With thousands of people out of a job right now work at home schemes are popping up all over the internet, Vegas’ 13 Action News reports. The latest one involves Twitter. Scammers are using the pitch that you can make money by sending emails or posting links on Twitter or by placing ads on Google […]
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The FBI is warning consumers to be on the alert for scammers who tie up their phone lines while emptying their bank accounts, WalletPop reports. High-tech criminals are now using automated dialing programs and multiple accounts to overwhelm the phone lines of unsuspecting consumers and small- and medium-sized businesses. The denial-of-service calls, which can include
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The Arizona Republic warns that those who are without a job and who are behind on bills are particularly vulnerable to the scams that offer big money for little work. Sometimes they stumble into one scam, then another as they try to recover from the first. Eric Grayson of Louisville, Ky., paid Phoenix-based Bankcard Empire
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Many tax advisors tell their self-employed clients — including those who are “consulting” while looking for work — to open separate business bank accounts to make it easier to separate business and personal expenses for tax purposes. Don’t do it, says The Los Angeles Times. This common tax advice could turn into a banking nightmare
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USA TODAY reports that with the federal tax-filing deadline looming, spam enticing Internet users to fill out bogus forms at faked IRS websites is flooding inboxes. And slick Web page promotions for overnight tax-preparation services and instant refunds are turning up in Google search results and Twitter micro-blog postings. Be wary, the IRS and tech
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The FBI has released its annual “Internet Cybercrime Report” and surprise, surprise; Internet crime complaints are up dramatically, reports Inc.com. Total dollar losses related to Internet crimes reported to the FBI topped $559 million dollars in 2009. That’s up from $264 million dollars in 2008. That’s what I call a dramatic increase. Either cybercrime is
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Curtis Desselles is a sucker for science, according to ArkLaTexhomepage.com. His latest and greatest work comes in the form of a three millimeter chip. He calls it the “Eddy Current Analyzer.”…which blends old technology with new innovation. “If I can use this and look at the changes in the medal and voltage changes, I can
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A few years ago Greg Whisenant unknowingly opened the door to his apartment building for a criminal, resulting in several of his neighbors being robbed, reports ABC News. Inspired by his mistake, Greg created an information sharing website for local police that has since turned into one of the fastest growing data mapping services in
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We have a new advertiser in the sidebar. The Local MugSHOTS business opportunity is a local niche periodical that every other week publishes a magazine of 200 current mugshots of locally wanted fugitives, recently arrested, and missing children. I asked the owner, Max Cannon, how he got into the business: I started this business in
Forget exploding dye packs. Three thieves who made off with about $9,000 in cash from an Illinois bank were thwarted by a GPS device inserted in the cash that led authorities straight to their door, according to the Chicago Tribune. Minutes after an armed bank heist in Calumet City last week, the three suspects met
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