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Category: Fraud

MORE Scam Shutdown Ponies Up $Millions

March 8, 2020 Bankcenter Staff 24 Comments

A group of affiliate marketers who lured consumers into a business coaching and investment scheme known as My Online Business…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Education, Financial Education, Fraud, FTC, Investing, Scams

Fake Check Scams Target Naive Young Adults

March 2, 2020 Bankcenter Staff 83 Comments

Fake check scams take advantage of what we don’t know about how banks handle check deposits. Scammers do know, and they trick…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Fraud, FTC, Scams

Wells Fargo Repents to Avoid Jail with Reforms & Refunds

February 28, 2020 Bankcenter Staff 75 Comments

Wells Fargo & Company has entered into agreements with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the United States…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Fraud, Litigation, Scams, Wells Fargo

Asking for Money While Kissing – a Big Red Flag

February 19, 2020 Bankcenter Staff

Romance scammers prey on consumers who are looking for love, converting what feels like a budding relationship into an ask…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Fraud, FTC, Scams, Seniors

Paid for Ranking Placement in Financial Products Grows

February 3, 2020 Bankcenter Staff

The operators of a website that compares student loans and other financial products have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission…

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Posted in: Fraud, FTC, Marketing, Student Loans

Free Trial Offer Snags Overseas Payment Processor

January 24, 2020 Bankcenter Staff

A Latvian payment processor and its former CEO have agreed to settle the Federal Trade Commission’s complaint against them. The…

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Posted in: Digital Payments, Fraud, PAYMENTS, Processing

Harnessing AI & Analytics to Fight Cybercrime

December 27, 2019 Bankcenter Staff

Mastercard inked an agreement to acquire RiskRecon, a provider of artificial intelligence and data analytics solutions to support companies in protecting their…

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Posted in: Artificial Intelligence, BANKING, Digital Payments, Fraud, Mastercard, Technology

Debt Collector Scamsters Get Bank Accounts Emptied

December 21, 2019 Bankcenter Staff

The operators of a scheme that conned consumers into paying non-existent debts will be permanently banned from the debt collection…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Debt Collection, Fraud, FTC, Scams

Univ of Phoenix Pinched $191M to Settle Deceptive Ads

December 19, 2019 Bankcenter Staff

The University of Phoenix (UOP) and its parent company, Apollo Education Group, will settle for a record $191 million to resolve…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Education, Employment, Fraud, Student Loans

Organized Crime Cargo Theft – Retailers’ Nightmare

Bankcenter Staff

Organized retail crime affects almost all merchants and more than two-thirds of those surveyed have seen an increase in the…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Fraud, Retail, Small Business

VoIP Provider Nailed for Credit Card Scam via Robocalls

December 9, 2019 Bankcenter Staff

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Ohio, a federal court has halted the operations…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Fraud, FTC, Marketing, Scams

Refunds Coming to Skin Care Credit Card Victims

December 4, 2019 Bankcenter Staff

The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 79,771 refund checks totaling over $1.8 million to consumers who signed up for “risk-free”…

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Posted in: CONSUMER, Credit Cards, Fraud, FTC

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