Online Scams

Online Romance Scams Cost Victims $50 Million

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Fraud, Online Fraud, Internet Scams, Online Dating, Internet Fraud, Online Scams, Online Dating Fraud, Scams, Online Romance, Romance Scams, Money News

Being the victim of Internet fraud is a tough pill to swallow no matter how it happens. But to be a lonely and vulnerable person who thinks they've fo...

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5 Online Security Tips for Valentine's Day

Robert Siciliano | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Valentines Day, Online Dating, Adt, Personal Security, Email Scammers, Dating Online, Online Scams, Crime News

These scammers are like loneliness relief valves. In a way, they provide a different perspective by making baseless promises that they never intend to fulfill. In the end, victims end up emptying their bank accounts.

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Who's Most Gullible Online And Why?

redtape.msnbc.msn.com | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Online-Scam-Study, Internet Scam, Internet Safety, Internet Security, Stereotypes, Online Scams, Internet Scams, Fifty News

Think grandma and grandpa are the most likely to fall for Internet scams? Think again, suggests a study on gullibility released earlier this month. ...

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Scam Alert: Tips To Avoid Holiday Hoaxes Online

www.aarp.org | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Online Safety, Online Purchases, Online Fraud, Holiday Shopping Online, Holiday Shopping Season, Cyber Monday, Holiday-Scams, Holiday Spending, Online Shopping, Online Scams, Fifty News

Despite a Grinch-like economy last holiday season, Internet shoppers spent $33 billion in November and December 2010 — and, for the first time ever,...

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Online Mortgage Scams Face Increased Government Crackdown

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Google, Ads, Mortgages, Video, Bing, Microsoft, Mortgage Crisis, Search Engine, Foreclosure, Online Scams, Hacking, Yahoo, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO — A criminal investigation into mortgage swindlers has expanded beyond deceptive advertising on Google's Internet search engine to...

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Former Mrs. Nevada Used Online Scam to Steal From Thousands Of Americans

Daily Finance | Loren Berlin | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Video, Online Fraud, Kyle Kimoto, Mrs. Nevada, Juliette Kimoto, Beauty Queen Scammer, Dietary Supplements, Online Scams, Crime News

When Juliette Kimoto took to the stage to accept her crown as Mrs. Nevada in 2006, she seemed an obvious fit for the coveted pageant title. Blond and ...

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Are You Too Smart for an Internet Scam? I Thought So Too.

Julie Gray | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Living in Spain, Online Fraud, Teaching Overseas, Online Scams, Living Abroad, Con Men, Spain, Tefl, Culture News

I have always thought myself way, way too smart for an internet scam.

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When "Phish" Is Really Fishy

Christopher Burgess | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Phishing Scam, Phishing, Identity Theft, Personal Identity Theft, Email Phishing, Online Scams, Theft of Identity, Technology News

Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

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STUDY: Women Most Likely To Fall For Internet Scams

The Guardian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Online Scam Study, Internet Scam Study, Online Scams, Women Internet Scam, Knowthenet, Women Online Scam, Internet Scams, Technology News

Professional women aged 25-34 are most likely to fall victim of online scams, according to new research published today. The study was commissioned a...

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There's Nothing "Social" About Online Social Engineering Attacks

Judy Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Hunting, Online Security, College Job Market, Online Scams, Social Engineering Attacks, Craigslist, Technology News

Social engineering attacks are designed to deceive so they can harvest information that can be resold on the black market.

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Internet Firms Accused Of Using 'Fake News' Scam

courthousenews.com | JOE HARRIS ShareThis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Scam, Online Scams, Internet Fake News, Technology News

An Internet marketer uses "fake news articles and fake blogs" to direct browsers to its page, then bills people's credits cards without permission, a ...

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How Privacy Vanishes Online

nytimes.com | STEVE LOHR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Phishing, Online Scams, Online Privacy, Privacy Online, Technology News

Computer scientists and policy experts say that such seemingly innocuous bits of self-revelation can increasingly be collected and reassembled by comp...

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Avoiding Deceptive 'Opt-out' Online Scams

Jason Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Online Scams, Better Business Bureau, Federal Trade Commission, Deceptive Marketing, Negative Option Billing, Cardholder Agreement, Home News

Proverbs survive the test of time because of their universality. Take the adage, "One bad apple spoils the barrel." It teaches us that good people (or...

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Fake Websites Shut Down By Police In Biggest Takedown Of Its Kind

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Online Fraud, Counterfeiting, Fake Websites, Fake Goods, Counterfeit Goods, Fake Uggs, Online Scams, Counterfeit Ugg Boots, Ugg Boots, Technology News

More than 1,000 websites that claim to sell cut-price designer goods have been shut down in the biggest police operation of its kind in the UK. The...

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Ecommerce Scams: Hundreds Of Well-Known Sites Scam Customers, Report Shows

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Post-Transaction Marketing, Committee on Commerce Science Transportation, Ecommerce Scam, Post Transaction Marketing, Scam, Aggresive Sales Tactics on the Internet, Online Scams, Senator Rockefeller, Technology News

Senator Rockefeller released the results of an investigative report into "Aggressive Sales Tactics on the Internet and Their Impact on American Consum...

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Twitter Increasingly Becoming A Tool For Scams

Los Angeles Times | Tiffany Hsu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Better Business Bureau, Twitter, Online Scams, Twitter Scams, Twitter Fraud, Media News

Online predators have hit on social media site Twitter as the latest tool to lure victims into get-rich-quick and work-at-home schemes, according to t...

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