IRS Tax Refund Fraud – Stolen Identifications
GroundReport
by Linda Webb February 07, 2012 In the wake of recent national news that the federal government has detained 105 individuals in 23 states as part of a nationwide crackdown on identity theft and tax refund fraud, I have seen one of my own victimized by ...

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US hospital hit by data-stealing malware
IDG News Service
The malware remains unidentified beyond it being described as "a relatively common virus that is malicious," which suggests an infection that remained undetected for some time. Patient records are isolated from the Internet and were never at risk.

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internet safety
CNET
You don't hear much about it in the United States, but today is Safer Internet Day across Europe, with some events planned in Asia, Latin America, Australia, and the United States. The annual event started in 2004 as an initiative of the European ...

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GoLocalProv
Are You a Cyberchondriac?
GoLocalProv
"My patients are pretty Internet-savvy in general," said Thomas Bledsoe, MD, an internist at Rhode Island Hospital. "It's quite common to Google some symptoms, and they almost always have done some research about what their symptoms might mean and have ...

Cyber crime reminder for SMEs
Noosa News
Malware, fraud and hacked websites are among the most common cyber crime threats to small business. Attorney General Nicola Roxon and Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Justice Jason Clare are reminding small businesses and their customers to ...

10 things Gen Y do online.. and shouldn't.
ZDNet (blog)
Yet, there are a number of things that this generation should know not to do, and it still happens — from falling for a phishing scam to trusting self-generated company product reviews. What are ten common mistakes we make online?

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What Smart Business Owners Will Do in 2012: Prepare for the Worst as the ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Business leaders also need to be aware of hidden risks -- the stresses that can emerge during a prolonged downturn, leading to an upsurge in fraud and litigation along with competitive challenges over mergers and intellectual property.

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Free Vacation Rental Listings, Over 2300 New Ones Since Launch of Bobzio.com ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Bobzio.com is a co-op of vacation rental owners and home swappers who have come together to maximize their common interests. Those common interests are getting marketing exposure for their properties and minimizing the cost to do this.

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That gullibility factor
gulfnews.com
Internet dating scams are as old as the internet itself. Most people are familiar with internet scams that start out: "I am a Nigerian prince…" Why then are so many people willing to "fall in love" on the web and fall for the same line of baloney?

Trojan virus is probably the culprit
Central Western Daily
AN information technology expert says he believes Orange's recent EFTPOS scam may have been caused by a Trojan computer virus. Michael Nunn told the Central Western Daily he believes an Orange EFTPOS machine may have been compromised after the shop's ...

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Avoiding scams should be on your list during tax season
South Bend Tribune
Tax scams often appeal to those in financial distress, and as we continue through the filing season, it's important to remember a few common scams to avoid. The goal of most tax scams is to either trick people out of their money or steal their ...

Fraud cases increase during tax season
Moultrie Observer
Other frauds, including Internet and telephone solicitations seeking money also have been making the rounds. As more purchases are made with computers, threats to personal information are becoming more and more rampant. One of the most common ways ...

Google's Weird Week of Privacy and Security Headaches
Investorplace.com
Google, Microsoft and Facebook, for example, have joined a dozen other companies in creating technical standards to help prevent phishing, a common email scam technique where the scammer pretends to be a trusted source in hope of getting personal, ...

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National Consumer League Lists 'Top 10 Scams' of 2011
LoanSafe
The phony prize scam usually asks the victim to send a payment to claim a prize that never shows up, the league says. It accounts for 26.98% of all scams and 49.69% of telemarketing scams. On the list of top Internet scams, phony prizes rank third ...
Group names Top 10 scams of 2011OCRegister

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Dixie Press Online
Email promises lottery winnings contingent on fees
Dixie Press Online
I know this sounds like a scam to me but if it is real I do not want to ignore it. So I ask have you heard any reports of this as fraud? I have looked on the net (And Snopes.com) but found nothing.” Your specific email scenario would be difficult to ...

Your personal and financial information is at stake
AARP News
... don't expect job scams — among the most common cons in recent years — to end anytime soon. For months, the number of fake job advertisements has quietly increased on employment websites. Recently, the fraudsters have turned to the Internet's ...

Telemarketing calls top list of consumer complaints
Fond du Lac Reporter
Klein said scams involving a "prize fee" are quite common. In a letter, phone call or email, the recipient is informed that he or she won money. But in order to receive the prize, they need to pay a fee. If they pay it, the scammer walks away with the ...

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Impostor landlords fake rental housing
The Salinas Californian
The scammers often use the Internet to cash in, first to find real rentals to mimic and then offer for rent. Later, the Internet is the vehicle used to traffic the fraud. The Internet also makes the short-term vacation rental market vulnerable to the ...

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BBB: Resolutions for savvy consumers
Jackson Sun
I'll ask myself why a company in some other state or country that I found on the Internet will lend me money when a local lender won't. Even if I'm desperate, I won't fall for this common scam that requires me to pay a fee before I get my loan (which ...

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Group names 'Top 10 Scams' of 2011
OCRegister
By JAN NORMAN / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Phony sweepstakes and bogus prizes were the top scams of 2011, reports the National Consumer League. Click on the photo above to see details of the top 10 Internet and telemarketing scams of the year.

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