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Net Cetera: Chatting With Kids About Being Online
As parents, it can often be hard to keep up with your children’s internet usage, let alone the latest websites, online interactive tools, or technologies. Now OnGuard Online has created a great resour… more →
The Neighborhood Crime Map
Halloween addition of Scam Victims United
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scamvictimsunited wrote 3 weeks ago: Here are some scary facts about fraud and scams . . . From the Internet Crime Complaint Center … more →
Computer Trespass in Virginia: It Includes More Than You Might Think
Atticus Reaser wrote 4 weeks ago: The crime of computer trespass in Virginia is set forth in the Virginia Computer Crimes Act (“ … more →
Net Cetera: Chatting With Kids About Being Online
James Gunter wrote 1 month ago: As parents, it can often be hard to keep up with your children’s internet usage, let alone the lates … more →
Romance Scams
scamvictimsunited wrote 1 month ago: Romance Scams, also referred to at Sweetheart Scams, Dating Scams or Love Scams, usually begin on a … more →
Seven years
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scamvictimsunited wrote 1 month ago: Seven years ago this month my husband and I became victims of a counterfeit cashier’s check sc … more →
One week to Scam Jam
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scamvictimsunited wrote 1 month ago: It is only one week until Scam Jam in Portland, Oregon. Please join us at Reed College on Saturday, … more →
DormRing1: Click Fraud Evolves
Gerrit Eicker wrote 1 month ago: Anchor Intelligence identified a click fraud ring which involved 200,000 different IP addresses; htt … more →
Teens Sued over Obscene Facebook Page
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James Gunter wrote 1 month ago: Four Chicago teens are facing a defamation lawsuit over a fake Facebook page they created for a team … more →
Anonymity - Familiarity's Ugly Cousin and the Bane of Civility
rwbird wrote 1 month ago: Is being invisible a good thing? The availability of information, in both volume and speed, has been … more →
Fraudulent emails - FBI
scamvictimsunited wrote 1 month ago: There have been several press releases about fraudlent emails that appear to be coming from the FBI. … more →
REI being used in scam emails
scamvictimsunited wrote 1 month ago: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: REI Statement on “Prize Winning Payout” Scam Kent, WA – A company falsely ide … more →
Why do scammers love Craigslist?
scamvictimsunited wrote 1 month ago: Many websites have become infested with scammers, but Craigslist seems to be one of the places that … more →
Google it!
scamvictimsunited wrote 1 month ago: I think that Google is a wonderful scam fighting tool. On a daily basis we will have people come to … more →
Warning: Don't be the next Mugu!
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ruedeseine wrote 1 month ago: The following warning was recently posted on Craigslist Paris. The author of the posting points out … more →
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month
scamvictimsunited wrote 1 month ago: You can find out more about Cyber Security Awareness Month at http://staysafeonline.org/NCSAM And th … more →
Social Networking Friend Scam
scamvictimsunited wrote 1 month ago: This is from a Press Release from the FBI today No, Your Social Networking “Friend” Isn’t Really in … more →
Scams and Social Networking Sites
scamvictimsunited wrote 1 month ago: The following information was issued by the IC3 and can be found at http://www.ic3.gov/media/2009/09 … more →
Scam victim arrested - update
scamvictimsunited wrote 1 month ago: Back in August I told you about a scam victim who was arrested, and now I have an update on her case … more →
Scam Jam 2009
scamvictimsunited wrote 1 month ago: Please join us in Portland, Oregon for Scam Jam 2009! Learn how to protect yourself from ID theft, i … more →
