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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Why I'm Glad I Was Swindled

Amy Reading | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Con Schemes, Con, Con Artist, Fraud, Swindle, Confidence Artist, Con Artists, Con Men, Middle Class, Confidence Artists, Scammers, Scams, Money News
Amy Reading

The con that ensnared me was a mundane one, which made it all the more undetectable. It wasn't an ungrammatical email promising fantastic riches, but a perfectly ordinary financial transaction with two very nice people.

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Text Scammers May Have To Pay Up

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Phone Bill Cramming, Cramming, Ftc, Scam, Cell Phone Bill, Scam Text Messages, Federal Trade Commission, Scams, Text Messaging, Money News

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are seeking $52.6 million from a billing company that they accuse of adding unauthorized charges to consumers' p...

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Would You Fall For This Ad?

Loren Berlin | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Video, Ftc, Scam, John Alexander's Real Estate Riches in 14 Days, Federal Trade Commission, Scams, Jeff Paul's Shortcuts to Internet Millions, John Beck's Free & Clear Real Estate System, Money News

In a major victory for consumers, the Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that it won a hefty court judgment against four companies that all...

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When Jamaica Calls To Say You've Won The Lottery

AP | DAVID MCFADDEN | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Jamaica, Scams Against Elderly, Lottery, Elderly Scammed, Lottery Scam Victims, Jamaica Scam, Lottery Scams, Scams, Jamaica Lottery Scams, Money News

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica -- The 88-year-old retired Coast Guard officer hadn't been outside the U.S. in decades. Yet phone calls started pouring in from J...

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Watch Your Back! These Scams On The Rise

Reuters | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Summer Travel, Better Business Bureau, Spring Break, Tourist Scams, Reuters, Scam, Travel Scams, Scamming Tourists, Scams, Consumer Complaints, Money News

(The author is a Reuters contributor.) By Mitch Lipka April 12 (Reuters) - When it comes to large migrations of people ...

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David Lohr

FBI Warns 'Grandparent Scam' Is Back

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Video, Internet Scams, Crime, Crime News, Grandparents Scam, Scam, Ripoff, Fbi, Scam Artists, Grandparent Scam, Con, Scams, Crime News

The FBI is warning citizens to be aware of the resurfacing of the "Grandparent Scam" -- a con that targets elderly people and can cost them thousands ...

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Warning: Don't Fall Victim To This Costly Scam

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: National Sweepstakes, Video, Irs, Low-Income, Sweepstakes Scam, Senior Sweepstakes Scam, Scam, Sweepstakes, Lottery Scams, South Florida, Scams, Senior Sweepstakes, Money News

If someone calls to say you've a won sweepstakes that you never registered for, don't fall for it. An elderly woman in South Florida lost $9,500 to...

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Who's Responsible For All These Scams?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Identity Theft Victim, Federal Trade Commission, Scams, Identity Theft, Scam, Business News
Christopher Elliott

The process of making sure you don't leave your data lying around carelessly starts when you spend the first dollar of your allowance and develops as you become a gainfully-employed, taxpaying citizen.

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Scammers' Favorite Victims Suffering Huge Losses

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Business News, Older Americans, Baby Boomers, Video, Senior Citizens, Older Americans Scams, Scams, Business News

NEW YORK -- Boomers beware: Scams, frauds and other financial exploitation schemes targeting older Americans are a growing multibillion-dollar industr...

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5 Insidious Forms of Auto Insurance Fraud

Robert Siciliano | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Fraud, Insurance Fraud, Scams, Crime News
Robert Siciliano

Auto insurance scams are some of the most prevalent in the insurance industry, allowing fraudsters to easily obtain policies and take advantage of the "he said, she said" nature of auto accidents.

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An Open Letter to Dr. Phil: Get Real

D.J. Grothe | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Jref, James Randi, Char Margolis, Dr. Phil, Skepticism, Scams, John Edward, Psychics, Video, Weird News News
D.J. Grothe

When national media outlets give such a large platform to hucksters who make false promises and beguile the public, they are as much to blame for the public deception as the fake psychics themselves.

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Beware the Online Holiday Scams

Diane Dimond | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Credit Card Scams, Online Holiday Shopping, Online Shopping, Online Shopping Scams, Internet Shopping Scams, Scams, Internet Scams, Online Shopping Tips, Armchair Detective, Crime News
Diane Dimond

When you run across these so-called "bargains" online it's the perfect time to repeat to yourself that old saying, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is."

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Scammers, Not Soldiers: Internet Romance Cons Get a Military Twist

Aol Daily Finance | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Scams, Technology News

Aol Daily Finance "It's very embarrassing," says Denise Tarramorse, 43, reflecting on the five months she spent in a long-distance relationship wit...

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Top 5 Online And Offline Scams That Target Post50s

The Huffington Post | Evan Allis | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Advance Fee Fraud, Spanish Prisoner, Ruse Burglaries, Con Artists, Craigslist Scam, Low Risk, High Return, Nigerian Prince, Elderly Fraud, Scams, Contest Fraud, Fifty News

No other demographic falls victim to scams and fraud quite as much as Post50s. Older adults are more likely than their younger counterparts to have ex...

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YOUR TAKE: Is Teen Stealing Becoming A Trend?

Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Ebay, Money Laundering, Australia, Luxury, Privacy Law, Teen Theft, Usf, Scams, Theft, High School News

A 14-year-old Australian boy masterminded a $200,000 eBay scam and used the money to live a celebrity lifestyle. Now, his mother is suing four Austral...

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Ten Scams You Encounter Every Day

James Altucher | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Advertising, Scams, Stock Market, Business News
James Altucher

I distinctly remembered we all threw our bodies on top of each other. We were making a mountain of bodies. We were all laughing and wrestling to see w...

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Weight Loss Doctor Wanted By FBI For Fraud

Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Fraud, Insurance Fraud, Chicago Crime, Weight Loss Doctors, Crime, Chicago, Fbi, Fraudulent Doctor, Weight Loss, Gautam Gupta, Scams, Chicago News

The FBI is currently on the lookout for Gautam Gupta, a doctor who allegedly scammed the state and private insurance companies alike out of some $25 m...

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How Much Would You Pay for a Fake Girlfriend?

Robert Siciliano | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Online Dating, Scams, Iovation, Personal Identiy, Online Security, Social Security, Security Online, Internet Security, Technology News
Robert Siciliano

More than 40 million people subscribe to online dating services, and millions of those subscribers develop intimate, albeit virtual relationships with anonymous strangers. It's not as difficult as you might imagine to get swindled out of your money this way.

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Watch Out: ATM Credit Card Scams

Harmon Leon | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Credit Card Scams, Credit Card Offers, Credit Cards, Atm Scams, Scams, Atm Skimming, Crime, Healthy Living News
Harmon Leon

YIkes! A friend of mine got ATM skimmed. A simple trip to the cash machine has costs her hundreds of dollars (and that wasn't in surcharges). I've o...

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5 Tips to Avoid Bin Laden Scams

Robert Siciliano | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Scams, Mcafee, Identity Theft, Osama Bin Laden, Technology News
Robert Siciliano

After Osama bin Laden's death a flurry of internet scams hit the internet. Most notably scam emails with links to pictures, videos and phony Facebook messages with links to videos that don't exist.

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Scammers Exploit Osama Bin Laden's Death On Facebook, Google

The Huffington Post | Thomas Houston | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Search, Malware, Osama Bin Laden Death, Facebook, Security, Scams, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Bin Laden Death Photo, Osama Bin Laden Death Photo, Technology News

With the news of Osama Bin Laden's death commanding the Web today, it's no surprise that spammers have been exploiting the news for hours. It's pretty...

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Tax Related Identity Theft Scams up 300%

Robert Siciliano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Irs, Mcafee, Scams, Identity Theft, Business News
Robert Siciliano

Cases of stolen tax returns have surged over the past five years, leaving many identity theft victims struggling to recoup their lost refunds.

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Chris Kirkham

FTC Targets 'Last Dollar Frauds' Preying On The Unemployed

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Scams, Work From Home Scams, David Vladeck, Ftc, Darling Angel Pin Creation, Last Dollar Frauds, Ivy Capital, Federal Trade Commission, Scams, Business News

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tom Bernard was swayed by a simple e-mail pitch in June 2009: he could make money from home by building his own web site, using th...

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It Doesn't Have to Be All Sex and Drinking This Spring

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Safe Travel, Spring-Break-Safety, Abduction, Spring Break, Spring Break Tips, Travel Scams, Coeds, Scams, Drunkenness, Drinking, Spring Break Scams, Travel News
Blake Fleetwood

The deadly combination of hormones and alcohol doesn't have to claim your child this spring break. Julie Barsamian from CookTravel.Net offers six tips for how to make spring break safe and fun for your kids.

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