Spotted a scam like this? Scammers manipulate caller ID to look like the call is coming from an official government number. They may call the upfront money a “retainer fee,”…
Two participants in the scam have pleaded guilty to date and are serving 18-month prison terms. Two weeks ago, an Abidjan court found the bogus investor guilty of fraud and…
Forrester’s TEI analysis revealed that merchants that shift fraud chargeback liability may attain significant return on investment. These links may come from scammers or even real friends who have been…
Read about a similar scam in BBB Tip: Healthcare scams are after your personal information. In this article, we will discuss how to verify the authenticity of Norton renewal offers…
Criminal prohibitions on everything from fraud and embezzlement to assault and battery provide order and control to everyday life in a free society. Soros has built a global empire of…
This type of fraud starts with only one account being taken over and defrauding a few contacts of the victim but can have a rapidly escalating snowball effect. In the…
For many iPhone and Android smartphone users, knowing that a scammer is calling isn’t enough: they want to block the scam calls altogether. The biggest and most obvious way to…
What is Computer Fraud? Bank management must invest more time and effort in preventive vigilance to reduce the occurrence of financial fraud. Originally intended to watch for fraud and for…
According to Richard J. Bolton and David B. Hand, both of Imperial College London, this method has some drawbacks as it requires absolute certainty that those claims analyzed are actually…
Jagannath Mishra, who served his first stint as the chief minister of Bihar in the mid-1970s, was the earliest chief minister to be accused of knowing involvement in the scam.…