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The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau is a police unit in the United Kingdom responsible for gathering and analysing intelligence relating to fraud and financially motivated cyber crime. The NFIB was created as part of the recommendations of the 2006 National Fraud Review, which also saw the formation of the National Fraud Authority .
Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".
In another instance of bogus college activity, a 2009 Home Office investigation was launched after the British newspaper The Times presented evidence that hundreds of men from Pakistan's North West Frontier had paid at least £1,000 to a gang to be admitted into bogus colleges, while some paid £2,500 for fake diplomas, attendance records and ...
Travel scams can be all too easy to fall prey to (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Any travel purchase is an act of faith. Travellers pay a lot of money upfront and take delivery only when they turn up ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Thanksgiving Day is two weeks away, the countdown to Christmas continues, and if you have plans to travel out of state for the holidays — you better watch out! “About ...
UK government concerns over anti-LGBT rhetoric; has been banned from at least 34 countries. [7] [8] Jeffrey Atkins Sr. (aka Ja Rule) United States: Rapper Criminal record. [9] Lutz Bachmann Germany: Founder of the Pegida movement UK government expressed that he is "not conducive to the public good". [10] Omar Bakri Syria
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Emil Savundra, Sri Lankan insurance swindler; the collapse of his Fire, Auto & Marine Insurance Company left 400,000 motorists in the UK without coverage. Jeffrey Skilling is an American former CEO of Enron Corporation , convicted of securities fraud (and other crimes) for his part in the 2001 Enron scandal , a $63.4 billion bankruptcy ($112.6 ...