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According to our recent “Keep Your Money Safe” survey, when victims of financial scams were asked what type of scam they had experienced, 27% said they had been the victim of phone scams ...
A variation of this scam occurs in countries where insurance premiums are generally tied to a bonus–malus rating: the con artist will offer to avoid an insurance claim, settling instead for a cash compensation. Thus, the con artist is able to evade a professional damage assessment, and get an untraceable payment in exchange for sparing the ...
The internet has made it easier than ever to shop for and buy life insurance, but this added convenience requires a bit of caution. Criminals are out there committing life insurance fraud, and if...
Insurance fraud refers to any intentional act committed to deceive or mislead an insurance company during the application or claims process, or the wrongful denial of a legitimate claim by an insurance company. It occurs when a claimant knowingly attempts to obtain a benefit or advantage they are not entitled to receive, or when an insurer ...
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
Phony Contacts: Scammers impersonate legitimate insurance companies or agents through phone calls, emails or mail to convince individuals to purchase fake policies. Victims may pay premiums for ...
Between 1964 and its bankruptcy in 1973, the mutual fund and life insurance conglomerate Equity Funding ran a Ponzi scheme using fictitious life insurance policies. It sold these policies to reinsurance companies, using the money it received from these sales and from alleged deaths of policyholders to pay the incurred premiums.
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