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The Internet Crime Complaint Center's latest scam alert included too much to cover in one story, so we did one yesterday, while today's focuses on phony, Trojan-laden emails from the FBI and an email campaign targeting victims with an online blackmail scheme. Alerts by the IC3, a partnership...

The Internet Crime Complaint Center's latest scam alert includes a bogus advance-fee email purportedly sent by the director of the FBI as well as harassing payday loan calls from scammers claiming to represent the IC3. Alerts by the IC3, a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar...

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...

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),...

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...

Identity theft, non-delivery of payment or merchandise and scammers impersonating the FBI topped the list of complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2010, with victims reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. The IC3, a partnership between the FBI and the National...

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued a trio of scam alerts today involving social networking, online shopping and malware embedded in a phony holiday email from the White House. The IC3, a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), said the alert...

Consumers need to be wary of bogus letters and emails claiming they've won a sweepstakes or lottery, since they have nothing to win and much to lose, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warns. The IC3, a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar...