PHISHING RELATED TO ISSUANCE OF ECONOMIC STIMULUS CHECKS

05/08/08—The FBI warns consumers of recently reported spam e-mail purportedly from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) which is actually an attempt to steal consumer information. The e-mail advises the recipient that direct deposit is the fastest and easiest way to receive their economic stimulus tax rebate. The message contains a hyperlink to a fraudulent form [...]

Top Ten Scams of 2007

 
By Mark Huffman
ConsumerAffairs.com
A stroll through the Scam Alerts archives finds it’s been Christmastime all year for the world’s scam artists. The Federal Trade Commission tells us that scams hit 30.2 million adults — 13.5 percent of the adult population during the last year for which it has added up its complaints.
While the FTC’s latest figures [...]

USPTO LAUNCHES MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO COUNTER PATENT SCAMS

This week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) unveils a television and radio campaign in five media markets to counter the flood of deceptive advertising aimed at America’s independent inventors. USPTO’s spots, which will run through March 31, 2002, in San Francisco/San Jose, Tampa, Pittsburgh and New York, and in Spanish in Southern [...]

Walk Away from a Bad Deal—Even if it Hurts

Too often, negotiators are so worried about making a deal that they make bad deals. A bad deal is worse than no deal. Learn to walk away from bad deals.
I can hear the voice in your head saying “Terry, that’s easy for you to say, but you don’t understand my situation. Walking away may be [...]