A Wasatch County woman who prosecutors said bilked thousands of dollars from a couple by posing as a wedding planner in the Park City area pleaded guilty Monday to several felony charges in 2 separate fraud scam cases. Tania Clark, 37, entered the pleas in 3rd District Court after prosecutors agreed to waive several of [...]
Verizon Wireless could pay out up to $90 million in refunds to cell phone customers because they were fraudulently charged for inadvertent Web access or data usage over the past several years. The FCC had asked Verizon Wireless last year about $1.99-a-megabyte data access fees that appeared on the bills of customers who didn’t have [...]
Fraud Report – Dozens of taxi drivers were arrested and charged in Manhattan Fraud Scheme on Wednesday with overcharging riders in what is believed to be the largest takedown of cabbies in New York, the authorities said. The 59 drivers who were arrested stole more than $235,000 in overcharged fraud fares on more than 77,000 [...]
There are magazine subscription scams going on right now. Beware of fraud and report any companies that might have scammed you out of money. One of these companies include Lrumar Publications LLC. Many times the company will use kids to come to your door saying they trying to win a prize or earn money for [...]
We’ve seen the Chase Ink credit card that has been promoted for the last year or so. Apparently, they found a loophole in the new credit card legislation that was recently passed, the Credit Card Accountability and Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, or Card Act as it is known. Apparently the legislation was written [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]