Millions of personal and financial records have been compromised in recent years and the criminals involved in trading this information operate worldwide.
"A criminal might be based in Romania, using servers hosted in Russia, stealing data from people in Germany, to buy goods from an American retailer for delivery in" [...]
Most Americans embrace the philosophy of helping others in their time of need. In every disaster -- whether it is in this country or anywhere in the world -- Americans are there to help those who need a helping hand. Unfortunately, there are those who take advantage of this, which [...]
Craigslist has given in to the immense media attention regarding its "erotic services" ads and announced they are shutting the section down. In its place they are now adding an "adult" section, which appears to hawk the same type of personal adult services.
A lot of this occurred after it [...]
The National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) has revamped their web site to provide consumers in financial trouble with a wide array of e-tools designed to help them solve their problems. The site also provides access to an NFCC-certified counselor to work with them on a more personal (human) [...]
On February 12, 2009, two judges appeared in federal court to plead guilty to $2.6 million in income tax and wire fraud. The crimes they were charged with resulted from locking up teenagers for profit in Scranton, PA.
Judge Michael T. Conahan and Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. were the [...]
Love is a many splendored social engineering tool and spammers are busy sending out a whole lot of their particular brand of love across the electronic universe.
An interesting blog post (Love Hurts) by Kevin Haley at Symantec points out that malicious code writers are busy spreading their [...]
I just finished reading an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal by M. P. McQueen, which suggests that the bear market is creating a bull market for fraudsters. According to the numerous experts cited in the article, the reason for this is economic gloom and doom with a healthy [...]
Not all the kidnappings in Mexico and the United States are real. The US Immigration and Customs division gets reports of virtual kidnappings, where the intent is to extort money, but the alleged victim is safe and sound.
The kidnappers appear to be able to find out who is [...]
