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ABC News - 2 Aug 2017 16:39
Beware of the stranger on the phone _ it could be a scammer
Scam alert: Is someone using your bank account to pay their bills?
USA Today - 11 Jun 2017 16:02
Con artists try to use bank account information and routing information to steal cash, pay bills.
Email scammers turn their sights on youth football teams
The Guardian - 29 Apr 2017 08:00
A Reading-based club was duped out of £28,000, but Barclays was only able to recover £8.90. Other volunteer groups and...
Cuomo warns New Yorkers of new tax scams
Miami Herald - 20 Feb 2017 07:06
Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New Yorkers need to beware of new scams this tax season. State officials say many of t...
U.S. to announce crackdown on IRS impersonation scam
Reuters - 27 Oct 2016 15:47
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Simi Valley woman awarded $15.4 million after investing in Ponzi scheme pushed by insurance salesman
L.A. Times - 1 Sep 2016 04:40Scam Alert: How Criminals are Using Your iTunes Gift Cards to Request Fake Tax Payments
inc - 9 Aug 2016 16:19
The best way to avoid becoming a victim is to be aware of the signs of fraud.
Fraudster is jailed for nine years in Britain's biggest ever education scam
Daily Mail - 27 Jun 2016 03:32
In Britain's biggest ever education fraud, school accounts manager Sam Kayode (pictured), from East London, spent the ca...
Scam alert: IRS impostors target college students
USA Today - 19 Jun 2016 14:34
If someone is yelling at you on the phone to pay your "federal student tax," it's a scam.
Apple scammers have their heads in the iCloud
The Guardian - 23 Apr 2016 08:00
iPad and iPhone users warned not to fall for fake emails and texts aimed at tricking them into handing over their login ...
Alleged SA Ponzi scheme MMM's global pyramid collapses
Fin24 - 12 Apr 2016 07:57
Sergey Mavrodi has allegedly gone into hiding after announcing that his Bitcoin-based MMM Global scheme had failed and w...
Bernie Madoff to Be Deposed By Victim
ABC News - 9 Apr 2016 05:40
Victim to be face-to-face with infamous, convicted conman.
Arrests Made Over £5bn Chinese 'Ponzi Scam'
Sky News - 1 Feb 2016 15:50
Angry investors are demanding their money back after falling victim to what may be the biggest financial fraud in China'...
Chinese gang builds fake interrogation room to extract money
New York Post - 20 Oct 2015 16:34
BEIJING -- Four Chinese men are accused of building an official-looking interrogation room where they posed as anti-corr...
How to Protect Yourself from Fake Charities and Abusive Tax Shelters
inc - 14 Oct 2015 16:00
Here's how to stop scam artists attempting to steal your donations.
Scam Alert: The New Tricks Used By Fraudsters
Sky News - 12 Oct 2015 03:02
A "sad and cynical scam" promising an end to nuisance phone calls is among the emerging threats to consumers over the ne...
Six charged in alleged U.N. bribe scheme
USA Today - 6 Oct 2015 16:38
Former General Assembly president John Ashe allegedly accepted more than $1 million in illegal payoffs
Conwoman Jayne Maughan who scammed a pensioner out of £15k is spared jail
Daily Mail - 5 Oct 2015 16:59
Jayne Maughan, 41, of Middlesbrough, used an appointment in September as mitigation, arousing the suspicion of a judge w...
Weisman: Beware of new smart chip credit card scams
USA Today - 3 Oct 2015 15:02
Scammers are contacting people by email posing as their credit card company.
Fraud case alleges hundreds of surgeries by non-doctor
Miami Herald - 26 Sep 2015 06:03
The patient was unconscious and ready for surgery, but the doctor was not in. …
Mississippi woman indicted on 19 counts in Ponzi scheme
News Observer - 17 Sep 2015 16:22
Six families gave a woman over $1 million in a Ponzi scheme based in Mississippi and California, according to federal in...
Thousands Duped In Get-Rich-Quick Con
Sky News - 14 Sep 2015 06:13
Figures released under a Freedom of Information request show it cost £1.4m to prosecute a group who operated a pyramid ...