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It has already begun. The oil continues to flow albeit slower in the Gulf of Mexico, and fraudsters have been hard at work establishing ways to exploit the general public using the disaster as their lure, just as they have exploited pretty much every other world wide disaster over the years. Scams identified to date include on-line stock sale offers …
I learned of this scam against credit cards while volunteering during my shift in the kitchen at our church’s bingo one night. A small charge, an amount under a dollar up to a few dollars, appears on your credit card statement. Due to the insignificance of the amount, you don;t bother spending any time trying to figure out what it …
In the movie “Men In Black” (MIB) staring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D’Onofrio, there is a scene where they visit a newsstand to collect the recent tabloids. Kay (Jones) tells Smith that the tabloids are what they use to keep track of the aliens living on the planet. He makes a reference to Elvis, and tells him …
FDA pressured to combat rising ‘food fraud’ Searching today’s news posts for fraud related articles to be incorporated into two sessions I will be presenting in Miami in May, I came across this article in The Washington Post. Although I am well aware of manufacturers and producers misrepresenting their ingredients or nutritional claims , at times puffing versus out right …
Skimming, the act of gaining unlawful access to card holder’s information, is becoming much more prevalent. Identity thieves getting much more brazen regarding how and where they skim your credit and debit card information. Be vigilant. Time and again I have posted regarding the use of a credit card over a debit card. The main issue is that with your …