Tag "fraud alert"
Don’t Become the Next Victim to a Tax Scam In 2016
The IRS releases the “dirty dozen” list of the worst tax scams each year and hopefully helping the American public avoid becoming victims. Some aren’t applicable to most people, such as using offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes, but many are
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Canada’s Top 10 Scams Earned crooks $1.2B in 2015, Says BBB
Canadians reported losing $61 million to scams in 2015, according to the Better Business Bureau of Canada. But that likely represents only five per cent of the $1.2 billion the BBB estimates Canada’s actually lost to scammers in 2015. RELATED: Polygamous Leaders
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5 More Charged with Sandy Relief Fraud
New Jersey authorities have charged criminally five more people with filing fraudulent applications for federal relief funds related toSuperstorm Sandy, state officials announced. State authorities have charged 50 people for allegedly engaging in this type of fraud since March 2014.
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WATCH OUT: Crooks Bet on Scamming You Again
“Scammed once, shame on you. Scammed twice, shame on me.” That saying, and those actions, are allowing the next round of con artists a promise to getting their money back. Of course, you have to pay an upfront fee. And of course,
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WARNING: IRS Will Not Call People Demanding Money
Scammers are calling more people these days, impersonating themselves as IRS agents, especially during tax filing season. At least a dozen Grant County (Washington) residents have received the call this week alone from scammers posing as the IRS, claiming people own taxes
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Survey Reveals 11% of Adults Lost Money to a Phone Scam in 2015
Calling victims on the phone to trap them into a scam seems so old school, however in today’s day of technology any scheme is possible. Apparently scammers hold to the adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Because telephone scams, even in
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Protect Yourself From Identity Theft & Related Tax Fraud
Identity theft tops the list of taxpayer concerns for 2016. According to a 2015 Identity Fraud Study, released by Javelin Strategy & Research, show identity thieves stole $16 billion from 12.7 million U.S. consumers in 2014, a new victim every two seconds. Those
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How to Spot Short-Term Loan Con
In a recent article on ABCNews.com, one follower reached out to their team of scam experts to find out if they were being conned on a short-term loan. Find out if you can relate to this similar situation and how you can
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Why 2015 Was Not a Good Year to Fight Against Online Ad Fraud
A loss of $6.3 billion for the advertising industry was on pace to last year by showing digital ads to robots, according to a December 2014 study by White Ops, a fraud detection firm. The study applied some concrete numbers to illustrate a problem that most people in the
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Fraud Prevention In 8 Minutes…Or Less
Online ordering from websites that work in third-parties dealing with food, liquor and dry cleaning might have your money, and your identity, taken the minute you enter personal information. Colin Sims, COO of Delivery.com, recently told MPD CEO Karen Webster, the primary
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