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The alert warns of Zelle scams on Facebook Marketplace in which a fraudulent buyer attempts to buy a big-ticket item using Zelle, the popular peer-to-peer lending app, to make payment. See: 9 ...
Technical support scams rely on social engineering to persuade victims that their device is infected with malware. [15] [16] Scammers use a variety of confidence tricks to persuade the victim to install remote desktop software, with which the scammer can then take control of the victim's computer.
Feinberg said that the links were present on popular NFL Facebook fan pages and, following contact with Facebook, was dissatisfied with the corporation's "after-the-fact approach". Feinberg called for oversight, stating, "If you really want to hack someone, the easiest place to start is a fake Facebook profile—it's so simple, it's stupid."
The expanding use of the Internet and personal communication devices has made penny stock scams easier to perpetrate. [8] Though not a scam per se, one notable example is rapper 50 Cent's use of Twitter to cause the price of a penny stock (HNHI) to increase dramatically. 50 Cent had previously bought 30 million shares of the company, and as a ...
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A viral Facebook post about a supposedly missing child is a scam. It turned up on July 15, 2024 claiming the child is from Mishawaka, but similar posts claim he's from cities all over the United ...
The Mantria Corporation Ponzi scheme has been described as the "biggest green energy scam" in United States history. [1] A Federal judge in the Securities and Exchange Commission's civil case found Mantria had scammed more than $54.5 million “by egregiously, recklessly, knowingly, and shamelessly perpetrating a fraudulent scheme” that used “misrepresentations, omissions, and blatant lies ...
Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals is a citizen lawsuit filed under the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) by Joseph A. Pakootas and Donald R. Michel brought to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington against Teck Cominco—, now Teck Resources—which is headquartered in Canada. [1]