2.1 million Australians (11 per cent) experienced one or more types of personal fraud in 2020-21, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau…
View More 1 in 9 Australians experienced personal fraud in 2020-21Category: Credit Card Scams
Looking out for scams when using mobile pay apps
TULSA, Okla. — Peer-to-peer payment apps are becoming more popular, maybe to pay a co-worker for lunch, or send money to a friend. However, one…
View More Looking out for scams when using mobile pay appsFTC: Credit Repair Firm Scammed Clients
A Houston credit repair firm was ordered by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to cease operations over allegations that the company made false claims and…
View More FTC: Credit Repair Firm Scammed ClientsTroutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter -March 2022 # 4 | Troutman Pepper
Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource…
View More Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter -March 2022 # 4 | Troutman Pepper‘This feels like a scam’: Third-party seller admits to stealing $1.3 million from Amazon in elaborate fake sale-and-refund fraud
It was a solid-gold scam with an iron bar ending. A third-party seller on Amazon.com has pleaded guilty to running an elaborate refund scam that ripped…
View More ‘This feels like a scam’: Third-party seller admits to stealing $1.3 million from Amazon in elaborate fake sale-and-refund fraudBBB: Watch out for SAT prep scams
BBB: Watch out for SAT prep scams – Sandhills Sentinel Home /Crime/BBB: Watch out for SAT prep scams …
View More BBB: Watch out for SAT prep scams‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud – Krebs on Security
Pavel Vrublevsky, founder of the Russian payment technology firm ChronoPay and the antagonist in my 2014 book “Spam Nation,” was arrested in Moscow this month…
View More ‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud – Krebs on SecurityTheft of Check Card numbers lead to Rutherford County resident falling victim to a “Coinbase” Money Transfer
A local resident in the Barfield Community recently fell victim to a scam involving a “Coinbase” money transfer that totaled close to $1,300. The money…
View More Theft of Check Card numbers lead to Rutherford County resident falling victim to a “Coinbase” Money TransferNew Ukraine crypto donation scam surfaces on dark web, users warned to stay away
Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war which shows no signs of resolution after 27 days, a new kind of cyber scam has surfaced on the dark…
View More New Ukraine crypto donation scam surfaces on dark web, users warned to stay away9 Best Ways to Spot Fake Ads, Scams on Instagram – Gadgets To Use
You cannot scroll through Instagram without coming across an Ad. These ads often promote expensive branded products at a price so low that you just…
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