Tag "fraud alert"
Is Your Landlord a Fraud?
Landlords have access to our most sensitive financial and personal information — never mind our living space — and yet we usually don’t know much about them. While most landlords are reputable and trustworthy, there are some whose behaviors veer
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Tips For a Scam-Free 2016
Start the year with an awareness of the many scams that target your finances and identity and learn what tools are available to help protect you. “Government impostor, computer tech support, and sweepstakes scams were among the major threats for
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BBB Reveals Top Ten Scams of 2015
The Better Business Bureau launched their BBB Scam Tracker earlier this year, expecting tax scams to be at the top of the list. Not only were hey spot on, tax scams dominated. In the first 10,000 scam reports processed by BBB,
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Mac Users Hit by Data Breach
MacKeeper — a much-maligned software utility many consider to be little more than scareware that targets Mac users — and have acknowledged a breach that exposed the usernames, passwords and other information on more than 13 million customers and, er…users.
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National Identity Theft Prevention and Awareness Month
Tis the season for thieves to steal our identities! They especially like to come out when our credit card information is flying through the internet, purchasing great deals from Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Unfortunately some of those “great” deals are from bogus
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Online Scam Asks Shoppers to Buy Gift Card
The Better Business Bureau warns of a new scam technique being used online, As shoppers become wary of paying by wire transfer and pre-paid debit card, scammers are trying something new. They are requesting victims purchase and pay with gift cards.
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Fraud to Increase During Online Holiday Shopping
Holiday shopping is here and so is the growth in the gifts that no one wants, but we keep on receiving— which is fraud. New research from ACI Worldwide shows that cyber thieves will be increasing on the prowl to lift
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9 Companies Involved in New York Heating Oil Fraud Case
New York City officials reported 9 companies and 44 individuals being indicted after a long-term investigation into widespread fraud in the heating oil business. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. and other officials announced the indictments Tuesday. RELATED: Counterfeit Checks Tied
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Assembly Passes measures aimed at FoodShare, Unemployment fraud
Republican lawmakers in the Assembly on Tuesday passed a slate of bills that seek to crack down on food stamp and unemployment fraud. The proposals aim to prevent FoodShare recipients from selling or sharing the program’s debit cards used to
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FIFA Fraud Investigation in ‘Money-Laundering’
Potential money-laundering offenses are under investigation in the UK related to Fifa corruption, according to The Serious Fraud Office. David Green, the director of the SFO, said that although the Bribery Act had been introduced too late to catch any offenses committed
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