their account information. […]

Crime

Scam forces bank to put hold on all ATM withdrawals

July 9, 2010 heraldguide

First National Bank USA has put a hold on all ATM withdrawals by its customers after several residents were victimized by a debit card fraud scheme. […]

Crime

St. Rose couple claims they were scammed by contractor

September 21, 2009 heraldguide

A St. Rose couple who thought they were paying for renovations for their home instead found themselves out of $3,000 after the contractor they gave a down payment to last month disappeared. […]

Crime

IRS warns local residents against tax e-mail scam

February 25, 2009 heraldguide

The Internal Revenue Service wants local residents to know there may be a scam waiting in their e-mail inbox that looks official but could be dangerous to both the person and their computer. […]

Crime

VFW scam preys on patriotic residents

January 28, 2009 heraldguide

A scam artist is trying to use the local VFW group as a way to trick patriotic parish residents into giving out personal information and making “donations” so that care packages can be delivered to soldiers overseas and to veterans living in the area. […]

Crime

Bank scam hits parish

January 7, 2009 heraldguide

Some residents in St. Charles Parish have been the target of an elaborate e-mail scam that tries to fool customers of Capitol One Bank into giving out their account information.
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