nigerian letter

    By Gergana Koleva

    | 7:30PM 5/17/2010
    Scammer ingenuity knows no bounds. In 2010, as in years past, more criminals are taking the trouble to craft schemes, fudge websites, and get rich digg_url = 'http://digg.com/business_finance/Top_10_scams_in_2010_you_might_get_taken_by_2'; off the tight economy and the consumer...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 7:00PM 7/23/2009
    Nearly 45% of people reporting being scammed were ripped off using a phony check scheme -- by far the largest type of fraud reported in the first six months of this year, according to the National Consumers League. The average dollar loss in that type of scam: $3,178.The group said top-reported...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 2:00PM 4/28/2009
    About the same time the FBI issued a warning this week that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Assistant Commissioner Thomas S. Winkowski didn't actually write an email akin to the Nigerian letter, I received a curious email from an Irish bank.OK, it came from a university email address. But...