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According to the FBI and the IC3 Web site, the “ popular scam trends for 2009 ” included hitman scams, astrological reading frauds, economic scams, job site scams, and fake pop-up ads for antivirus software.
From the report, here’s a look at the top Internet scams of 2009:
MORE >>>> http://fraudreportwebsite.com/detailed-internet-scams-by-the-fbi/
Thousands of dollars of illegally purchased merchandise is being held at the Bryant Police Department. A pawn shop employee told police a customer came in attempting to use multiple fake credit cards. Police say it’s all a part of an elaborate scheme to trick stores into using fake credit cards and take off with thousands of dollars of merchandise.
” I didn’t really think anything was suspicious at first. He just seemed like a nice guy, really talkative and friendly too, ” said Gary Northrup of Bryant Car Stereo and Pawn.
Surveillance video shows 28 year old Patrick Long at work. Store owners say he came in to buy $850 worth of stereo equipment.
“I got one card. The numbers weren’t raised or anything, it was just kind of flat. It was a weird card. I’d never seen one of those before,” Northrup said.
The card didn’t go through.
“I tried to swipe it, it wouldn’t swipe.”
He pulled out a few others. They all came back declined. That’s when the real credit card owner in Texas called the store saying someone just tried to use his card.
“That’s when I knew something was going on,” Northrup said.
MORE >>>> http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/Bryant-credit-card-fraud/ChFoytpbBUaxPEldB3Ht7Q.cspx?rss=315
The sour economy is producing a bumper crop of cash-strapped consumers, business owners and shady agents who’re fueling a wave of insurance fraud that’s keeping regulators and law enforcement officials busy from coast to coast.
Whether it’s worthless health plans peddled by fax, staged auto accidents, arson or slip-and-fall accidents at the local mall, insurance fraud of all kinds is booming in the recession and consumers are paying the price in higher premiums.
To keep it in perspective, roughly 48 million insurance claims are made each year in the U.S. and less than one-quarter of 1 percent are referred to the nonprofit National Insurance Crime Bureau for investigation of possible fraud.
Last year, that amounted to just more than 85,000 questionable claims. That was up 14 percent from nearly 75,000 in 2008, however.
MORE http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/11/90233/recession-is-fueling-a-boom-in.html#ixzz0hutcUb9K
According to court documents, Ezra Levy, the fund’s chief trader and chief financial officer, has been charged with securities fraud and 10 counts of wire fraud. He is expected to appear before a U.S. magistrate judge in Manhattan later Tuesday.
In court documents, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan alleged Levy, between January and October, diverted about …
MORE >>>> http://fraudreportwebsite.com/fraud-report-boston-provident-lp-cfo-engaging-in-2-schemes/
If you ever lost your drivers license then you know just how much of a headache it can be. Losing your ID is much more than just another inconvenient trip to the DMV. The consequences could be disastrous as you are now a potential target of identity theft fraud…
A federal grand jury has indicted Rolando Alonzo Cousins, a/k/a “Junior,” age 31, of Bowie, Maryland, for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and money laundering, in connection with a massive mortgage fraud scheme which…
MORE >>>> http://fraudreportwebsite.com/fraud-report-metropolitan-money-store-mortgage-fraud-scheme/
5 Wisconsin residents in all, have been charged with criminal counts of voter fraud in the Nov. 2008 general election, state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced Monday.
2 of those charged — Maria Miles, 36, of Milwaukee, and Kevin Clancy, 26, of Racine — worked for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the embattled community organizing group.
” The complaint alleges that Miles and Clancy submitted multiple voter registration applications for the same individuals, and also were part of a scheme in which they and other ( special registration deputies ) registered each other to vote multiple times in order to meet voter registration quotas imposed by ACORN, ” the Van Hollen news release says.
Both were charged with one felony count.
ACORN could not be reached for comment Monday.
source: http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/87049717.html
President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’ll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.
The White House released details of the anti-fraud plan hours after a fresh challenge to the administration from major business groups that unveiled a multimillion-dollar ad campaign arguing that under Obama’s plan ” health care costs will go even higher, making a bad economy worse. ”
MORE >>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_health_care_overhaul
Better Business Bureau logo fraud is starting to show up. Be very cautious of which sites you buy products and services from.
MORE >>>> http://fraudreportwebsite.com/business-fraud-beware-of-sites-that-have-the-bbb-logo/
Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine, do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place.
A corporate attorney sent this out to the employees in his company. I pass it along, for your information.
We’ve all heard horror stories about fraud that’s committed…
MORE >>>> http://fraudreportwebsite.com/lawyers-advice-to-protect-your-identity-credit-card-fraud/
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