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Amazon Delivery Reports Twitter Scam
Amazon customers warn others of a new phishing scam that’s targeting anyone who takes to Twitter to complain about delivery issues. Customers and Twitter users who tweeted abut deliveries not coming on time received a tweet from criminals posing as
Read MoreMCBans – 119,948 breached accounts
In October 2016, the Minecraft banning service known as <a href="https://www.mcbans.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MCBans</a> suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of 120k unique user records. The data contained email and IP addresses, usernames and password hashes of unknown format.
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Social Security Administration Warns Latest Scam Call Steals Checks
The Social Security Administration is warning that schemers are impersonating government agents and stealing people’s benefits. In a blog post Wednesday, the agency’s Office of the Inspector General said people have been receiving calls from a number with a 323
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Scam
Health care con artists are back again, this time targeting individuals looking for affordable health insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield. The Con: People are calling, acting as if they are Blue Cross Blue Shield agents, offering low premiums for great
Read MoreB2B USA Businesses – 105,059,554 breached accounts
In mid-2017, a spam list of over 105 million individuals in corporate America was discovered online. Referred to as "B2B USA Businesses", the list categorised email addresses by employer, providing information on individuals' job titles plus their work phone numbers
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US Health Care Fraud Schemes Worth $1.3 billion
U.S. prosecutors announced Thursday that they have charged more than 400 people with taking part in health care fraud and opioid scams that totaled $1.3 billion in false billing. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the collective action the “largest health
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Cancer Scam Finishes This Father’s Con Artist Streak
The latest cancer scam goes to an already accused fraud victim and father (Neil Jackson) when he used his son as bait, pleading to others that his son was either seriously ill or that he had died and cashing in
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Hobby Lobby Fined $3 Million Over Smuggled Artifacts
Hobby Lobby Stores have agreed to pay a $3 million federal fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts smuggled from the Middle East that the government alleges were intentionally mis-labled, according to the Federal prosecutors say . Prosecutors filed a
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Fyre Festival Organizer Billy McFarland Faces Fraud Charges
The man who was the main organizer of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas earlier this year has been arrested by authorities and charged with wire fraud for allegedly bilking investors in his company, Fyre Media, which promoted the
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Tips to Avoid GoFundMe Scams
Your compassion and kind heart could set your emotions into next charity scam on GoFundMe. If you’ve heard of this site then you’re well aware that families and friends request financial help to those in need, whether it be a
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