Nigeria to Hong Kong: The Dying Woman Inheritance scam
Oh, poor Mrs. Barbara Manenga. She’s dying and wants to name you (and all the other people she’s scamming) as beneficiary for a whopping $7.5M. All you have to do…
Category Archives: Fraud
Maker of the Snuggie gets slapped by NY Attorney General for $8M
If you live in New York and you recently purchased more Snuggies, Perfect Brownie Pans and Perfect Bacon Bowls than you had intended, you may be receiving a partial refund…
New credit card security tactics make fraudsters more creative
Last year, despite some nasty data breaches, losses overall weren’t so bad. But before you do a fist pump, this news actually isn’t so encouraging. Credit card companies, in response…
NJ temp agency cooks books to make employees disappear
It’s one thing to be fired or laid off from your job, but when your employer makes you disappear from the books in order to hide money from the government,…