21. Federal Trade Commission Full set of articles for businesses and individuals covering warnings and tips related to financial situations such as purchases, home improvements, debt, scams, fraud, and saving money. http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-home.htm

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Internet Scams: Internet ScamBusters Helps You Protect Yourself From Clever Scams Online and Offline... Check out why The New York Times, Forbes, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Consumer Reports and many others have recommended Internet ScamBusters Friday, June 11, 2004 Welcome to the #1 website dedicated to helping you protect yourself from clever scams online and offline! You'll find lots of great resources on how to avoid the most popular scams, viruses and urban legends making the rounds. Plus, we have Resource Centers filled with suggestions for reducing spam, useful consumer tips , and our Scam Check Station Below you'll find a convenient list of links to all our most popular articles. But first, sign up for your FREE subscription to Internet ScamBusters by typing in your first name and email address in the boxes below... FREE Newsletter: Subscribe Now "How to Protect Yourself From Clever Scammers Online and Offline." Internet ScamBusters, the #1 publication on Internet fraud, shows you the ins and outs of protecting yourself from all the newest scams lively, entertaining

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Books Articles News Resources ... Government White Collar Crime E-mail Discussion Lists Message Board Guestbook Home ... Computer Crimes A Swiss bank lost last a minimum of $100,000,000 because of a typing error: Source: Harper's research 58% of writers of US clinical-practice guidelines have financial ties to pharmaceutical companies Source: Allan Detsky, University of Toronto Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village. Within minutes it consumed the building's upper 3 stories. Firemen were unable to rescue those trapped inside: their ladders weren't tall enough. People watched in horror as workers jumped to their death. The final toll was 146 people 123 of them women. It follows the waves of Jewish and Italian immigration that inundated New York in the early years of the century, supplying garment factories with cheap, mostly female labor. Dickensian work conditions led to a strike a coalition of socialists, socialites, and suffragettes took on bosses, police, and magistrates. Revulsion of the catastrophe led to an alliance between idealistic labor reformers and pragmatic politicians of the Tammany machine Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) by P. W. Singer

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att.com Enterprise Business Feedback At Home Away from Home On the Net Tips The more you know about the various scams, the easier it is to protect yourself. Here are some tips that may help you identify and avoid telephone fraud. Voicemail Users Beware The Facts About The 809 Area Code Scam Revealing your calling-card-number Cramming and Slamming ... Call Forwarding Scam Voicemail Users Beware Consumers are beginning to see the effects of a new form of fraud on their telephone bills. This new fraud, in which hackers compromise voicemail systems in order to make fraudulent collect, third-party or direct-dial calls, has surfaced industry-wide. It isn't until consumers receive notification from their telephone company's security group, notices something different about their voicemail greeting, or receives a large bill that they realize they've become a victim. Defense: Always change the default password provided by the voicemail vendor; Choose a complex voicemail password, of at least six digits, so it would be difficult for a hacker to guess; Don't use obvious passwords such as an address, birth date or phone number;

29. AT&T Fraud The best defense against fraud is a wellinformed consumer, which is why we work hard to educate our customers on telephone fraud and alert them to new scams. http://www.att.com/fraud/

att.com Enterprise Business Feedback At Home ... Tips Scams, Schemes, and Some Simple Safeguards According to industry experts, telephone fraud losses amount to billions of dollars each year. And, as our communications become more high-tech, criminals find new and even more sophisticated ways to defraud the unsuspecting consumer. While the popular belief is that older people are the most frequent targets of scam artists, people of all ages, income, education levels and lifestyles can be taken in by crafty crooks. All consumers should be wary. Contact Us

30. Buying Scams - Business Fraud Prevention Vendors protect yourself from internet fraud credit card scams, missing packages, and more. http://www.jewelrymall.com/buyingscams.html

Stores Birthstones Gemstones HOME ... Contest Business Fraud Prevention Tips for businesses to protect themselves against Internet fraud. Credit Card Scams Some people buying on the Internet are not honest. The most common method is to use a stolen credit card. Savvy business owners suggested the following tips. Always be tactful with your customers as they may have accidently given you an incorrect digit. If you are shipping to a different address than the credit card billing address, always do additional checking. If the order is greater than $100, go to the credit card bank and have them call the card holder to see if they did indeed order. Be extra careful if sending to Chicago IL, New York City NY, Jacksonville FL, Canada (especially Eastern Canada), Bulgaria, Nigeria and Romania. Always manually check orders from free email accounts such as hotmail.com. Waiting 24 hours after an order is placed to contact your authorization service can help. Stolen credit cards are often reported within 24 hours. In some cases, crooks are giving the correct address and then intercepting the package at the package destination.

31. Welcome To PhoneBusters Information, statistics, arrests and news on phone fraud and scams. http://www.phonebusters.com/

32. Federal Trade Commission College Scholarship fraud Prevention Act of 2000 First Annual Report to Congress PDF only. Looking for Student Aid. Scholarship scams Audio RAM MP3. http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/scholarship/

Site Map SEARCH Need Money for College? Doesn't everybody? Unfortunately, in their efforts to pay the bills, many students and their families are falling prey to scholarship scams. The FTC cautions students to look for tell tale lines: "The scholarship is guaranteed or your money back." "You can't get this information anywhere else." "I just need your credit card or bank account number to hold this scholarship." "We'll do all the work." "The scholarship will cost some money." "You've been selected by a 'national foundation' to receive a scholarship" or "You're a finalist" in a contest you never entered. Information for Students and Parents Press Release: Federal Agencies Release First Annual Report to Congress on College Scholarship Fraud College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 - First Annual Report to Congress [ PDF only Looking for Student Aid OUCH...Students Getting Stung Trying to Find $$$ for College

33. Office Of The Inspector General Home Page Reports about Social Securityrelated scams, abuse, fraud. Studies SSA's stewardship of our tax dollars. How and where to report fraud. http://www.socialsecurity.gov/oig

Jump to content Social Security Online Office of the Inspector General www.socialsecurity.gov Home Questions? How to Contact Us ... OIG Home Office of the Inspector General Meet the IG Organization Immediate Office Office of Communications ... OIG Mission Statement Report fraud, waste, and abuse within Social Security programs and operations at Social Security's OIG Fraud Reporting Page For assistance with any Social Security questions, please call 1-800-772-1213 or visit the SSA web site at www.socialsecurity.gov . You may also visit your local Social Security office. Current OIG News Our OIG Semiannual Report to Congress (October 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004), The Realities We Face: Continuing the Challenge , has been published. ( June 4, 2004 On May 20, 2004, Acting Inspector General Patrick P. O'Carroll, Jr., testified before the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, regarding Fraud and Abuse in the Supplemental Security Income Program.

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Search: FTC Consumer Alert PDF Version How Not to Get Hooked by a 'Phishing' Scam Internet scammers casting about for people's financial information have a new way to lure unsuspecting victims: They go "phishing." Phishing, also called "carding," is a high-tech scam that uses spam to deceive consumers into disclosing their credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security numbers, passwords, and other sensitive information. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the emails pretend to be from businesses the potential victims deal with - for example, their Internet service provider (ISP), online payment service or bank. The fraudsters tell recipients that they need to "update" or "validate" their billing information to keep their accounts active, and direct them to a "look-alike" Web site of the legitimate business, further tricking consumers into thinking they are responding to a bona fide request. Unknowingly, consumers submit their financial information - not to the businesses - but the scammers, who use it to order goods and services and obtain credit.

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Home Identity Theft Credit I.D. Theft Laws ... PayPal email scam Learn How to Avoid Scams and Fraud One of the easiest ways to get information is to ask for it. Why get all messy digging around in trash cans if you can just call or email someone and have them hand over their credit card or social security number? It happens every day, even though you might think you're too smart to fall for it. If you see any of these scams, learn how to report them "Your Account Needs to be Updated" Scam Most major internet sites and financial institutions have been targeted including PayPal, eBay, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and America Online (AOL). These scams usually show up in your email inbox with a message from the "System Administrator" telling you to perform some urgent maintenance on your account. If you ever get message like this be very, very, careful. We'll use PayPal as an example of how these scams work. Remember, these same techniques can be used for any scam.

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Home Identity Theft Credit I.D. Theft Laws Directory of Web Links We've scoured the internet to find the best web sites for each of these topics: Identity Theft Internet Security Privacy Credit Share Web Links Add a New Link - Find a cool site we haven't included? Tell us about it. Tell a Friend - Share these links with a friend who might need them. Link to Fight Identity Theft - Place a link to Fight Identity Theft on your web site. Go to top Identity Theft Links Top Sites Federal Trade Commission - Main U.S. government web site on identity theft. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse - Excellent resource on identity theft, privacy, and fraud. Identity Theft Resource Center - Comprehensive non-profit organization that provides victim assistance. Identity Theft.org

37. Scamwatch Comprehensive site providing information on several types of scams, schemes and fraud. Site information is provided by various Australian consumer protection agencies but most of the information is universal. http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/scams/scams.asp

Protect yourself against scams Why scams succeed Why scammers succeed Dangerous myths ... Say 'No' If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is Scamwatch covers all sorts of scams from financial and investment scams such as pyramid schemes to miracle cures and instant weight loss treatments. Many scams have been around under different names for several years; today's Nigerian Scam, where a consumer receives a letter or an e-mail from a fictitious Nigerian exile wanting to transfer millions of dollars, is just a variation on the Spanish Prisoner scam which dates back to 1588. Scamwatch keeps a look out for new scams, rorts and rip offs - our latest coverage includes some really professional new scams in property marketing phoney bank emails and spam "Say No" Don't be fooled if the deal sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. Use the information on this site to protect yourself from scammers and their tricks, and learn how to recognise scams from genuine offers. The information on this site has been prepared by the Australian Government in collaboration with fair trading and consumer protection agencies across Australia.

38. Internet Scams And Fraud Internet scams and fraud By Judith Fabrics.net. Information on fraud and scams can be found all over the internet. Be careful and do your research. http://www.fabrics.net/ScamFraud.asp

Fabric Information and Facts Fabric Identification Fabric Care Natural Fibers ... Tools for Sources Wisdom Articles The Clothesline - A Book Review Sewing With Leather and Suede Sewing Room Salvage - Save and Sew! Do It Yourself Sewing Machine Repair ... Tartan Myths and Legends Wisdom From the Professionals A collection of Articles Internet Scams and Fraud By Judith Fabrics.net Fabrics.net has received many emails, operator assisted phone calls and orders from Lagos, Nigeria, asking if we ship products to Nigeria. Our usual answer is yes, we do ship overseas but only if purchasing by wire transfer, money order or cashier's check, NOT credit cards. Just a note of caution about wire transfers. We suggest that any company using this method of payment establish a bank account that is not attached to any other account and also carries a balance of less than $5.00. Recently, we received an order from an individual in Nigeria who, in addition to ordering fabric, also wanted us to include cell phones in their order. Of course we don't sell phones or electronic equipment of any kind so we advised this individual that we only sell fabric. The order and shipping of the fabric came to around $3,500, which was to be sent to us in a cashier's check. We did receive the check by FedEx from Nigeria but the check was for the amount of $10,000 USD written by a bank in Ohio. As per our usual practice, we researched the bank that issued the check on the Internet, and found that the FDIC had issued a warning regarding this bank and one other bank. Evidently, counterfeit cashier's checks have been circulating since before June of 2003. Both banks have been handling this fraud for many months. For more information, see

39. Federal Trade Commission Information on scams and fraud in consumer areas such as ecommerce, telemarketing, and investments. http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/consumer.htm

Search: Contents For Consumers: Consumer Information Hot Topics Education is a key tool to prevent consumer injury. In this section of our website, you'll find publications with advice on avoiding scams and rip-offs, as well as tips on other consumer topics. Automobiles Investments Credit Privacy ... Travel

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