LOS ANGELES—Law enforcement agencies have seized $100 million worth of fake Super Bowl tickets and National Football League (NFL) gears over the past year, the NFL and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center announced at a Feb. 10 press conference, raising public awareness about the danger of counterfeit goods and how to identify them….
About $100 Million Worth of Fake NFL Items Seized by Law Enforcement Before Super Bowl LVI
Meta, Chime File Lawsuit Against Alleged Phishing Scam on Facebook, Instagram
Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had filed a joint lawsuit with digital banking company Chime against two Nigeria-based individuals who engaged in phishing attacks to deceive people and gain access to their online financial accounts. The lawsuit, which is the first joint complaint between Meta and a financial services company, alleged that…
Phone Scammers Call 73-Year-Old Grandma Asking for $8,000—But She Turns Tables, Catches the Crooks
A clever grandma from Long Island has turned the tables on a telephone scammer who tried to dupe her out of $8,000 in cash. The 73-year-old from Seaford—who only gave her first name, Jean—on Jan. 20 got a call from a man claiming to be her grandson, saying he’d been arrested for drunk driving and…
Avoid Crooks’ Tricky Smishing Tactics When Waiting for Package Deliveries
While waiting for your last holiday purchase to arrive, it may be tempting to open a text inviting you to check new tracking information. Don’t do it, warns Florida’s Attorney General Ashley Moody, unless you’re sure the text really did come from your shipper. Scam “robotexts” about package shipping updates are a common way crooks…
Avoid New Scam Tactics When Waiting for Package Deliveries, Authorities Warn
While waiting for your last holiday purchase to arrive, it may be tempting to open a text inviting you to check new tracking information. Don’t do it, warns Florida’s Attorney General Ashley Moody, unless you’re sure the text really did come from your shipper. Scam “robotexts” about package shipping updates are a common way crooks…
South Florida Film Producer Duped Investors With Lies, SEC Suit Says
By Ron Hurtibise From South Florida Sun Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—They say the movie business is about the art of creating illusion—making an audience believe what cannot possibly be real. A complaint filed Aug. 13 by the Securities and Exchange Commission accuses a Fort Lauderdale-based movie producer of duping investors by creating an illusion that…
Video: Officers Fix Elderly Couple’s Roof After Contractor Scams Them Out of $33,000
After learning that an elderly woman and her blind husband had been scammed by an unlicensed contractor, Maryland police intervened, restoring not only the couple’s broken roof but also their faith in humanity. Howard County police officers received a fraud report after a roofing contractor without a license charged $33,000 for an unfinished job. Laying…
Former Irvine Officer Pleads Guilty to Overtime Pay Scam
SANTA ANA, Calif.—A former Irvine police officer pleaded guilty June 23 and was immediately sentenced to a year in jail for stealing about $68,000 by putting in for overtime he never worked. Matthew Christian August, 49, of Aliso Viejo, was also placed on three years of formal probation upon pleading guilty to 34 felony counts…
NTD Business Full Broadcast (May 18)
Walmart’s earnings beating estimates. Store sales boosted by consumer spending from the stimulus checks, and new services added during the pandemic also helped. Scammers now targeting crypto investors. And scam reports are shooting up — more than ten times from the year before. How are they tricking people? Are your solar panels made with forced…
New York Man Charged in $4 Million ‘Piggy Bank’ COVID-19 Relief Scam
A dual resident of New York and Florida has been changed with fraudulently obtaining and laundering nearly $4 million in funds from the COVID-19 relief Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to prosecutors. Gregory J. Blotnick, 34, of New York City and West Palm Beach, is accused of fraudulently obtaining more than $3.8 million in federal…
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