Real-life
boiler room swindles have multiplied rapidly in recent times.
The March issue of Details, the trendy men's magazine, features an article titled "Inside the
Boiler Room" that asks the question, "Is Hollywood's shocking new Wall Street expose on the mark?" The answer: "We got some inside information that says, 'Be afraid.'"
And
boiler room operations are as shady as they come.
Margaret Cole from the FSA says: "So far this year we have contacted 95,000 people across the UK to warn them about the risks of investing via
boiler room fraudsters.
A "
boiler room" scam is a term given to an operation to snare thousands of investors into buying expensive shares that turn out to be worthless and impossible to sell.
City watchdog the Financial Services Authority has cracked down on a Gibralter-based "
boiler room" share-selling operation.
Families across the North East have been hit with a Hollywood-style racket dubbed The
Boiler Room Scam by police.
A HORRIFIED young nurse was confronted with 143 snakes yesterday when she opened a hospital
boiler room cupboard.
The
boiler room is fine-tuned to operate in the exact method it was designed to run.
A
boiler room victim case study: The individual's name has been changed
Superintendents must also remember that the presence of debris in the
boiler room can create a dangerous situation.