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- Bit.ly aims to thwart Twitter scammers
- URL shortening service Bit.ly is forging partnerships with three online security firms in a bid to stop spammers and scammers from targeting Twitter. Specialists in search engine optimisation Roman Latkovic and Robert LaQuey say URL shorteners like Bit.ly put users in danger, as they enable criminals to "plant malicious...
- Articles 2009-11-30
- Scam Proof Your Business | BTalk Australia
- (12min 23) Do you believe you’re immune to scammers? What about other people in your business? Scammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated and a lot of it will come to you over the phone, not over the internet. In today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to Peter Kell,...
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- These Scammers Should Write Screenplays
- Con artists offer suitcases full of cash, if you'll just give them a few hundred--or a few thousand--dollars in fees. The scam is old and unbelievable, but the offers are funny. by Kathy Kristof
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
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- Email scammer poses as crooked fidelity fund manager, Sophos reports.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 February 2006-SOPHOS: Email scammer poses as crooked fidelity fund manager, Sophos reports C1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10022006 Experts at SophosLabs, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centres, have warned of an email scam that...
- Research articles 2006-02-10
- The Modesto Bee, Calif., Consumer Focus Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Oct. 14--The endless variety of schemes that scam artists devise to separate people from their money is truly breathtaking. A recent example is aimed at African-Americans, and works like this: The scammer offers to handle a claim for a tax credit or refund due...
- Research articles 2000-10-16
- SEC wants Galveston County, Texas, investment scammer, others to repay more.
- By Harvey Rice, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Harvey Rice, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2004-07-16
- Former Merrill Lynch energy scammer sells Connecticut estate while on bail.
- By Daniel Dunaief, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Daniel Dunaief, Daily News, New York Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2004-11-17
- Contractor upset over Better Business Bureau expulsion
- The Better Business Bureau is commonly thought of as the champion of consumer causes. As a watchdog over not only its members but other businesses, its trade consultants investigate a wide range of issues that arise in the free market. From a simple misunderstanding over a contract to a scammer...
- Research articles 2002-07-19
- SurfControl Tracking New Email Phishing Scam Targeting 2006 FIFA World Cup Fans
- SurfControl (LSE: SRF), the world leader in Internet content protection, is currently tracking an email phishing scam targeting 2006 FIFA World Cup enthusiasts. The email is in Japanese and claims to provide information on how to get Premium/Platinum tickets to the World Cup in Germany for a small fee....
- Research articles 2006-06-02
- Hayden, Idaho, Scammer Who Stole $50,000 from eBay Bidders Gets Prison.
- By Kevin Taylor, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Kevin Taylor, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2004-01-15
- US crackdown hits identity theft scammer posing as AOL, Paypal
- WASHINGTON AFP ? US authorities said they had obtained a criminal conviction and a civil court order in a fraud scheme that hijacked logos from America Online and Web payments service Paypal to trick customers into revealing key data. The Federal Trade Commission said it obtained a court-ordered shutdown...
- Research articles 2004-03-22
- Scammer to pay back ill-gotten gains.
- Byline: Mark Phillips Jan 08, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The competition watchdog in Australia has pursued legally the perpetrators of a fraudulent action in...
- Research articles 2006-01-08
- Points scammer felt like family failure.
- Byline: Daniella Miletic Nov 23, 2005 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A Melbourne man has been sentenced to two years and eight months' jail for rorting a ...
- Research articles 2005-11-23
- Scranton, Pa., Scammer Ordered to Repay Money Taken from Investors.
- By Terrie Morgan-Besecker, The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 31--SCRANTON, Pa. -- A local investment adviser has been ordered to repay $1.7 million federal authorities say he scammed from investors through a Wilkes-Barre business he operated. ...
- Research articles 2004-01-31
- Judge says accused Lakewood, Colo., financial scammer not required to testify.
- By Will Shanley, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 10--A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that a 57-year-old Lakewood man accused of bilking more than $8 million from thousands of investors will not be forced to testify against himself in...
- Research articles 2004-11-10
- Identity thieves have gone online. (Washington Insider).(phishing scams collect personal information)(Brief Article)
- The Federal Trade Commission is warning of a new, fast-growing scam called "phishing." The phisherman puts out his line by sending an e-mail to his target, with a phony return address that looks like it came from an Internet service provider. The scammer asks the target to...
- Research articles 2003-07-25
- FTC seeks to enforce '97 order over failure to turn over assets
- The Federal Trade Commission wants a federal judge to jail a convicted scammer until he pays a $3.2 million fine for violating an 11-year-old injunction against making false claims while marketing training and business programs. Richard C. Neiswonger was one of the owners of the now-defunct Asset Protection...
- Research articles 2008-09-24
- Federal Trade Commission seeks to enforce '97 contempt order
- The Federal Trade Commission wants a federal judge to jail a convicted scammer until he pays a $3.2 million fine for violating an 11-year-old injunction against making false claims while marketing training and business programs. Richard C. Neiswonger was one of the owners of the now-defunct Asset Protection...
- Research articles 2008-09-24
- Nation's Top High School Students Polled Say: "I've Cheated"; Over 3,000+ Top U.S. High School Students Polled Have Cheated; New Book Confirms This Current Student Trend
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 12, 1998--A survey released by Who's Who Among American High School Students states "that four out of five of the country's best students cheated to get to get to the top of their class," the New York Daily News article reports today. That's no surprise, says...
- Research articles 1998-11-12
- Five Global Business Danger Zones
- If you're going to do business in potentially lucrative markets like Brazil, Mexico, and Russia, know the risks before you go. Russia ...
- Articles 2009-07-15
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