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Amazon Liable for Billing Parents for Children’s Unauthorized In-App Charges
The Federal Trade Commission’s request was granted by a federal judge for summary judgment in the agency’s lawsuit against Amazon, Inc., for billing consumers for unauthorized in-app charges incurred by children. The judge’s order in the case finds that Amazon received many complaints from
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FTC Charges Education Lead Generator with Tricking Job Seekers
The agency’s first enforcement action against an education lead generator, operators of Gigats.com have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company claimed it was “pre-screening” job applicants for hiring employers when it was actually gathering information for
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Amazon Kindle Scammers Make Big Money From Phony Books
Scam artists are now making thousands of dollars publishing free, fake books that people are tricked into opening but never read. Amazon created Kindle Unlimited, a Netflix for books, that’s delivering indie authors revenue and readers. But it turns out that the
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5 Social Media Scams to Avoid
Scammers have been worming their way into giant social media networks to trick people into giving over their personal and financial information. Over the past year, the number of phishing attempts on social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and
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6 Things Learned About IRS’s Fight Against Fraud And Identity Theft
Challenging times continue for the IRS. For the last few years, people contacting the IRS have encountered lengthy phone hold times, and identity theft and refund fraud drain billions of dollars’ worth of tax refunds into the pockets of international
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Merchants See Dip in Fraud Thanks to Chip Cards
New chip-enabled cards are flowing into the U.S. marketplace and already made a dent in fraud, with some of the biggest merchants seeing a dip of more than 18% in counterfeit transactions, according to Visa. Among the 25 merchants who
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‘Obamaphone’ Fraud: FCC Kept Under Wraps Until Expanded Program Began
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday announced that it would seek $51 million in damages from a cellphone company that allegedly defrauded the federal Lifeline program of nearly $10 million. Federal regulators were instructed to keep a massive fraud investigation
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April Sees an Influx of New Medicare Fraud Charges
Healthcare fraud continues to take on Medicare as well as the entire US healthcare system. Several cases involve providers who are taking advantage of both the healthcare system and the patients. Since 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, charged numerous defendants
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Is Donald Trump’s ‘Charity’ a Money-Making Scam?
No wonder Donald Trump calls himself an ardent philanthropist. He has likely made millions off it. RELATED: Watch Out: Newest Email Scam—Almost-Real Speeding Tickets He is not just some cheap miser who avoids digging into his pocket for charity, as The
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Watch Out: Newest Email Scam—Almost-Real Speeding Tickets
Some residents of the Philadelphia suburb Tredyffrin have reportedly been receiving emails notifying them of fictitious speeding tickets, and directing them to pay at a link that triggers a malware download. There’s a lot more going on here, because, according
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