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The scam has existed for years but has continued to catch people out, with victims sharing their stories on social media. If the offer to buy the shares is well…

What Is "Scam Likely"? In brief, they’re a scam. Also, on 21 June, fearing that evidence and documentation that might prove essential in further exposing the scam were being destroyed,…

Most businesses will not prosecute legitimate fraud claims against other businesses because by the time their attorney's hourly fees are paid, the business has, at best, broken even. Unlike other…

This makes this form of fraud very credible and often difficult to spot. The IRS encourages all filers to use the simplest form that they can to speed up processing…

1. In the Scam Shield app, select the Activity tab. Track behavioral and transactional patterns across all channels and activity. Capture and unify all available data types from across departments…

The seller becomes trapped in the scam by depositing the cashier's check into his or her own bank account and wiring the excess amount to the buyer. Finally, and most…

Many scams, known as Advance Fee Fraud schemes, originate in Nigeria and are known as "Nigerian scams" or "4-1-9" letters after the section of the Nigerian penal code that deals…

The more documentation you keep, the more evidence you have to vindicate yourself in case of a scam. The problem is that when a state does pass legislation that requires…

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that WILLIAM McFARLAND was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 6 years in prison…

She cast the fraud as a nationwide problem. New federal unemployment programs with differing eligibility criteria exacerbated the problem and made them a particular target. DOES has seen a spike…