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IRS warns of new tax scam 27 Oct 2012 | 01:04 am
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is issuing a warning about a new tax scam that uses a website that mimics the IRS e-Services online registration page. The actual IRS e-Services page offers web-base...
‘Spear phishing.’ It’s a scam, not a sport 8 Oct 2012 | 10:06 pm
An evolving scam will have you guarding your name and e-mail address as closely as you protect your Social Security and account numbers. Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy for the Privacy ...
6 Scams Aimed at the Elderly 2 Oct 2012 | 12:31 am
If you’re visiting your elderly mom or dad and see an excessive amount of junk mail, take note: Your elderly parent might be a prime target for fraud. “If your parents’ mail is filled with sweepstakes...
Scammers Set to Pounce on iPhone 5 Hype 14 Sep 2012 | 10:29 pm
It’s just a fact: Apple fans have an insatiable thirst for all things Apple. The notoriously secretive company has cultivated a curtain of mystique that millions are dying to peek behind. Scammers kno...
Even after Madoff, Ponzi scams still flourish 4 Sep 2012 | 08:41 pm
Happily retired, Len and Ruth Mitchell’s world turned upside down a few years ago when they lost more than $100,000 of their life savings to a con artist. It all started back in 1994, when they invest...
Spectrum of scams stretches across the web 25 Aug 2012 | 12:22 am
Attempted scams and frauds through email are becoming an epidemic. We have talked about this danger before, but when I did a presentation on it Thursday to a group of educated, affluent people, I was ...
Thousands lured into investment scam on Facebook 10 Aug 2012 | 03:20 am
Months after three separate investment scams in Greater Jakarta created much furor and made national news, the Jakarta Police said on Wednesday that they were investigating another such scam, this tim...
You Can’t Fix Stupid: The Iraqi Dinar Scam Lives 3 Aug 2012 | 01:41 am
In the words of popular comedian Ron White, “You can’t fix stupid.” That phrase, as elegant in its simplicity as it is frankly true, applies with special fervor to those who continue to believe that t...
Phishing websites reach all-time high 21 Jul 2012 | 04:08 am
The number of phishing websites detected reached an all-time high earlier this year, a sign that making fake websites spoofing real ones is still a lucrative trade for cybercriminals. In its latest re...
Criminals buying legal details for frauds: report 9 Jul 2012 | 11:35 pm
CRIMINAL syndicates are buying the personal details of potential victims from legitimate companies to target them for investment fraud, according to a new report. The report, released today by the Aus...
