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Beating the House: How a Casino Con Man Won Big -- Until He Lost
4:25PM 11/16/2011
Any fan of the Ocean's Eleven films knows the setup: An inside man handles the cards, and a high roller rakes in the dough. For Phuong Quoc Truong, the big scam wasn't a movie script: It was his way of life.
If you've ever landed on a web page that supposedly scanned your computer, said it was infected and tried to sell you anti-virus software, you've had a brush with "scareware."
Scareware is malicious software designed to scare consumers into buying something they don't need by masquerading as a...
How to Avoid Being a Victim of ATM Skimming
10:00AM 7/18/2011
The next time you're in a rush to grab some cash from an ATM or fill up at the gas pump, take a few extra seconds and check over the machine before swiping your card. Otherwise, you could fall victim to a skimmer, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned recently.
The FBI's warning came a day...
A Georgia physician who submitted tens of thousands of bogus Medicare and Medicaid claims for counseling sessions with dead patients pleaded guilty Monday in federal district court to two counts of health care fraud.
Between 2007 and 2009, Dr. Robert Williams, 72, of Atlanta submitted more than...
FBI Warns of Phony Government Emails and Osama bin Laden Videos
11:30AM 6/01/2011
The Internet Crime Complaint Center's latest scam alert includes phishing emails from the Treasury Department designed to steal personal information and a fake Osama bin Laden video that fools users into infecting their computers and those of their friends.
Alerts by the IC3, a partnership between...
Property Crimes Rise In Places You Wouldn't Expect
12:30PM 5/27/2011
Overall property crime was down in 2010 according to the FBI, despite the rough economy. But in rural and suburban areas, the larceny and burglary rates actually rose. Here's why crime is shifting away from the big cities -- and what you should do to avoid being a victim.
FBI Warns of Reshipping and Counterfeit Checks Scams
8:00AM 5/20/2011
The Internet Crime Complaint Center's latest scam alert includes an elaborate reshipping ploy used to steal personal information and a counterfeit check scheme targeting real estate professionals.
Alerts by the IC3, a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C),...
If you receive an email claiming to contain photos or videos of Osama bin Laden's death, delete it immediately.
The FBI is warning computer users to be on the alert for virus-laden emails that trick consumers into opening them by promising to show images or video of bin Laden's recent shooting by...
The latest federal scam alert includes virus-laden spam claiming to be from the Automated Clearing House network; new lottery scams by Jamaican gangs; and reports of overpriced potassium iodide.
The alerts by the IC3, a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C),...
FBI Warns of Three Online Scams: Sex, Taxes and a Desktop Hijack
12:01PM 3/12/2011
Making a list of federal scam alerts this week is a fraudulent dating site; a phishing email that claims your federal tax payment has been rejected; and a bogus virus-removal service that allows criminals to hijack your computer.
The alerts by the IC3, a partnership between the FBI and the...
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