5 Ways To Make Money At Home
We will skip the work from home sales jobs you may already be familiar with. Raise your hand if you already know someone selling one of these (not that there's anything wrong with that): doTerra Essential Oils,...
Top Nigerian Online Scammer Arrested
Ever received an email claiming that some millionaire in Africa is sending you money? These are the most famous internet scams of all time.
Originally posted on BBC News
A Nigerian behind thousands of onl...
5 Ways to Stay Safe When Doing Online Banking
Originally posted on Clark.com
The vast majority of Americans are now doing online banking, which means keeping your transactions safe is more important than ever.
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9 Ways to Avoid Credit Card Fraud
Originally posted by LaToya Irby in About.com
How to Keep Credit Card Fraud From Happening to You
Your credit card information is always at risk for theft. You can avoid credit card fraud by taking steps to k...
Feds: Mail fraud schemes scammed seniors
Originally posted by Kevin McCoy, USA TODAY
U.S. and Dutch authorities have moved to halt alleged international mail fraud schemes suspected of bilking millions of dollars from elderly and vulnerable victims i...
What The PayPal Policy Update Means To You: Take Action By Dec 1st
If you are a frequent user of PayPal, you should know that they recently made a change to the PayPal User Agreement and the update is something you will want to pay attention to. Here is the official language ...
Is Your Money Safe? US Banks Hacked: Wells Fargo, Bank of America, U.S. Bank, Chase and Citigroup
A silent war is being waged between suspected Middle Eastern hackers and major US banks. In recent days, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, U.S. Bank, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup have all been targeted by aggressi...
How to Dispute Unauthorized Credit Card Charges and Get Your Money Back
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SPECIAL INVESTIGATION The Premier Membership Clubs Mystery: Who Are They and Why Are They Charging You?
Have you been charged by Premier Membership Clubs? If so, you’re not alone. On Scambook, we’ve received almost 3000 complaints against this company, with a staggering $771,799 in total reported damages. To add ...
Exclusive: Free Credit Report Scam Revealed
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Making Money From Home: Why You Should Think Twice
Earning a substantial income with minimal effort is undoubtedly a fantasy that many working adults have played with in their minds at one point or another. Unfortunately, our users have submitted complaints ag...
The Unexpected Lottery Winnings: It’s Best to Think Twice
Source: sayanythingblog.com
With more than five million Americans reportedly having been out of work for six months or even longer, there's no doubting the fact that a lot of people could use some financial...
Identity Theft Alert: JP Morgan Chase Bank Suffers Massive UCard Customer Privacy Breach
As we’ve discussed many times before on this blog, data breaches are a big deal. If your private information is leaked, you could suffer the effects of fraud and identity theft for years to come.
And, unfort...
Cash Advance PayDay Loans Target Military Families
If you’re not familiar with the controversy over payday loans, let me sum it up this way: their opponents call the practice “predatory lending” for a reason. Double-digit or even triple-digit interest rates mea...
IRS Issues $4 Billion in Tax Refunds to Scammers & Identity Thieves
Tax season is stressful and tedious. Honestly, there are only two things that really keep U.S. taxpayers filling out the mountains of numbered forms and itemizing receipts each year. First: the fear of an audit...
4 Reasons Why It’s Better to Use Your Credit Card for Holiday Shopping
The 2013 holiday shopping season is almost here, and it's never too early to start planning! Whether you're scouring the internet for leaked Black Friday ads and hoping to grab an incredible deal from Wal-Mart ...
Scambook Insights: Megastoon Complaint Overview
Megastoon is currently a top trend on Scambook Insights. At the time of the post, the company has 121 complaints, with an average reported damage of $3243.21. Overall, total reported damages are nearly $400,000...
Twitter IPO Drives Confused Investors to Defunct Penny Stock: Was It a Scam?
Twitter’s filing for an IPO last week was the most exciting thing to happen to social media stocks since Facebook.
The popular social media platform announced it would be using the ticker symbol TWTR (makes ...
Debt Collectors Break Rules by Impersonating Lawyers, Texting Victims
In the world of debt collection, there are a few simple rules to abide by: No harassing debtors, no deceptive practices, and no exposing an individual's private debt. There are more rules of course, but when de...
Penny Stock Scams
So you have a little money burning a hole in your pocket. You have heard the stories. The secretary who only got stock options for her Christmas bonus, and a year later was a millionaire. The lucky guy who t...
Scam Victim Refunded By Chase Bank, Asked to Pay Debtor Taxes on His Own Money
Scam victims shouldn't have to pay extra taxes when they get their money back, but that's exactly what Chase Bank is telling one card holder to do after he managed to get his cash returned to him.
In 2009, a...