News tagged with lottery scam

Tackling financial exploitation of elderly people

Professionals who are in close contact with elderly people could soon be in a better position to spot if they are being financially exploited, for example through a lottery scam or by a deceitful relative draining the bank ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bing ads to warn of online scams

Microsoft on Tuesday began serving up scam warnings with Bing search results for topics such as fixing credit scores or rescue from home foreclosure that are prime material for online cons.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Nigerians held in India over 'phishing' scam: police

Six Nigerian nationals have been arrested in the Indian city of Mumbai on suspicion of defrauding hundreds of people through text message and spam email scams, police said.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Yahoo! awarded $610 million in spammer case

Yahoo! on Wednesday said that a judge ordered spammers to pay $610 million for running a larcenous lottery scheme using the Internet pioneer's name.

Technology / Business

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Penny auction sites could cost a chunk of change

(AP) -- An iPad for $88.07? An Xbox for $15.33? Sold!

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created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Asia-wide crackdown on fraud rings

Top-level police officials across Asia had been in contact for months as they prepared a sweeping crackdown on fraud rings in half a dozen countries. Last week, they finally struck.

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created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Targeted phishing scams could rise after Epsilon data breach

A wave of alert emails has been distributed over the last few days as Epsilon, one of the nation's largest marketing services, deals with what could end up being one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history. ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Credit card fraudsters take aim at World Cup

Jean-Pierre arrived on his South African holiday, withdrew some money from a cash machine, and hours later received a call from his bank to say that 300 euros had suddenly been charged to him.

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created Jun 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Technology, sour economy breed, feed Internet scams

Ute Schnetzinger thought the bride was demanding. Only later did the Richardson, Texas, florist learn she was bogus.

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created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China to hasten telecom regulation

In a bid to curb rampant spam and growing fraud conducted over mobile services, China will speed up creation of a new telecom law this year that will insist on all mobile-phone subscribers to register using their real names.

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created Jan 19, 2006 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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