by admin | Apr 30, 2018 | Scam of the day
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued Lending Club Corporation, accusing it with luring consumers into predatory loans with promises of “no hidden fees” when in fact, according to the FTC, Lending Club added on hidden up-front fees of up to thousands...
by admin | Apr 29, 2018 | Scam of the day
The small Massachusetts city of Leominster last week paid a $10,000 bitcoin ransom to cybercriminals who had infected its school district’s computers affecting every school in the city. Ransomware is the name for malware that once installed on a computer, often...
by admin | Apr 28, 2018 | Scam of the day
Access Group Education Lending, a student loan services company has contacted 16,500 student loan borrowers and co-signers that files containing large amounts of their personal data including their names, driver’s license numbers and, most significantly, their...
by admin | Apr 27, 2018 | Scam of the day
Speaking at a recent security conference, Microsoft Windows Defender Research Project Manager Erik Wahlstrom indicated that Windows tech support scams continue to be a major problem with instances of the fraud being reported to Microsoft increasing by 24% in 2017 over...
by admin | Apr 27, 2018 | Scam of the day
Investment adviser, Amrit Chahal has hit the trifecta with fraud charges being brought against him by the SEC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. All of the charges relate to Chahal, an...
