All Posts Tagged With: "fraud"

There is a check scheme going around that is snaring people into owing thousands of dollars on fake checks that look real. The offers that come for these checks look and sound so real that they are snagging victims at an alarming rate. And those who are caught up in them can be on the [...]

Growing up I recall hearing stories from adults about standing in the unemployment line. Times have changed and instead of standing in the unemployment line people who have lost their jobs have a new line to worry about; the scams and frauds targeting them from online. As with so many other things it is truly [...]

Part 3 in a series about protecting the elderly from different forms of fraud.
With medical advances and ever increasing technology Americans are living longer lives and while the additional years of productivity can improve our quality of life there is also an increase in fraudulent activities targeted at the elderly of our nation. Not all [...]

Your social security number is a very vital part of your financial life. In the event it is stolen, copied, or obtained by sources with ill-intents, you and your finances could be in big trouble. Your social security number is your calling card for many situations. Anyone who has been through college can tell you [...]

Sadly, on top of all of the other negative things that are going on across the nation and the world, such as an unstable economy, consumers also have to contend with acts of fraud and unsavory business types that can destroy lives.
One such notable problem that has been in the news lately is the subject [...]

Identity theft can turn life as you know it upside down. Despite the mass amounts of warnings to protect yourself, there are still countless victims who have their identities stolen. It can happen via the internet or on the street. Recently, there was a local story about a gas station that had their system “hacked” [...]

This is a guest post written by Jakob Jelling. 
One of the worst things that can happen to you is credit card fraud. This is even worse if you don’t pay very much attention to your credit reports, since you may not find out about the fraud until there are very serious problems to deal with. [...]

Craigslist.com revolutionized the classified ads industry and turned newspapers’ extremely profitable classifieds into a barren wasteland in some markets. It’s given us all the opportunity to list our used cars, apartment rentals and baby pets that need to given away all for free, but it’s also given scam artists an entirely new venue to try [...]

There’s no way to measure what percentage of eBay auction items that are being sold are fraudulent, or what percentage of eBay buyers have no intention of actually paying for the item, but the sheer number of attempts to fraud honest eBay members is most certainly a growing problem. You can protect yourself from eBay [...]