by Carol Thompson A data broker operation sold the sensitive personal information of hundreds of thousands of consumers – including Social Security and bank account numbers – to scammers who allegedly debited millions from their accounts, the Federal Trade Commission...
by Carol Thompson The caller ID shows a Washington, DC number. A man on the line claims to be from Microsoft and is sorry to inform you that your latest Windows update was corrupt, or didn’t install properly, or didn’t install at all. The man then offers...
by Carol Thompson As phishing scams become more sophisticated, consumers need to be more on guard when suspicious email arrives in their inbox. Phishing is a criminal mechanism employing both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers’ personal...
by Carol Thompson As veterinarians perform more and more complex procedures on domestic animals, more and more Americans are turning to pet insurance polices to cover the sometimes exorbitant cost of care. According to the North American Pet Health Insurance...
by Carol Thompson The New York State Attorney General has placed debt collector Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC under strict guidelines when attempting to collect debts from state residents. The company, located in Norfolk, VA, has been the subject of thousands of...
by Carol Thompson An Argentine court has ruled that an orangutan held in a zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognized thee ape as a “non-human person” unlawfully deprived of its freedom, according to Reuters. Animal...
by Carol Thompson The phone rings. The caller claims to be from United Processing Services. The message: Call an unnamed law firm within a specified time period, usually an hour or two, or a process server will arrive at your door, or worse, at your place of...
by Carol Thompson According to a recent report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau nearly 20 percent of U.S. consumers- or 43 million- with credit records have unpaid medical debt. The findings suggest many Americans are being trapped by debt because they...
by C.J. McKinney The Silk Road is dead, but the story of the Dread Pirate Roberts lives on. The name comes from a tongue-in-cheek cult classic movie called The Princess Bride. But to the users of the Internet drug marketplace Silk Road and law enforcement...
by Editorial Staff The collapse of Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s University of Virginia Campus rape story published last month in Rolling Stone has kept some reporters busy digging up stories on one of their own, or better put, digging up the misgivings...
