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Los Angeles Fraud Alert

Are little old ladies easy targets for scams?

  • gold fraud
  • October 27, 2011
According to Jamie Campany, who took advantage of the booming gold market, that isn't the case. When it comes to scamming, one would think...
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New e-scams & warnings

Recently several natural disasters, including tornadoes, floods, and earthquakes, have devastated lives and property. In the wake of these events...
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Haitian earthquake breeds identity theft and fraud attacks

The FBI and US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) have issued fraud warnings specifically related to the Haitian relief. Most of the major...
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Colon cleanse fraud flushes bank accounts

In mid July, Corky Edwards received spam that advertised a weight loss supplement. The attractive mom featured in the advertisement claimed that...
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Identity theft 101: fraud alert or credit freeze? (part 2)

The use of a fraud alert to prevent identity theft was discussed in part 1 of this article. This part will discuss the pros and cons of the credit...
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Identity theft 101: fraud alert or credit freeze? (part 1)

A fraud alert and a credit freeze are tools that consumers can use to help prevent financial forms of identity theft. A related tool to detect...
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