Credit Fraud – Classmates.com rebranded MyLife.com Scam Email An Internet scam formerly known as Classmates.com has been rebranded MyLife.com and continues to defraud people who respond to its spam solicitations, a class action claims in Federal Court. Victims who respond to a message that “someone is looking for you,” are offered a “trial subscription” for [...]
FDA impersonators extortion scam The FDA warned the public last month about an ongoing extortion scam run by FDA impersonators. Consumers should continue to be on the lookout for the scam as it continues to thrive. The scammers call the victims and state they are FDA special agents or law enforcement officials. (In a lot [...]
Credit Fraud – iWorks Inc. to scam consumers through fraudulent credit card charges The Federal Trade Commission is accusing a Utah pilot and philanthropist of using his companies to scam consumers out of millions of dollars through fraudulent credit card charges. iWorks Inc. owner Jeremy Johnson of St. George and nine others were named in [...]
Debt Fraud – Morgan & Associates law firm phone scam has been reported in Great Falls, this time targeting confidential information Dave Berman, who moved to Great Falls just recently, tells us he received a phone call this week from a man claiming to be a representative of the Morgan & Associates law firm. The [...]
Investment Fraud – Twin River Lending Group : Advance Fee Loan Scam Twin River Lending Group in Rhode Island advertises fraud that it will give consumers loans regardless of their credit history. They require an upfront fee of $100. Complaints have been flooding in to BBB from consumers who say that they paid the fee, [...]
Identity Fraud – Another McDonald’s Email Scam. There’s an email scam going around that claims to be from McDonald’s. Fill out a survey, and the scammer says you’ll get $90.00. It’s really someone trying to steal your personal information. Source: http://www.bbb.org/us/article/beware-another-mcdonalds-scam–23298?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+US-BBB-Alerts-and-Scams+(US+BBB+Alerts+and+Scams) Share on bebo Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook [...]
Fraud Report – Postal Service Warns Telemarketing Fraud Scam With scam calls bombarding the United States from abroad and identity theft on the rise, the United States Postal Service has taken the unusual step of mailing a warning brochure to every single home in the nation. Last week, ABC News reported on an unprecedented telemarketing [...]
Fraud Report Website has information from the BBB that there’s a scam floating around that’s being distributed in the form of an email. The email claims to be from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and has the subject “Now Hiring!!” The BBB says this email is not from them, but a scam. The email also [...]
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 [...]
Fraudsters are hijacking Facebook accounts to send bogus “invites” to win an Apple iPad. But the only thing that will earn you is an scam invitation to be harassed by spammers and telemarketers. Today, I received an invitation to an “Free! iPad! Event!” allegedly from someone in my Facebook friends list. That Facebook invite links [...]