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Quack medicines, insect immigrants, and what eats what among secrets revealed by DNA barcodes

The newfound scientific power to quickly "fingerprint" species via DNA is being deployed to unmask quack herbal medicines, reveal types of ancient Arctic life frozen in permafrost, expose what eats what in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Government closes mortgage scams tied to Google

(AP) -- The federal government has shut down dozens of Internet scam artists who had been paying Google to run ads making bogus promises to help desperate homeowners scrambling to avoid foreclosures.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vietnam holds 59 Chinese, Taiwanese for fraud

Vietnamese police have detained 29 Chinese and 30 Taiwanese suspects in the region's latest Internet fraud scam, an officer said on Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rainbows without pigments offer new defense against fraud

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have developed pigment-free, intensely coloured polymer materials, which could provide new, anti-counterfeit devices on passports or banknotes due to their difficulty ...

Physics / Soft Matter

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Robust consumer protection laws needed to close internet loopholes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Governments the world over must do more to safeguard internet shoppers from 'rogue' traders and their online scams, a new study from Queen Mary, University of London suggests.

Technology / Other

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cambridge researchers show Chip and PIN system vulnerable to fraud

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory have uncovered flaws in the Chip and PIN system that allow criminals to use stolen credit and debit cards without knowing the ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Jackson's death unleashes barrage of online scams

(AP) -- Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0