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- Old Credit Card Tricks Are New Again
- Since Congress enacted the consumer-friendly credit card law back in May, you'd think that the cardcos would have at least started to roll back all those bad practices that it bans. You'd think. After all, if you knew you were starting Weight Watchers on Monday, wouldn't you stock...
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
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- GM's card trick
- The Cruickshank Report on Competition in UK Banking recommended the use of comparative tables to increase consumers' awareness of the cost of competing financial products. Quite whether the recently launched GM Card Credit Card Index is what Cruickshank had in mind is a different matter.
- Research articles 2000-09-01
- Debit Card Scams to Avoid
- Crooks are coming up with clever ways to steal money from debit card customers. Here's how to protect yourself. And when it comes to card...
- Articles 2009-07-28
- NEWSGIRL KATIE IN pounds 12,000 KON TRICK
- TV newsreader Katie Derham has fallen victim to a pounds 12,000 credit card scam. The ITN presenter was shocked to find her Mastercard had been cloned and used in a designer label spending spree in London's Bond Street. Katie's card was taken to the...
- Research articles 2001-09-23
- Scammers trick users to ship stolen goods
- By Elinor Mills CNET NewsPosted on ZDNet News: Nov 12, 2009 12:43:37 PM Laptops, iPods, iPhones, Nokia smartphones, digital cameras, Sony PlayStation 3 devices and DJ equipment were among the items shipped to addresses in Russia and Belarus. Here's how the scams work. Criminals get credit card numbers with phishing,...
- News items 2009-11-12
- Big Banks' Sneaky New Tricks
- With direct access to your cash, financial institutions have developed a range of clever ploys to whittle down your account. A few banks are starting to change gears — but for many consumers, that news is too little, too late. A few weeks ago, Bank of America hit the...
- Articles 2009-09-25
- Governors Puzzled Over Mysterious HP Laptops
- Governor?s offices in four states earlier this month received HP laptops that they hadn?t ordered, and that were bought with credit cards that had not been issued by the states to any of their employees. Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming each received three to five laptops in two shipments...
- News items 2009-08-28
- The Fallacy of the Fallacy of Identity Theft
- Okay, sometimes bad ideas just slink away on their own, but a reckless, poorly researched Wall Street Journal column has attracted enough tweetness to keep the bad meme recirculating. As much as I fear the wrath of Wall Street Journalists, I simply can't let this go uncorrected. Earlier this week...
- News items 2009-10-16
- Yahoo Vs. Lottery Spammers -- A Futile Gesture?
- Yahoo said Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against “Yahoo! Lottery Spammers†for launching a scam where users are convinced that they won a prize from the company. The lawsuit is the latest filed under the Federal CAN-SPAM Act. Yahoo filed suit in the U.S. District...
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Symantec Warns Of Rogue Security Software
- Cybercriminals are increasingly using online scare tactics to persuade users to buy rogue security software, according to a new report from Symantec. To convince users to install rogue software, cybercriminals place ads on websites that prey on users' fears of security threats. The ads generally include false claims such as...
- News items 2009-10-20
- Tampa Tribune, Fla., Technology Column.
- By Doug Stanley, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 30--PHONY E-MAILS DECEIVE WITH CREDIT WARNINGS: Cyberpirates are becoming more brazen and sophisticated, increasingly inviting themselves into your inbox disguised as representatives of trusted sites. The treasure...
- Research articles 2003-06-30
- Stimulus Package Report Card: Has It Worked?
- So far, at least some of the $787 billion stimulus package is showing signs of success. But what about the longer term? And will it have been worth the cost? The answer is that at least some of the spending has goosed the economy. But it’s a tricky...
- Articles 2009-09-15
- An ECommerce Primer
- Many small business owners will find the need to accept credit card payments for products and services offered on their websites. The other potentially confusing aspect of online payments is that the entire system involves a number of service suppliers each providing one element of the entire chain. The real...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- MBNA Lands NFL'ers, Likely for Visa Launch
- Leading affinity credit-card issuer MBNA has scored a National Football League hat trick of sorts, landing both the league's Quarterback Club cartel of marquee players, plus a separate deal giving it the rights to the remaining players marketed by Players Inc., the promotional arm of the NFL Players Association. That's...
- Research articles 1998-07-06
- IRS renews e-mail alert following new scams
- Recent increases in e-mail scams prompted the IRS to remind taxpayers to be on the lookout for bogus e-mails claiming to be the IRS. Scam e-mails trick recipients into disclosing personal and financial information that could be used to steal the recipients' identity and financial assets. IRS officials do...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Small business needs 'free' thinking, Wired editor says
- Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson has made waves with his book Free: The Future of a Radical Price, by suggesting that companies need to start thinking about how to attract customers by giving away some of their products and services for nothing. It's a message he delivered in a speech...
- News items 2009-10-26
- Net scammers step up attacks on taxpayers
- INTERNET scammers have stepped up their attacks on the personal details of Australian taxpayers, with the tax office reporting a 31 per cent increase in cyber security incidents. Identity fraud, fake websites, bogus text messages and "phishing" are among the most common rorts identified by the Australian Tax Office. The...
- News items 2009-08-23
- U.K. Police Arrest Two Tied to Zeus Trojan
- Police in the U.K. arrested two people tied to the Zeus Trojan, a notorious piece of malware used to steal banking information and another personal data such as passwords for sites like Facebook.Authorities in the U.K. have reportedly arrested two people in connection with using a notorious Trojan in a...
- News items 2009-11-18
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