If the sender’s e-mail does not match the company he supposedly represents, it’s a scam. Fraudsters who conduct stock promotions are often paid promoters or company insiders who stand to…
To convince first-time customers that you're an actual merchant and not a site looking to scam their credit card information, make sure you have good Web design. These programs give…
Department of Justice indicted 24 people across the country for DME fraud involving more than $1.2 billion in losses. In October 2005, a Texas county indicted U.S. As far as…
Over a two-week period, just after Thanksgiving 2017, Judy got caught in an elaborate scam that cost her close to $200,000. According to the indictment, from May 2017 to December…
Rentrak reports box office numbers in 35 countries, including Russia and China; however, China has been working on its own system as part of an effort to clamp down on…
A common imitation scam involves emails, texts or calls that seem to be from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). That's because it uses a common money-related fraud we've seen for…
Something Awful's Rich Kyanka did his own bit of scam baiting once (apparently genuine), just because it's the kind of thing he does when he gets stupid emails. Jeweler Steals…
One of the most prevalent types of scam calls involves imposters pretending to be representatives from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). TNW reported on one such scam that Twitter allowed…
Some common internet fraud schemes include identity theft, phishing schemes, charitable contribution fraud, employment fraud, investment fraud, and financial scams. In February 2014, Sudipta Sen was convicted in a case…
Obviously, if nearly half of Republican voters already think fraud is a “major problem” in mail balloting, that could mean there’s a fairly large Republican audience out there that’s already…