The BBB is concerned that the iEarn, LLC credit card charges may be fraudulent. Mysterious charges of about $65 – $68 from iEarn, LLC, Coppell, TX, are turning up on credit card and bank accounts across the U.S., according to recent complaints to the Better Business Bureau. Some complaints allege that accounts have been charged [...]
New data suggests that mortgage fraud – which got tougher to scam consumers after the collapse of the U.S. real estate market is returning in a big way.
Data prepared for The Wall Street Journal by research firm CoreLogic, examining about seven million home loans made by hundreds of lenders, show that losses from mortgage fraud, [...]
Another work-at-home opportunity that seems to be questionable fraud at best. Like clockwork, a consumer alerted the BBB to another one, this time a data-entry job that she’d come across via a search at http://www.hotjobs.com. The company in question, Data Direx Jobs. They claim “You are guaranteed to make money from home,” and that you [...]
With the economic downturn many people have seen their finances and credit scores go south. A poor credit score can make it hard to rent an apartment or do any number of things essential to daily living. So an online advertisement offering a credit protection number (CPN) to clean up your credit score may sound [...]
A study released this year by SpiderLabs, a part of the data-security consulting company Trustwave, found that 38 % of the credit card hacking cases last year involved the hotel industry. The sector was well ahead of the financial services industry by 19 percent, retailing 14.2 percent, and restaurants and bars 13 percent..
Hackers hit hotels [...]
Units of HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe’s biggest lender by market value, were sued by U.S. customers who said the bank’s – credit card payment protection service – defrauds disabled, retired and unemployed consumers.
While the service purports to safeguard accounts by suspending or canceling required minimum payments when customers become disabled or unemployed, the circumstances that [...]
A gang of unknown thieves has stolen nearly $10 million in micro-charges made to more than a million credit and debit cards in an elaborate years-long scam, according to a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission in March.
Have any of these company names appeared on your bank card statement? The FTC says they were [...]
Hawaiian Airlines warned consumers on Thursday about fraudulent vouchers being sold on Craigslist and 808 Classifieds that were purchased using stolen credit cards.
“We want to alert consumers to this scam because we’ve become aware of someone selling travel vouchers and using other people’s credit card information to book tickets on Hawaiian and other carriers — [...]
The biggest drawback of using a credit card is the risk of fraud and identity theft. Unlike debt (which is incurred consciously) credit card fraud can happen at any time, and frequently with no warning to the card holder until it’s too late. And the consequences range from the merely annoying, such as having to [...]
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 [...]
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