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

Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology

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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Should Insider Trading Be Made Legal?

James Altucher | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Raj, Insider Trading, Intel, Scam, Hedge Fund, Galleon, Ponzi, Hilton, Wall Street, Google, Business News
James Altucher

I'm simply raising the question. Could legal insider trading lead to a more efficient market that would ultimately benefit investors and allow investigators to probe elsewhere?

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This Week In Cheating: Ken Lewis' Pension

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 10.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Severance, Pension, Corrupt, Bank of America, $53 Million, Retirement, Megan Fox Naked, Scam, Ken Lewis, Bofa, Capitalism, Scandal, Unfair, B of A, Monty Python, Business News
Jeff Kreisler

What's a pension? A system wherein the employee gives the boss money for "safekeeping." Good luck with that.

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New York Times Malware: Bad Ad On NYTimes.com

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Online News, Virus, Scam, Computer Virus, The New York Times, New York Times, NYTimes.Com, Malware, Hacker, Web Site, Media News

Here's a front page story the New York Times (NYT) would rather not be running: The paper is warning readers to be aware of bogus ads running on its ...

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Identity Theft Committed Using Social Networks

Robert Siciliano | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Facebook Privacy, Identity Theft, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Scam, Media News
Robert Siciliano

Scammers are watching. They know that once they are on Facebook, your guard goes way down.

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This Week in Cheating: Madoff Sentenced

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 07.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Bernie Madoff Jail, Corporate Crime, Sentence, Get Rich Cheating, New York Court, 150 Years, Madoff, Bernie Madoff Victims, Scam, Life Sentence, Bernard Madoff, Cheating, Death Sentence, Ponzi, Bernie Madoff, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

Bernie Madoff got 150 years in prison, though he told investors it was 175 years... and they each told two investors it was 190 years... and so on and so on and so on...

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A Fool and His Money Are Soon Parted (Because) There's a Sucker Born Every Minute

Judith M. Bardwick | Posted 07.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Willie Sutton, Bernard Madoff, Conned, Money, Scam, Flattery, Madoff Scam, Ponzi Scheme, Madoff Scandal, Vanity, Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Bernie Madoff, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Business News
Judith M. Bardwick

Who is a sucker? A sucker is someone who wants something so badly that they lose all critical judgment.

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The Five Sneakiest Real Estate Broker Tricks

Jim Randel | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Investing, Business, Finance, Housing Crisis, Scam, Business News
Jim Randel

Today's post is about real estate brokers. Here is my list of five sneakiest real estate broker tricks (please add to it as you see fit).

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Hogwash Alert: How to Survive the Pandemic of Swine Flu Scams and Swindle

Ben Sherwood | Posted 06.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Better Business Bureau, Survivors Club, Symantec, Salma Hayek, Hogwash, Malware, Scam, Swine Flu, Madonna, Spam, Tamiflu, Snake Oil, Federal Trade Commission, Hollywood, Media News
Ben Sherwood

Long before you'd ever come down with swine flu, you'll be exposed to another kind of virus sweeping the world: A global outbreak of online scams preying on your fears of the so-called aporkalypse.

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The Statin Scams

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Cholesterol, Nutrition, Scam, High-Cholesterol, Statin, Doctors, Scams, High Cholesterol, Sharon Begley, Health, Paul Krugman, Living News
Dr. Jonny Bowden

When the truth about the house of cards that is the cholesterol-lowering establishment really gets out, it'll make credit default swaps look like a 1st grade prank.

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Hedge Funds as Victims?

James Berman | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Ponzi Scheme, Hedge Funds, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Madoff, Scam, Custodian, Business News
James Berman

Hedge fund are required to carefully investigate their potential investments. When a "fund-of-funds" farms its money out to another manager, a few simple questions are due diligence 101.

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ATM "Beating" Victim: Echo of the Charles Stuart Case

Phillip Martin | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, John McCain 2008, Hoax, Crime, Scam, Pennsylvania Primary, Racism, Gop, Charles Stuart, McCain Supporters, Ashley Todd, Ashley Todd Hoax, Politics News
Phillip Martin

The fact that Ms. Todd felt she could get away with telling yet another false story about a black boogie man, suggests that some in this country have not gotten the memo.

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