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The difference between computer users who get scammed and those who don’t often comes down to a simple checklist: In just-released research, AARP identifies 15 particular behaviors, life situations... 
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Scams cost Americans more than $1.6 billion last year in more than 2 million fraud cases.
The Swarm's insight:
This conversation is just beginning. Stay tuned.
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First American Bank in Chicago got publicity but little satisfaction after it identified a source of debit card theft and tried to stop it.
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Wow. This probably won't end well. Stay tuned.
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Money-transfer company Western Union Co is being probed by the Federal Trade Commission and a U.S. district court over fraud-induced money transfers, the company said in a regulatory
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Roughly 30 people were convicted of methamphetamine-related crimes in Knox County last year but almost all of them can still buy pseudoephedrine
The Swarm's insight:
What's the point in even having a meth registry if you're not going to use it?
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Alleged mortgage fraudster found working at another home loan business My Fox Boston Their deed was stolen, conveyed to a stranger they never heard of and that stranger took out a new mortgage on their house and didn't pay that mortgage so...
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Just in time for tax season, a scheme targeting taxpayers is popping up. One South Windsor man almost fell victim to it. NBC Connecticut explains what the scammers are doing, and how to avoid their trap.
The Swarm's insight:
For more information on tax scams visit IRS.gov.
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CHICAGO—A certified public accountant who was involved in the auditing process at a publicly traded company based in Chicago was indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly engaging in insider trading of the company’s securities that made him an illegal profit of more than $286,000 in 2012.
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Lloyds facing new mis-selling scandal: Bill for worthless card insurance may be millionsBank sold protection policies for fraudulent transactions on stolen cards
But banks are already obliged to compensate customers for fraudFears it could spell trouble for the taxpayer as Lloyds is state-backed
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Odds are, you’ve heard of Bernard Madoff. The once-storied investment manager enjoyed an illustrious career on Wall Street, even serving as the chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange at one point, before his arrest in December 2008 for operating the largest Ponzi scheme in history. Madoff's victims collectively lost nearly $20 billion, and Madoff is currently [...]
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The revelation Wednesday comes as the California Coastal Commission attempts to exercise greater oversight over the contested practice known as hydraulic fracturing, which pumps huge amounts of water, sand and chemicals deep into rock formations to free oil. The agency launched an investigation into the extent of offshore fracking after The Associated Press last year documented at least a dozen instances of companies using fracking since the 1990s in the Santa Barbara Channel, site of a 1969 oil platform blowout that fouled beaches, and killed birds and other wildlife. The state coastal commission can have a say regarding fracking jobs in federal waters if it determines the work presents a threat to water quality closer to shore, commission staff said at its monthly meeting in Pismo Beach, a beach city 175 miles northwest of Los Angeles. After pressure from state lawmakers and residents, the Environmental Protection Agency recently required oil companies planning offshore fracks to report chemicals released into the sea.
The Swarm's insight:
Between Fukushima and fracking, the California coastline is in danger of becoming one big EPA "superfund" site. This is far from over.
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Two Romanians were suspected of trying to steal the card numbers and PINs of customers at a Chase branch on the northern edge of Park Slope.
The Swarm's insight:
Got an ATM card? If so, your favorite machine may now be a target for fraud. Good luck.
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NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - A federal jury on Friday found former Jefferies Group Inc trader Jesse Litvak guilty of defrauding clients on mortgage bond trades made after the financial crisis.
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Two other men were also identified by police as suspects in the case and were advised to turn themselves in.
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Redmond plans to notify XP users about the April 8 end of support date using a tried and true method that we're all quite familiar with. Learn more about what Microsoft's plans are here.
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F.Y.I.
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We don't know what is true here or what may be a result of a friendship turned sour... but according to Radar Online, a book was written that accused "Real Housewives Of Atlanta" star Phaedra Parks...
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Twenty-eight more people have been indicted as part of the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into an extensive scheme to defraud Social Security disability insurance, law enforcement officials said.
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Just when a family thought they had a place to call their own home for the first time, they realized it was a scam.
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Sandy Fonzo of Wilkes-Barre screams at former Judge Mark Ciavarella saying that he was responsible for her son's suicide on the steps of the federal courthouse in Scranton in 2011.
The Swarm's insight:
This is one of the most heinous examples of craven cruelty by a judge in the history of juvenile law. Any judge who profits from the detention of the kids can only be considered worthless to the parents whose families are torn apart, and to the children whose lives are ruined.
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Lakeisha Butler. Riverside County sheriff's deputies have arrested a Hemet woman accused of posing in text messages as a code enforcement ...
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Five years after President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law, investigators have proven 1,268 cases of fraud in the $840 billion stimulus program.
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The son of Darden Media Group Chairman Calvin Darden Sr. was charged with impersonating his father in a multimillion-dollar fraud tied to the purchase of Maxim magazine, U.S. prosecutors said.
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The social network's advertising platform has been called out for its potentially worthless clicks. Is it true? - Dan Newman - Tech and Telecom
The Swarm's insight:
Facebook needs to clean up its act in more ways than one. So when The Motley Fool starts asking the tough questions, I pay close attention. You should too.
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