Scam Alert May 9, 2018
FTC Sacks Deceptive Marketers for Work-at-Home and Business Coaching Scheme
Deceptive Marketers and Expansive Fraud Scheme Deceptive marketers for a work-at-home and business coaching scheme swindle consumers out of millions…
USA Herald
Shipchain among the targets of the largest ICO crackdown “Operation Cryptosweep”
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USA Herald
FTC Announces Refund Claim Process for Consumers Scammed by NutriMost Weight-Loss System
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USA Herald
FTC Squelches False Claims for Deceptive Mosquito-Repellent in Aromaflage Perfume and Candles
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Scam Alert April 27, 2018
International Money Laundering Conspiracy Lands U.S.-Nigerian Dual Citizen in Federal Court
Nigerian Money Laundering Conspiracy Emeka Ndukwu, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, pleads guilty to conspiring to launder the proceeds of a…
Scam Alert April 23, 2018
Getting Rich Quick from Negative-Option Sales
Marketing and Negative-Option Sales “The FTC uses the phrase “negative option marketing” broadly to refer to a category of commercial…
Scam Alert April 22, 2018
Telomerase Activation Sciences and Deceptive Advertising
The Status Quo and Deceptive Advertising The Federal Trade Commission approves a settlement with Telomerase Activation Sciences, Inc., for deceptive…
Investigates
April 21, 2018
Convert2Media Involvement In ‘Smart Pill’ Scam Not That Smart After All
Convert2Media Digital Media Marketing Convert2Media, a Florida based online advertising company, is complicit in providing mass digital marketing advertisements for Intellux. Intellux is the company behind…
By – Peter Moreno
Investigates
April 18, 2018
Bollman Hat Company Settles Deceptive ‘Made in USA’ Certification
Made in USA The Pennsylvania based Bollman Hat Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, SaveAnAmericanJob, LLC prides itself on ‘Made in USA’ products. Unfortunately for Bollman,…
By – Peter Moreno
Financial Investigations
April 18, 2018
Fraudulent Online Cryptocurrency Chain Referral Scheme Squashed
Cryptocurrency Chain The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) files a complaint in federal court, halting the activities of fours individuals promoting deceptive money-making schemes involving cryptocurrencies.…
By – Peter Moreno
Financial Investigations
April 18, 2018
Phony Debt Relief Scammers Pay $35 Million in Consumer Redress
Phony Debt Relief Operation Three mastermind scam artists, Jeremy Marcus, Craig Smith, and Yisbet Segrea ran an extensive phony debt relief operation. The Federal Trade…
By – Peter Moreno
Financial Investigations
April 16, 2018
SEC Issues Government Impostor Investor Alert
Government Impostor Scam Artists In an increasingly hi-tech world, fraudsters are forced to be more creative than ever. This time, however, their tactic is counterintuitive…
By – Peter Moreno
Financial Investigations
April 16, 2018
Texas Company Charged by SEC for Ponzi Scheme Targeting Senior Citizens
Senior Citizens Fall Victim to Ponzi Scheme On April 6, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged a Texas entity – The Lifepay Group,…
By – Peter Moreno
Scam Alert
December 24, 2020
FBI PIN warns that ransomware attackers are calling to threaten their victims
DoppelPaymer ransomware victims are receiving phone calls from the hackers after their systems are infected by the malware and ransom demands are made. Cybersecurity writer and researcher Graham Cluley reported…
By – Jackie AllenLatest news
Scam Alert
December 21, 2020
Shipchain, Founded by John Monarch, Gets Shutdown via SEC Enforcement Action
🚨 11/20/24 🚨 False DMCA Takedown Attempt: John Monarch previously submitted a false DMCA Takedown to remove this…
By USA Herald
Scam Alert
December 21, 2020
SEC charges Decision Diagnostics, CEO Keith Berman with fraud over COVID-19 blood testing device
Decision Diagnostics Corp., a biotechnology company based in California, and its CEO Keith Berman, are facing fraud charges…
By Marivic Cabural Summers
Scam Alert
December 17, 2020
Avast lists 28 malware-infected browser extensions, downloaded 3 million times
Prague-based Avast reported that almost 3 million people have been infected by browser extensions they downloaded for Google…
By Jackie Allen
Scam Alert
December 14, 2020
FTC announces nationwide crackdown of scammers called Operation Income Illusion
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) together with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners announced Operation Income Illusion,…
By Marivic Cabural Summers
Scam Alert
December 8, 2020
Miami-based computer repair service provider EasyQuickfix LLC allegedly exploiting seniors
EasyQuickfix LLC, a computer repair service provider based in Miami, Florida is allegedly taking advantage of consumers, particularly…
By Marivic Cabural Summers
Scam Alert
December 4, 2020
Darknet drug dealers peddling Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Drug dealers on the darknet are taking advantage of the news that the United Kingdom approved the use…
By Dee Dulfo
Scam Alert
December 2, 2020
Scammer Lawrence Schmidt Extradited to the U.S. to face investment fraud charges
Scammer Lawrence Schmidt, the chief executive of Commercial Equity Partners, FutureGen Company, and other investment entities has been…
By Marivic Cabural Summers
Scam Alert
December 2, 2020
Fraud Alert: Watch Out for Holiday Scams
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed millions and millions of people, businesses, organizations, and many other entities to use…
By Jackie Allen
Scam Alert
December 1, 2020
FTC stops “debt parking scheme” by debt collector Midwest Recovery Systems
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) prohibited a debt collector, Midwest Recovery Systems from placing bogus or highly questionable…
By Marivic Cabural Summers
Scam Alert
November 24, 2020
4 Common Identity Theft Schemes and Ways to protect yourself from becoming a victim
Living in the digital age that we do now, it’s no surprise that identity theft schemes have become…
By Sean CorlissPopular News
Scam Alert
April 25, 2024
Feds in Flux: Can AI Be Trusted at Trial? Panel Grapples with Regulating AI-Generated Evidence
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November 11, 2024
Judge Opens Discovery in High-Stakes Social Media Censorship Lawsuit Against Biden Administration
Scam Alert
November 23, 2024
Busted Doc: California Physician Pleads Guilty to $1.4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
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May 22, 2024
PacLife Settles $15 Million Life Insurance Lawsuit: A Cautionary Tale About Premium Financing
Scam Alert
March 25, 2018