Showing posts with label scam emails. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scam emails. Show all posts

Friday, March 9, 2012

Email Hoax Identity Theft - Fri Mar 9, 2012


New Jerseyans are warned not to fall for email scam that promises a prize or ...
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com
The email is fictitious and intended to get personal information for use in identity theft, the officials said. “This letter represents an emerging scam in which con artists are using the names of government agencies including the SEC, and now the New ...
Woman who faked cancer to avoid jail gets 5 years
ABC7Chicago.com
... for obstruction and fraud committed during her medical scam. LeAnn Moock was sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in Philadelphia. She pleaded guilty in November to charges including obstruction and aggravated identity theft involving her father.
St. Peters police arrest two in fake credit card scam
STLtoday.com
PETERS • Two men from Florida were charged today with forgery and identity theft after police caught them after they bought $1200 in gift cards and thank you cards with a stolen credit card. After they were arrested, police found they had about 61 fake ...
She faked cancer to get out of jail
Philadelphia Inquirer
Prosecutors said that a day before she was to report to prison in August 2007, she sent her attorney an email claiming she had visited her doctor's office that day and learned that she had a mass in her stomach. As part of the scam, Moock concocted a ...
Woman's Cancer Scam Prognosis: Five Years in Jail
ABC News (blog)
Leann Moock was sentenced Thursday to almost five years in prison by a federal judge for an elaborate scam she concocted to delay reporting to prison in 2007 for her role in a separate scam involving stealing money from elderly bank customers.


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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Email Hoax Identity Theft - Sat Feb 25, 2012

Dirty Dozen tax scams of 2012
Bangor Daily News
IRS.gov/identitytheft. Number two on the Dirty Dozen list is phishing, the technique ID thieves often use to try to collect people's personal information. Phony emails or fake websites might solicit information to “help increase your refund” or ...



The Legendary: Identity theft scam linked to IRS inquiries
Identity theft scam linked to IRS inquiries. You get an e-mail that says your tax payment was rejected, that the IRS needs more information. Whoa. Stop right there ...


IRS Warns of “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams
... expeditions warning of scams that range from identity theft to return preparer fraud. ... “Scamartists will tempt people in-person, on-line and by e-mail with ...

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Friday, February 24, 2012

Email Hoax Identity Theft - Fri Feb 24, 2012


Avoiding tax return scams
Deseret News
There are a variety of tax scams that occur every tax season. Here's a list of three of the most common tax scams for 2012, according to Fox Business. Identity theft: As a result of increasing concerns about identity theft, the IRS is beefing up its ...


KTVN Channel 2 - Reno Tahoe News Weather, Video - Man sentenced for Fresno ...
KTVN
... stamp scam that included Fresno State football players has been sentenced to three years in California prison. A judge sentenced 52-year-old Michael Martin Wednesday after he pleaded no contest to embezzlement by a public officer, identity theft ...


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Friday, December 9, 2011

Email Hoax Identity Theft News - Fri Dec 9, 2011

BBB Scam Alert: Scammers Pose as BBB
WIFR
The BBB warns that clicking on the attachment or the link in these emails could result in identity theft. BBB Regional Director Dennis Horton said, "If you provide that information, they could go in and wipe out your accounts, charge things to a credit ...



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Friday, November 4, 2011

Email Hoax Identity Theft News - Fri Nov 4, 2011


Editorial: Feds must stop scam of stealing from dead children
ScrippsNews
In a ghoulish new identity theft scam, thieves are cashing in on dead children by stealing their Social Security numbers to fraudulently collect federal tax refunds. And, as Scripps Howard News Service reporters Isaac Wolf and Thomas Hargrove learned, ...
Woman Warns Of Postal Service EMail Scam
KITV Honolulu
With the holidays approaching and more people ordering and sending packages through the mail, Matusow wants people to be aware of scam emails claiming to be from the postal service. "I'm really concerned that word gets out because I think people are ...

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