Wire Fraud
Uber Company Pays $20M Settlement
The Federal Trade Commission recently announced Uber, the growing transportation company, is to pay $20 million in settlement charges. These charges include a statement reading, “it misled prospective drivers with exaggerated earning claims and claims about [vehicle] financing”. RELATED: 2017 Top 5
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Holiday Shopping Online Identity Theft
New LifeLock Survey Shows That a Third of Americans Are Planning to Do All or Most of Their Holiday Shopping Online, but Are Still Concerned about Identity Theft 80 percent of Americans plan to do at least some holiday shopping
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Cyber Scams to Avoid
Internet scams used to be more obvious, like you could spot the bad guy a mile away and you were probably more amused than afraid. Remember the Nigerian prince who insisted you were due an inheritance, if you’d send in your
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Southwest Facebook Scam
When a tempting offer is dressed up with an official logo and endorsements from friends, it’s all too easy to forget the telltale warning signs of a scam. Right now an enticing scam is circulating on Facebook promising travelers a
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Top 5 Veteran Scams
Besides elderly fraud, scams targeting veterans are really the tip of the iceberg. Men and women who have proudly served our country are constant targets for scam artists. Swindlers target vets because they know they are drawing guaranteed benefits. While
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Avoid World Series Ticket Scam
DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, OH – Die hard Cleveland Indian fans are trying to figure out if they’re going to pay the hundreds of dollars it’s going to take to get into a World Series game and we want to make sure you don’t get ripped
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Ransomware at High Risk in Thailand
Ransomware attacks, exploit kits and ATM malware are the biggest cybersecurity threats in Thailand, says a global security software company. “Thailand ranked among the top 10 countries in Asia-Pacific with the most number of ransomware attacks,” said Myla Pilao, technology
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Ransomware Next Target
Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated how vulnerabilities in everyday connected devices can allow hackers to hold whole areas of your life to ransom. Ransomware is perhaps the biggest cybersecurity scourge of 2016, becoming increasingly problematic both for individuals and businesses of
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Prevent Electronic Money Scams
The majority of people work hard for their money, and believe it or not fraudsters are also busy creating new ways of tricking the unsuspecting banking public into divulging critical financial details so that they can eventually steal from them.
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FTC Cracks Down on Debt Relief Schemes
The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Florida have taken action against two operations charged with running phony student loan debt relief schemes, and defendants in a similar FTC action brought earlier this year have agreed to a ban
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