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  • Digital scams starting to look, sound more like banks than banks do

    Posted October 27, 2011 - 2:16 pm

    You know thosenotices you get from your bank notifying you about higher fees? Scam artists are getting better with phone, email and text blasts at sounding like real banks updating customers, except they want all the money in the account, not just $5 more per month.

  • The CFO as bank-account fraud buster

    Posted June 2, 2011 - 7:35 pm

    One day this past January, Joy Graham happened to check her company's bank accounts in the afternoon, instead of during her normal morning routine. The delay was serendipitous for Graham, managing director with LG Martin, a consultancy that develops community initiatives for businesses, individuals and nonprofits. Several purchasing-card charges raised her suspicions -- including orders for home electronics, and tickets to a Boston Celtics basketball game. LG Martin has offices in Atlanta, Houston and New York.

  • Fry's Electronics VP faces criminal charges and lawsuit

    Posted December 30, 2008 - 10:27 am

    A vice president at Fry's Electronics Inc. is facing the inside of two different courtrooms for allegedly running a kickback scheme that netted him tens of millions of dollars.

  • Why you can't trust 'friends' on Facebook

    Posted November 26, 2008 - 12:57 pm

    If you're on Facebook, you've no doubt got a bunch of friends. And if you're like most Facebook users, you're certain those friends are exactly who they say they are. And you might be right. Or you could be wrong. They could be scammers posing as your friends.

  • Microsoft's Fast Search charged with fraud in Norway

    Posted October 16, 2008 - 9:37 am

    Norwegian police on Thursday charged Fast Search & Transfer with accounting fraud, an enterprise search company bought by Microsoft in January for $1.2 billion.

  • Woman is first to plead guilty in notorious spam case

    Posted October 16, 2008 - 8:44 am

    A woman accused of helping spam kingpin Alan Ralsky send out tens of millions of unwanted e-mail messages each day has pleaded guilty to spam charges.

  • Single Email Opens a Bank Account

    Posted October 16, 2008 - 4:53 am

    According to information recently released by the United States Department of Justice, a single email left a company wide open for bank fraud. This is an excellent example for administrators to provide continuous reminders to email users.
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