Online Fraud

Am I the Face of a Nigerian Online Romance Scammer?

Luke O'Neil | Posted 01.20.2013 | Technology

Read More: Nigerian Internet Romance Scam, Internet Scam, Internet Romance, Internet Romance Scam, Online Scams, Online Romance, Online Fraud, Online Love, Technology News

After all, wasn't it my fault in a way, for making this woman fall in love? Here was this poor heartbroken woman who had convinced herself she was in love with a man -- a man that looked exactly like me. Did that implicate me in her predicament?

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Cyber Crime: That's Entertainment!

Dori Hartley | Posted 01.09.2013 | Crime

Read More: Exploitation TV, Cyber Crime, Online Fraud, Internet Crime, Afternoon Tv, False Personalities, Victims of Online Scams, Fake Usernames, Online Romance, Crime News

The only thing that prevents a person from committing Internet fraud is conscience, and between cyber crime and TV networks that seek to base afternoon talk shows on this topic, there seems to be very little of that going around.

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Why So Many Women Fall For Online Romance Scams

HuffingtonPost.com | Katie Bindley | Posted 07.02.2012 | Women

Read More: Online Romance Scams, Online Fraud, Love & Sex, Internet Scams, Online Dating, Online Dating Sites, Internet Fraud, Online Dating Fraud, Romance Scams, Women News

After a divorce, dates that didn't go anywhere, and the continued hope that she might meet someone online whom she could marry, Jodi Bourgeois met the...

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Online Romance Scams Cost Victims $50 Million

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.17.2012 | Home

Read More: Fraud, Online Fraud, Internet Scams, Online Dating, Internet Fraud, Online Scams, Online Dating Fraud, Scams, Online Romance, Romance Scams, Home 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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What One Woman Did For A Louis Vuitton Purse

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.27.2012 | Los Angeles

Some people in SoCal just can't live without a Louis Vuitton purse, like 28-year-old Judy Nguyen of Anaheim. She was arrested Tuesday after allegedly ...

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Google Admits Profiting From Illegal Ads

BBC News | Adrian Goldberg | Posted 01.10.2012 | Technology

Read More: Fraud, Google, Internet, Google Advertising, Online Fraud, Video, Internet Scams, Google Ads, Online Advertising, Advertising, Olympics 2012, Scalping Tickets, Technology News

Google is profiting from ads for illegal products generated by its flagship automated advertising system, the BBC has found. ...

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Scam Alert: Tips To Avoid Holiday Hoaxes Online

www.aarp.org | Posted 11.28.2011 | Fifty

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

Daily Finance | Loren Berlin | Posted 12.19.2011 | Crime

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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Online Dating Fraud Claims '200,000' Victims, Research Suggests

PA | Posted 11.27.2011 | Home

Read More: Fraud, University of Leicester, Online Fraud, Ukrelationships, Action Fraud, Dating, Pa, National Fraud Authority, Online Dating Fraud, Home News

Dating site fraud is vastly under-reported and may have claimed more than 200,000 victims in the UK, research suggests. The "on...

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

Julie Gray | Posted 11.08.2011 | Home

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

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

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Senior 'Surfers' Vulnerable to Internet Scams

Jason Alderman | Posted 08.30.2011 | Technology

Even the most tech-savvy among us sometimes fall prey to online scammers, so if your parents or grandparents have recently taken the online plunge, here are some safety tips you can share.

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One Investing Idea: Issue Phony Online Press Releases and Tout Them

Bill Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Stock Fraud, Online Fraud, Wall Street, Stock Market, Microsoft, Disney, Yahoo, Business News

The SEC alleged that Lambros D. Ballas engaged in a fraudulent scheme to manipulate the stock price of multiple publicly traded companies by disseminating phony press releases and then hyping them on Internet bulletin boards.

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

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

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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Cyberattackers Winning The Online Security War

New York Times | JOHN MARKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Online Security, Online Fraud, Cyberattacks, Computer Hackers, Hacking, Business News

Internet security is broken, and nobody seems to know quite how to fix it. Despite the efforts of the computer security industry and a half-decade st...

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