Tag "online fraud"
FTC: Fake Subscription Notices for Newspapers
The Federal Trade Commission has charged the operators of dozens of companies with deceiving consumers by using fake newspaper subscription notices. The FTC seeks to stop the operation and obtain money for return to consumers. According to the FTC’s complaint,
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Is EMV Pushing Fraud Online?
According to Rurik Bradbury, VP, Identity Solutions at TransUnion, as more stores start accepting chip-enabled cards, the spike in online fraud has been remarkable – as in remarkably bad. It shouldn’t come as any big surprise. RELATED: 15 Signs You Could Be
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Craigslist Fails at Preventing Scam Rental Ads
In a recent study involving scams and Craigslist, the popular online listings service, Craigslist lost. The study focussed on listings for housing rentals, and found that Craigslist failed to remove a majority of those that were fraudulent. RELATED: WARNING: IRS Will
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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
Read MoreOnline Fraud Prevention Tips To Know
Make Use Of – You can do everything right and still have your identity stolen. If 2014 has taught us anything about security, it’s this: you cannot trust companies to keep your data safe. That doesn’t mean you should stop using
Read More4 Tips to Prevent E-Commerce Fraud
E-Commerce is growing new business, for both business owners and scam artists. In order to prevent fraud on these transactions and protect your customers, try the following four tips to prevent such fraud on e-commerce websites: 1. Address verification service
Read MoreCoupon Fraud: The New “Glitch” in Blogs
Glitch – a new term for coupon fraud, which is happening more often as new blogs, offering daily coupons, are popping up everyday. Coupon blogs help make the coupon shopping preparation process easier, as you can rely on the expertise
Read MoreIdentity Fraud Strikes a New Victim Every Two Seconds
The number of identity fraud victims jumped to 13.1 million in 2013, a new report from Javelin Strategy & Research finds. That’s an increase of 500,000 from 2012 and the second highest number of victims since Javelin began conducting its
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