Fraudsters are actively taking advantage of the fact that many people dream of working from home. The opportunity to make money while staying in your pajamas on your own sofa sounds incredibly attractive, but you should be wary of those who might deceive you with an offer for such a job, writes MoneyTalksNews. Bree...
The Aurora (Colorado) Police Department is warning the public about a new scam involving contactless payment processes at gas stations. What kind of scam is this and how to detect it, 9news told. “Some gas stations are switching to a contactless payment system, which is designed to reduce the number of...
On February 11, Netflix released the series “Inventing Anna,” based on the real story of a Russian swindler who was able to deceive many American oligarchs and stars by gaining their trust, RenTV reports. The girl convinced her new famous friends that she was a rich “German heiress”...
Police say two California women posed as IRS employees in a nationwide telephone scam that netted them nearly a million dollars in multiple victims. One of the victims received a "cold call" on September 4 from a woman who gave out ...
In 2018, the most fraudulent activity was in employment, according to the Bureau of Better Business Practices. Based on information provided by Bureau Spokesperson Katherine Hutt, Fox News has compiled a list of the 10 most dangerous types of fraud encountered in the United States, and also gave ...
Zhenya Tsvetnenko, a Russian-born Australian businessman with American citizenship, could go to prison for 60 years if extradited and convicted of a fraudulent scheme that helped raise nearly $ 200 million in the United States from 2011 to 2013. Tsvetnenko ...
A Manhattan court is considering the case of 26-year-old Anna Sorokina, who was born in Russia, who is accused of posing as German Anna Delvi, the heiress of $ 60 million, moved in high society circles and was engaged in fraud and embezzlement, the newspaper writes about this ...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has identified a $ 1,2 billion Ponzi fraud scheme. The agency said that investors, including many elderly people, were affected. The fraud was organized by luxury real estate developer Robert Shapiro and his group ...
Police and federal agents are warning citizens that so-called virtual kidnapping is on the rise and dozens of people have given money to scammers. Not spared it and a resident of Los Angeles, Valerie Sobel. The person who called her on her cell phone said a terrible thing: “We have ...
The Russians in the United States have found a way to cheat American slot machines that run on special software that makes it possible to clearly calculate how much the casino must earn on every dollar spent by the player before the machine gives out a win. The Wired edition told about the Russians' scheme. Scam ...