➤ Insurance Fraud Alert – Obamacare Health Insurance Policy Scam

What some are calling ” Obamacare ” is promising all sorts of changes to the health care system, but some are cashing in on the hype.
Even with reform still about four years away, people are already falling into the trap.
While we’re in the beginning of the ” figuring it out ” stage a new form [...]

➤Fraud Alert – M-One Financial / Watermark Financial Services Group Ponzi Scheme

3 Amherst men have been charged with orchestrating a Ponzi scheme.
Guy Gane, Jr, 55, James Lagona, 50, and Ian Campbell Gent, 58 face counts of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and / or fines up to 5 million dollars.
” We have [...]

➤Fraud Alert – Vaughan Company Realtors Ponzi Scheme

A prominent Albuquerque real estate executive used his reputation to defraud about 600 investors in New Mexico and elsewhere out of an estimated $80 million in a Ponzi scheme, the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged in a federal lawsuit.
In the complaint, filed Tuesday, the SEC accused Douglas F. Vaughan of fraud and selling unregistered securities. [...]

➤Fraud Alert – Health PMO Insurance Fraud Kentucky

The commonwealth’s attorney said a number of people have been scammed by this insurance fraud and it’s suspected there are many more.
It was a couple of years ago when a company called ” Health PMO ” began selling policies, but the prosecutor’s office said when policy holders tried get reimbursed for medical expenses, they ran [...]

➤Fraud Alert – Scareware, also known as fake antivirus software

Innovative Marketing Ukraine (IMU), a fraud operation, was at the center of a complex underground corporate empire with operations stretching from Eastern Europe to Bahrain; from India and Singapore to the United States. A researcher with anti-virus software maker ” McAfee Inc ” who spent months studying the company’s operations estimates that the business generated [...]

➤Fraud Alert – Fake Health Care Plans

Fraudulent plans continue to grow in size and scope. ” There’s no end in sight, ” said James Quiggle, communications director for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.
A common scam involves plans that promise full health care coverage but deliver worthless policies or lesser products designed to look like comprehensive coverage, said Quiggle, who has studied [...]

➤Fraud Alert – Vertrue Incorporated Fraudulent free credit report online

A ruling by a Polk County judge means you may have some money coming to you. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against Vertrue Incorporated.
Last week, a Polk County judge ruled the Connecticut company used deceptive practices to convince about a half million Iowans to pay $36 million to enroll in [...]

➤Fraud Alert – BBB Warns of Free Credit Report Services

It’s imperative to regularly review your credit report to ensure accuracy, prevent fraudulent activity and keep track of your financial progress. Your credit report is a snapshot of how well you’ve managed debt and contains a variety of other information, including how much debt you’ve accumulated, how you pay bills, where you live and whether [...]

➣Fraud Report – Apple iPad email fraud

Mac geeks estimate that Apple presold 120,000 iPads on March 12, but it’s not just aficionados who are gearing up for the next big thing: The iPad is expected to be a target for credit card fraudsters and online scammers of all types. Antivirus software companies are already warning consumers not to fall for e-mails [...]

➤Fraud Alert – Internal Revenue Service Fraud Email

Many e-mail fraud scams circulate during tax time using the Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ) name or logo to trick recipients into revealing personal and financial information. These ” phishing ” scammers then use the information — Social Security numbers, bank routing and account numbers and credit card numbers — to steal identities and [...]