Scam Alert January 19, 2018
Bitcoin Fraud: CFTC Charges Two Individuals for Swindling Investors
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed charges against two people…
By Marivic Cabural Summers
Scam Alert January 19, 2018
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed charges against two people…
By Marivic Cabural Summers
Scam Alert January 16, 2018
In October 2017, we brought you the lawsuit filed by the FTC…
By Robin Bull
Scam Alert January 4, 2018
Ronnie Montano, Hyong Su Kim (Jimmy Kim), and Martin Schranz, along with…
By Robin Bull
Scam Alert January 3, 2018
In consumer protection news, the FTC stopped Jamie White, a Utah resident,…
By Robin BullIn November, we told you about how victims of a Western Union…
By Robin BullInternational Advisory Services, its acting officer Terry Somenzi, along with Millenium Direct…
By Robin BullOn December 14, 2017, the FTC turned in a proposed stipulation order…
By Robin BullJust a few weeks ago, we told you about Moonlight Slumber, LLC…
By Robin BullStarting in 2014, DiscountMetalBrokersInc began running television ads on Fox News, CNN,…
By Robin BullThe FTC will issue $8 million in refunds to customers of Sale…
By Catherine DavisThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) together with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners announced Operation Income Illusion, a nationwide crackdown on scammers. According to the FTC, Operation Income Illusion…
By Marivic Cabural SummersEasyQuickfix LLC, a computer repair service provider based in Miami, Florida is allegedly taking advantage of consumers, particularly…
By Marivic Cabural SummersDrug dealers on the darknet are taking advantage of the news that the United Kingdom approved the use…
By Dee DulfoScammer Lawrence Schmidt, the chief executive of Commercial Equity Partners, FutureGen Company, and other investment entities has been…
By Marivic Cabural SummersThe COVID-19 pandemic has pushed millions and millions of people, businesses, organizations, and many other entities to use…
By Jackie AllenThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) prohibited a debt collector, Midwest Recovery Systems from placing bogus or highly questionable…
By Marivic Cabural SummersLiving in the digital age that we do now, it’s no surprise that identity theft schemes have become…
By Sean CorlissData from the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Network shows social media scams have more than tripled within the…
By Colby McCoyScammers are continuing to impersonate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with phishing emails designed to trick people into…
By Jackie AllenThis morning, Decision Desk made the rash and hasty call to declare Joe Biden as the winner of…
By Gabrielle SeunagalThe U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed lawsuits against 60 people involved in a $300 million nationwide telemarketing…
By Marivic Cabural Summers