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04-16-2005, 09:17 AM
| | |  Harry Potter name used for fraud
Six individuals from the UK have been jailed for using the names of celebrities and the dead to fleece the public out of £1 million. One of the names used was Harry Potter. Quote:
The scam involved creating fictitious students to obtain cash from the Government's Individual Learning Account scheme which had to be scrapped following widespread fraudulent claims across the country.
The defendants exploited flaws in the scheme that meant anyone, even those without previous experience, could become a Learning Provider without being checked.
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04-16-2005, 08:50 PM
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| | Niffler
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Originally Posted by Marcella_Riddle There are actually several people in the UK named 'Harry Potter' so it's not totally unbelievable.
Well, they could have at least gone with something like "Bob Smith". They're quite... what's the word... ah... STUPID. Harry Potter isn't exactly a common name. And none of those Harrys are really famous.
Last edited by SnoggingLupin13; 04-16-2005 at 08:53 PM.
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04-16-2005, 08:54 PM
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Well I don't really blame the person who chose Harry Potter as a fraud name. If I had to pick a fraud name out of any celebrity names in the world, I would pick Harry Potter too. Of course, I am a girl so I would have to pick Hermione or someone like that. 
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04-16-2005, 09:01 PM
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|  Death-defyingMooncalf
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even though people might actually have harry potter as a real name that is still pretty funny that it is soo obvious
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04-16-2005, 09:18 PM
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they really r stoopid. your right they probably luv prison food
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04-16-2005, 10:06 PM
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| | Faerie
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stupid people...*sighs*
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04-16-2005, 11:03 PM
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lol ,thats a really smart thing to do...
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04-16-2005, 11:25 PM
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04-16-2005, 11:31 PM
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| | Glumbumble
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In Australia, there's a news reader named Harry Potter...(just some random info)
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04-16-2005, 11:59 PM
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err that was sort of stupid of them...
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04-17-2005, 02:34 AM
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Well that's a stupid thing to do. Don't people have better things to do than cheat people out of money. They should get a job.
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04-17-2005, 02:48 AM
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why would some1 do that? that's kind of dumb
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04-17-2005, 07:30 AM
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04-17-2005, 08:34 AM
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stupid people... *mad*
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04-18-2005, 12:46 AM
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04-18-2005, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Gemini who would cash a check for a harry potter and not ask a question? What I'm about to suggest is CRAZY, but... doyouthinksomepeoplehaveneverheardofHarryPotter?
Phew...
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04-18-2005, 10:53 PM
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| | Glumbumble
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now i've just about heared it all!!! some people!
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04-19-2005, 10:42 PM
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oh yes very smart
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04-20-2005, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by SnoggingLupin13 Well, they could have at least gone with something like "Bob Smith". They're quite... what's the word... ah... STUPID. Harry Potter isn't exactly a common name. And none of those Harrys are really famous. I know...i mean how many people do you see walking down the street saying, "Hello, my name is Bob Smith, I am a complete loser who can't come up with a creative name and chose not to live with the perfectly fine name that my parents provided me...." but. whoever would steal Harry Potter, yeah its a bit amusing, but completly idiotic...stupid dunderheads....im with J.K...their her character! If your gonna steal the name...you really deserve to be punished....
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04-20-2005, 05:43 PM
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Atleast they got caught. Sheez.
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04-20-2005, 09:59 PM
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Not very smart, are they? They couldn't even make up more realistic names that wouldn't give them away right away.
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04-21-2005, 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by dan_4_elle lol what idiots...
so true...so true.
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04-21-2005, 11:26 PM
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You'd think they would pick a slightly more common name so they'd draw less suspicion to themselves, at least they got caught, I hope they enjoy the food
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04-28-2005, 06:07 AM
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04-28-2005, 11:23 PM
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  wow! really?
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