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05 Apr

Mixitforme Scam: Site co-owner charged, faces stiff punishment

Co-owner of the website Mixitforme.com, David Whitaker, 33, who was arrested a few weeks back in Los Angeles Airport, was produced in court yesterday for charges to be formally announced against him. The court yesterday laid down 10 Federal charges against him each carrying a maximum of 20 years in prison sentence and a $250,000 […]

06 Feb

Top 7 Tips for elder citizens to be one-up on online fraudsters!

Scammers see elder netizens as soft and easy targets. They know that aged users, in general, are trusting and polite; they’d shy away from saying ‘NO’. Besides, scammers wager that senior citizens may have substantial funds in the form of post-retirement savings with them.
Under these circumstances, being an elderly user, you can never be less […]

04 Feb

Online Classifieds - Take their claims with more than a pinch of salt!

Criminals are now lurking in unexpected places. That’s what 20-year old Canadian criminal law student Chelsea MacNeil, found out to her despair. She fell for the claims made by a smooth operator in an online classified advertisement. The fraudster posed as a house-owner and had posted a classified ad online in the popular website kijiji.com. […]

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