May 27, 2009
Bad Deal for Drugs Users
Cocaine purity is taking a hit with the current economic crisis. Drug dealers are not distributing or selling cocaine as pure as in years past. This is according to the British police. More on the video below from Bloomberg.com.
May 25, 2009
NOT A GOOD DEAL FOR CRIMINALS
The FBI is taking part on all the new trends within the Internet. It is creating widgets, adding e-mail alert services, syndicated news feeds, and a series of podcasts. These advances in technology make it easier for people to help the FBI track down wanted fugitives and missing kids, submit tips on terrorism and crime, and to get the latest news and information.
However, the FBI did not want to stop there. It has decided to join the ever popular Social Media and networking sites. It has joined Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. The following links take us there and give us the latest news on crime, fugitives and missing children:
May 24, 2009
BAD DEAL FOR CHINESE AMERICANS
BAD DEAL FOR CHINESE AMERICANS
The FBI is reporting a new trend or criminal activity against Chinese Americans. According to Special Agent Dean Phillips, there have been a number of phone calls to primarily Chinese business owners. The phone calls are coming in and threatening bodily harm to them or their family members.
Mr. Phillips said in regard to where the calls are coming from that it seems right now that the calls are being made through Voiceover Internet Protocol and the calls actually would be actually originating from China.
The FBI believes that the calls are being made by an organized crime organization rooted at an unknown location. The FBI started hearing about the calls in early to mid-April and it was mostly on the West Coast. The FBI is encouraging victims to call their field offices around the country or file a report at www.IC3.gov.
The FBI is reporting a new trend or criminal activity against Chinese Americans. According to Special Agent Dean Phillips, there have been a number of threatening phone calls to primarily Chinese business owners. The phone calls are coming in and threatening bodily harm to them or their family members unless they fulfill some monetary demands that range from 10,000 to 30,000 dollars.
Mr. Phillips said in regard to where the calls are coming from that it seems that the calls are being made through Voiceover Internet Protocol and the calls would be actually originating from China.
May 19, 2009
Alert From the FBI
Liberato Cardenas-Vega
The following suspects are being sought in connection with the kidnapping of 3-year-old Briant Rodriguez from his home in San Bernardino, California, on May 3, 2009. Brian Rodriguez was found in Mexico, but his abductors haven’t faced justice yet. There is a 10,000 dollars reward for information leading to the arrest of Liberato Cardenas-Vega and Israel Ledesma Moreno. For more information, please click here. To submit a tip about these suspects, contact your local FBI office by clicking here.
Israel Ledesma Moreno
May 15, 2009
Today in Scams
The ATA (American Teleservices Association) is promoting a tougher stand against the Auto Warranty Scam and is pledging to use its full resources to fight those crooks. It is calling on congress to act. More here.
If this sounds like an old story, well it is. Facebook is once again being used by scammers to steal personal identities. A spokesperson from Facebook told the Times that its network was accessed by hackers and the hackers stole users’ accounts and information. More here.
December 19, 2008
Latest Nigerian Scam Email!
It is christmas. It is a great time to celebrate with the family and friends. However, the current economic crisis makes it a bit more difficult for Americans to give to their relatives and friends. Everyone is on a tight budget. Therefore, the following email could appear like a gift sent from heaven to a lot of people.
Well, it is not. It is one of the latest scam emails from Nigeria. Its purpose is to steal your money. There is nothing more to it. You should not be fooled by US$76,000,000.00 million and the no one to claim it gimmick. It is all a dishonest scheme.
Mr.Akintola George,
Headquarter,
Central Bank of Nigeria.
Abuja, Nigeria.
REPLY THROUGH MY PRIVATE BOX:Sir,
Compliment of the day and how is life general with you? Of course it is my humble wish to solicit and crave your indulgence to make this project request for a joint business transaction which I hope will not come to you as a surprise, hence I plead for your pardon.
I am Mr. Akintola George, the internal Auditor with Central Bank of Nigeria of Nig, I have an urgent and confidential business proposal for you.
On June 6, 2002, an Australian oil consultant/contractor with National Petroleum cooperation (NNPC) Mr. Peter Bush made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calender month valued at US$76,000.00(Seventy Six Million U.s Dollars) in my branch. Keep reading →
December 16, 2008
The Ponzi Scheme is Part of the Everyday Wall Street Business!
The stock market is in hot waters because of the recession, the bubbles created by the mortgage financial institutions and the fear of the possible collapsing of the major US auto industries. In addition to the above, there is another problem that is coming to light and causing great fear in the Stock Market. The problem is the lack of regulations in Wall Street, which have brought a come back of the Ponzi Scheme.
According to Wikipedia, the Ponzi Scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that involves paying abnormally high returns to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent investors, rather than from the profit from any real business. It is named after Charles Ponzi. The term “Ponzi scheme” is used primarily in the United States, while other English-speaking countries do not distinguish verbally between this scheme and other forms of pyramid scheme.
Bernard L. Madoff is the latest Wall Street mogul to be accused of fraud and employing the Ponzi Scheme. According to Wikipedia, Until December 12, 2008, he had been the chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, which he founded in 1960. The firm has been one of the top market maker firms on Wall Street, and also had an investment management business.
On December 11, 2008, he was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, acting on a tip-off from his son, and charged with fraud. Madoff’s assets have been frozen and a receiver has been appointed. It is alledged that he employed the ponzi scheme to defraud his investors of more than $50 billion over the current and past decades. To date, it is the largest investor fraud ever attributed to a single individual. Spanish, French, Swiss, Italian, Dutch and other banks have announced that they have lost over a billion U.S. dollars from the Madoff scandal.
In conclusion, it is imperative to be very careful when planning to invest these days. The economy is in a recession and there are very few companies that could yield returns in the stock market. Therefore, you should be very skeptical of anybody who promises you a return of investment regardless of the company or financial institution they might represent or work for. The latter scheme is the best example that no one is trustworthy in the stock market, nowadays.
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December 8, 2008
LATEST VISHING AND SPAMMING ATTACKS
Spammers and crooks are exploring all possibilities to either steal our personal information or infect our computers with viruses and malware. The New York Times reports, “The Internet Security is broken, and nobody Seems to quite know how to fix it.” Viruses and malware are currently not only affecting Windows Operating Systems, but Mac OS as well. The latter was only a matter of time because of the increase popularity of the Macintosh Operating System. Keep reading →
December 6, 2008
Bad Deal For FireFox Greasemonkey Add On
The Ars Technica website is reporting a new malware circulating the Internet and attacking specifically Firefox users. This malware has been identified and called Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A, according to Bitdefender researchers. The trojan installs itself in the Firefox directory and registers itself as Greasemonkey.
The main purpose of this malware is to steal accounts login information stored in our computers and/or web browsers. After stealing above information, it sends them to a web address/domain similar to [removed]eex.ru. Crooks utilize above stolen information to login into our online bank accounts and steal our money or savings. According to Bitdefender, both the domain and hosting server are located in Russia.
