Month: September 2024

Two brothers from Nigeria who targeted a 17-year-old in a sextortion scam have been sentenced to 17 years and six months in jail in the US. Their defence attorneys said…

Legitimate cashier’s checks are nearly risk-free and harder for scam artists to abuse. Because it’s been paid for upfront, it’s impossible for a cashier’s check to bounce. The fact that…

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it has won a court-ordered asset freeze to halt an ongoing fraud by two former brokers with disciplinary histories who allegedly raised more…

These platforms allow users to report and share their experiences with suspicious numbers or scam calls they have received. These online communities provide a platform for people to share details…

Click here to learn why the SEC doesn't help defrauded investors and why you need to hire a securities fraud attorney to help you recover your losses. In other versions,…

The Bankruptcy Manual thoroughly discusses bankruptcy fraud. Credit counseling is also a mandatory requirement for individuals filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, providing essential information on debt management and alternatives to…

If any money or communication is sent over a wire or through the mail that furthers the crime, prosecutors will pile on wire and mail fraud charges. In the settlement…

What if I don’t want to live in a society where everyone’s trying to trick and scam each other instead of collaborating toward the greater good of our world? But…

“We therefore moved very quickly to shut down this scam. The letter does not have any information that is not available to the public, so that is one giveaway of…

The current situation is completely indistinguishable from a scam. Here I show that this is a new kind of phishing scam which is enabled by an obscure feature of Gmail…