Attorney General Mike DeWine, Columbus said that Sweepstakes scams cost Ohioans about $2 million in 2011. His office’s consumer security branch logged nearly 1,500 complaints about sweepstakes and prizes scams in 2011. He told that his consumer protection division is seeking stronger tools to go after people and companies conducting those types of scams and other fraud against consumers. Lisa Hackley a spokeswoman for the attorney general’s office said that would give more powers to Dewine’s office to take the action against scammers involved in internet theft. The proposed legislation will provide the power of attorney general to inquire for phone and Internet activity records, as well as online payment information in suspected Internet fraud cases. DeWine’s office has said that scammers frequently use websites like eBay and Craigslist to cheat people. American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Executive Director Chris Link has said that such actions make it easier for law enforcement to access personal information. Hackley said that this bill also create additional penalties for telecommunications fraud against the elderly and disabled persons. DeWine’s office also works with law enforcement around the state to increase prosecutions of those who perform scams on Ohioans. DeWine said that sweepstakes or prizes made up the eighth most common complaint of the top 10 complaints in consumer protection section,2011
A Perth man – Roger Mildenhall who was residing overseas was shocked when he found out last week that his property in Karrinyup worth almost $500,000, had been sold in June without his knowledge.
Mr Mildenhall says his neighbours told him about his property sale last week and he rushed to Perth just in time to stop the sale of his second property too. He said, scammers used faxes, email in an internet cafe and mobile phones, they have been backwards and forwards to his real estate agent telling that Mr.Mildenhall wanted to sell his property and they also created duplicates of the deeds to the house.
Mr Mildenhall has engaged a lawyer in a challenge to obtain his property back and police are also investigating the scam.
Consumer Protection Commissioner Anne Driscoll says it is not so far known how the scammers achieved.
Real Estate Institute West Australian (REIWA) spokeswoman Anne Arnold said that agents need to be attentive.
“It is a really important message that you need to be doubly careful if it’s overseas.”
She states changes should be included to prevent and rip off future scams.
A suspected internet scam has been reported in south-east South Australia, said by Limestone Coast police.
Police also said, though the scam has been recognized in further parts of the state but was reported in only in the south-east on Tuesday.
It’s found that a woman was called by man with a US accent stating him to be from Microsoft.
Senior Constable Paul Scicluna says the man administered to remotely access the woman’s computer to remove inferred viruses and then demanded fee for the service.
“First thing they need to do is be vigilant in listening to what they’re being asked. Don’t be fooled into accepting the person is who they say they are just because they state they’re from a reputable company like Microsoft,” he alerted.
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This is the instance of year that many charitable trusts will be requesting you to open your hearts and wallets to help out others in need. And scammers are exactly in the drama to take benefit of your charitable nature.
Be cautious with the emails that appear to come from big charities such as Red Cross and UNICEF. These scams use images and domain names that depicts as the genuine thing it’s very hard to notify the variation. But when you click a link to contribute, you’re directed to a Web page that has NOTHING to do with the charity!
When in distrust, make your donation through the organization’s Web site or use their toll-free number. Additionally, be definite to pay with your credit card to guard yourself from scam!
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When fraud and scams started to decree their fixture over innocents then surely it can be bad to worst where we could only see the economic losses in the names of cyber crime, Internet fraud, phishing scam, Identity theft and what not.
Things could be pitiable when crime looks for the door of academics openly aiming any university or student. Every year we notice new crime proportions whooshing up with new numbers.
In most recent revise concerning to cyber frauds a examine carried out by y Cyveillance, Inc, a cyber-intelligence firm discloses educational institutions are the worst victims of phishing attack with that of Social Networking Media that too with beginning of 2010.
Stealing of personal identity by fraud stands for which consists of usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a reliable entity in an electronic communication thus phishing continues serious global crisis phrased by Security Company.
Furthermore according to cyveillance testimony several industries and corporate are the newest objectives of harasses. With banks are forever favorites of online fraudsters, on another message university, educations firms and social media are mainly in claim and wanted by these cyber criminals.
It merely means phishing goes hand in hand with that of newest trends of technology with huge human intrusion in nature thus flashing scams every day.
Universities are purposely targeted for qualifications including name and password details. Phishers utilize these details to create botnets applications that permit unauthorized access to or power over a user’s computer. Once entered, the system supports malicious activity such as spamming or dissent of service attacks.
Whereas United Sates still remains the favorite goal of malware designers as we see many of the bad programs having their powerful source while Countries such as China, Canada and the United Kingdom are less key to afford online threats.
