Google Scam Feed- Singing adviser jailed over tax avoidance scamA tax adviser who tried to defrauded taxpayers of £70 million, and sang a celebratory song about the scam, has been jailed for 18 months. by Michelle McGagh on Feb 08, 2012 at 11:48 A tax adviser who tried to defrauded taxpayers of £70 million, ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Police: Be aware of telephone scamPolice are warning area residents to be aware of a phone scam involving the delivery of a package. Liberty Police Chief Barry Bryant said two residents reported to him Monday they'd received calls supposedly from a delivery service with a package for ...See all stories on this topic » […]
- Beware of scam artistsPolice are warning older West Island residents to be wary of work men who arrive on their doorsteps uninvited claiming the resident's house has incurred serious damage that must be fixed immediately. The warning follows an incident that took place Jan.See all stories on this topic » […]
- NRHM scam: CBI team raids Ghazipur district hospitalGHAZIPUR: A CBI team today conducted searches at the district hospital here in connection with the National Rural Health Mission scam. The two-member team checked documents and also took custody of some papers, official sources said.See all stories on this topic » […]
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Category Archives: Identity Theft
Big Internet (Facebook, Google) gets serious about Email Scams.
And this time, they seem to be serious, joining together these powerhouses: * Big Internet: Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, LinkedIn etc. * Big Money (aka financial service providers): Bank of America, Fidelity Investments and PayPal. * Big Security: Agari, … Continue reading
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Fake ‘Scam’ Website to Educate Consumers.
A new initiative has been launched by the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation (OCABR) to educate consumers about the pitfalls of internet scams. They have recently launched an educational campaign that includes a fake ‘scam’ website. There … Continue reading
Phishing Scam of the Day (PenFed)
We received an email today with the promise of a $50 credit to my Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) account if I completed a customer service survey. The “survey” was sent as an attached HTML (web page) file, which, when … Continue reading
Posted in banking, Email Scams, Identity Theft, Phishing, spoof websites
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Preventing Identity Theft by Credit Bureau Monitoring
LifeLock was arguably the first online business to provide consumer-targetted Identity Theft Protection. Since their start in 2005, LifeLock has provided a useful service providing consumers with the tools they need to help protect themselves from identity theft and manage their credit. Scamdex was and continues … Continue reading
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IRS Lists it’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ Tax Scams
Hiding income in offshore accounts, identity theft, return preparer fraud, and filing false or misleading tax forms top the annual list of “dirty dozen” tax scams in 2011, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. “The Dirty Dozen represents the worst … Continue reading
Posted in Identity Theft, Job Scams, Scam Reports, Tax Scams
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… and now the FTC weighs in.
After the IC3 list released earlier, the FTC publishes it’s own list of ’Consumer Complaints’ for 2010 The Federal Trade Commission today released the list of top consumer complaints received by the agency in 2010. And for the 11th year in a row, … Continue reading
Hippy-eye-ay – WTF is a HYIP?
According to Wikipedia, a High Yield Investment Program (aka HYIP) is … A high-yield investment program (HYIP) is a type of Ponzi scheme, which is an investment scam that promises an unsustainably high return on investment by paying previous investors … Continue reading
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Golden 1 Phone Scam hits Sacramento
Social engineering is an approach used to gain unauthorized access to or acquisition of information assets. This approach relies on misrepresentation and the trusting nature of individuals, and is often carried out through the use of phishing telephone calls or … Continue reading
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