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10 Simple Fraud Prevention Tips
One of the world’s foremost experts on fraud prevention, Frank Abagnale, gave a seminar Wednesday to help business owners protect themselves from common scams. Abagnale’s life was the subject of the movie “Catch Me If You Can,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks.
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5 Common Scams You Can Stop Fraudsters in Their Tracks
An invoice bears the familiar “walking fingers” logo and the name “Yellow Pages.” It says you owe hundreds of dollars for a business listing. Perhaps you get a letter saying you could lose your web address or trademark if you
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BoB Fraud Shows Our Banks are Legit Route for Illegitimate Stash
There is an interesting coincidence in the whole Bank of Baroda remittance scam – the amount of money that is said to have gone out of the country (Rs 6,000 crore) is bigger than the illegal money that the government
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Scam du jour: The Latest Chip Card Scams
Scammers are trying to take advantage of the millions of consumers who haven’t yet received a chip card. Here’s what’s happening: Scammers are emailing people, posing as their card issuer. The scammers claim that in order to issue a new
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How To Identify a Malicious Website
Hacker’s and scam artists live for phishing scam, the tool that allows them to steal your information. Whether it’s through email, texts or on social media, sooner or later you will run into messages that try to trick you into clicking on links to
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Wayne Simmons, Fox News Recurring Guest, Charged with Lying about CIA Connections
Simmons is accused of falsely claiming that he worked as an “outside paramilitary special operations officer” for the CIA from 1973 to 2000. On Fox, this was often shortened to “former CIA operative.” He was also indicted for using that
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More Online Fraud Expected with New Credit Cards Arrival
The new chip credit cards that shoppers are getting in their mailboxes may prevent criminals from stealing from stores, but many thieves are expected to move their operations online. Small businesses could be the most vulnerable. Online fraud in the
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Neflix Email Scam Targets Subscribers
Netflix subscribers are the latest victims of an e-mail scam, causing confusion and unfortunately identity theft. Cst. Ian MacDonald with the Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada Police says they received six reports from residents last week that they had received an email that
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Home Depot Scam on Gift Cards
The large-scale fencing operation, conducted by a father of four, used a team of prostitutes, heroin users, parolees and panhandlers to steal high-priced items from local Home Depots. He then would recruit homeless people from shelters to return the stolen merchandise to
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2015 Hottest Investment Scams
You work hard for your money, and there are legions of people working just as hard to steal it from you. So what’s hot in five-star boiler rooms these days? Crowdfunding, variable annuities and pot, among other things. Con artists
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