Wire Fraud
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
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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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Police Warn Fake Kidnapping
Law enforcement is warning of a spread of a cruel scam: fake kidnapping. One family encountered this first-hand and explained how it unfolded to CBS News. Larry Lutes got the phone call while he was at work. He said a
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Fyre Festival Scam Files $100 Million Lawsuit
The Fyre Festival hype was nothing more than a scam, which lead several concert fans stranded on the island with little to no food, water and shelter. Now fans are filing a $100 million class-action lawsuit against the organizers of the now-infamous
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Fraud Victims Can Get Western Union Wired Money Back
Mainers who were scammed out of money by wiring Western Union payments may be eligible for some restitution, according to Attorney General Janet Mills’ office. It’s illegal for a telemarketer to ask consumers to pay for anything with a money
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Avoid Sports Ticket Fraud
The bracketology is set for college basketball as March Madness is in full court press, unfortunately the fans are the ones playing defense against sports ticket fraud. Representatives from the Better Business Bureau say they see a lot of people
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Funeral Homes Failed Pricing
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) organized Funeral Rules, in which an investigators revealed that nine states failed to disclose pricing information to consumers. The FTC conducts undercover inspections to ensure that funeral homes comply with the Funeral Rule. RELATED: OfferUp Online Wire
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W-2 Phishing Scam Targets School Districts
Earlier this month the IRS issued an urgent alert to all employers with an extensive W-2 e-mail phishing scam that has spread to the corporate sector and into school districts, nonprofits and other companies. “This is one of the most dangerous email
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Counterfeit Drugs
Prescription drugs seem to be sold on every block these days, allowing patients to search for the best price or most convenience location, but be careful as counterfeit drugs could be the source of your medications. Counterfeit drugs are on the rise,
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OfferUp Online Wire Fraud
OfferUp is a “simpler way to buy and sell locally”, this convenient shopping app has been downloaded more than 12 million times (2015), ranking close to the 51st most-downloaded app, and with those numbers climbing, so are the odds of users becoming victims of wire
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