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With Valentine’s Day looming, romance is in the air. If you seek love via a dating app, watch for scammers who only love your money. Scammers are using people to funnel stolen money out of the country. This con may look like a classic romance scam, but victims are tricked into illegal activity and can be prosecuted. (ReadContinue reading “This romance scam tricks victims into laundering money”

Ever since Harold Hill sold his musical instruments to the unsuspecting townsfolk of River City, Iowa, in The Music Man, fraudsters have made for fascinating Hollywood fodder. These days, those old-school schemes seem almost quaint, as we live in a world of ever-evolving, often highly sophisticated new kinds of scams, from phishing and catfishing to guardianship abuse and identity theft. These 12Continue reading “12 Gripping Shows and Movies About Scams to Stream Now”

Identity Theft Awareness Week is a great time to learn how to spot, avoid, and report identity theft. Chances are, you know someone who has experienced identity theft. That’s when someone uses your personal or financial information without your permission to commit fraud. It can happen to anyone, in any community. So how do you get helpContinue reading “Identity theft happens in every community, so get help in your language”

Social media is used as a fun distraction for some people, and taking a Facebook quiz may seem like a harmless way to pass the time. But are you giving away more information than you think? How the scam works: A fun quiz pops up on your Facebook feed or another social media platform. AContinue reading “Bored? Think twice before taking that Facebook quiz”

When U.S. Air Force veteran Amanda Pelletier, 49, set out to decorate the new home in Spring Branch, Texas, that she and her husband, Michael, 52, had purchased after their retirement from the military, she needed some side tables and other pieces of furniture. Like many people these days, she searched online and connected withContinue reading “Everything You Need to Know About Facebook Marketplace Scams”

Alan Swiss has been charged with health care fraud and conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute. According to statements made in court and publicly filed documents, Swiss operated Tropical Medical Marketing Inc., a call center that cold-called Medicare beneficiaries and used their personal and medical information without the beneficiaries’ knowledge or consent to prepare ordersContinue reading “Man Arrested for Role in Fraudulent Billing for DME”

February is Black History Month — a great time to help raise awareness in Black communities, and among your family and friends, by staying on top of the latest scams that might affect them. We know that talking about a scam helps you avoid it — and it helps people you care about avoid them,Continue reading “Be scam free for Black History Month”

This Valentine’s Day is shaping up to be big, according to projections by the National Retail Federation, which suggests that consumer spending will reach nearly $26 billion.  As you prepare to celebrate, there are a few common scams that you need to be aware of. Whether hoping to spark a new relationship or buying gifts forContinue reading “Top Valentine’s Day scams”

Country superstar Blake Shelton is tall, tousle-haired and so ruggedly handsome that People magazine once proclaimed him the “Sexiest Man Alive.” When J.R., a woman in her 60s in Alabama, heard she could enter a $1 million contest to be chosen the Grammy-winning singer’s fan of the year a few years ago, she decided to enter. ToContinue reading “Scammers and Celebrity Impostors Defraud Fans of Millions”

Elan Yaish, a former president of pharmacy Apogee Bio-Pharm LLC, was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $32 million in restitution for his role in a $32 million health care kickback conspiracy. According to documents filed and statements made in court, Yaish and others agreed to engage in a scheme toContinue reading “Former Pharmacy President Sentenced to Three Years”