Fraud and Scam News

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FBI is sounding fresh alerts to warn citizens of the presence of a new wave of phishing scams online. Fraudsters posing as employees of the IRS or organizations like the well-respected TaxPayer Advocate Service (a part of the IRS) and armed with email addresses like service@irs.gov and tax-refund@irs.gov, maybe on the […]

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The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has issued orders against an online ticket seller, Ben C. Huettl of Woodbury, Minnesota who traded in Green Bay Packers match tickets through his website LambeauTickets.com. The department has now placed several restrictions on his selling tickets online. The order came after the department […]

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Authorities from different states across the US are warning residents of the outbreak of a Text Message Scam. In the manner of other phishing scams, this new type of fraud tries to steal identities of people after contacting them on their mobile phones.
Fraudsters who run this new mobile phishing scam send out SMS […]