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ID-theft ruling: Set your own fraud alerts

Technology / Internet

created May 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Companies that sell "identity-theft protection" present an alluring but questionable proposition.





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Identifying ID theft and fraud

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If the wife of FBI boss Robert Mueller has warned him not to use internet banking because of the threat of online fraud, then what hope is there for the average Jo? The results of research published in a forthcoming issue ...


Merchant Terminals Provide New Method For Stealing Customer's Credit Cards

Technology / Other

created Mar 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 0 weblog

UK based Timesonline reports a flurry of credit card fraud in the first half of 2007. Researchers at Cambridge found chip and PIN merchant terminals lack necessary security encryption. The merchant terminal can be programmed ...


Fla. man accepts plea in record data theft case

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created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- An accused computer hacker charged in what prosecutors call the largest identity fraud case in U.S. history has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.


India fraud office to prosecute Satyam founder

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

India's fraud office will file charges this month against the founder of outsourcer Satyam after he admitted to falsifying profits in the nation's biggest corporate fraud, a minister said Monday.


Failing the sniff test: Researchers find new way to spot fraud

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Companies that commit fraud can find innovative ways to fudge the numbers, making it hard to tell something is wrong by just looking at their financial statements. But research from North Carolina State University unveils ...


Tech review: Zoombak GPS Car & Family Locator

Tech review: Zoombak GPS Car & Family Locator

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Product: Zoombak Advanced GPS Car & Family Locator.


Officials warned about fake DHS intel e-mails

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created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Some e-mails purporting to be from the Homeland Security Department's intelligence division were fake and contained malicious software.


Investigators in the United States and Egypt have smashed a computer "phishing" identity theft scam

FBI smashes US-Egypt cyber 'phishing' ring

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Investigators in the United States and Egypt have smashed a computer "phishing" identity theft scam described as the biggest cyber-crime investigation in US history, officials said Wednesday.


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Canadian charged in US in Internet gambling case

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created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A Canadian resident was indicted in the United States on fraud and related charges for processing some 350 million dollars for Internet gambling firms, officials said Thursday.


Feds ignored Medicare scam warnings for years

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- For three years, the federal agency in charge of preventing Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars by scamming several programs, documents show.



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