internet fraud

The Indiana State Police reminds area residents to ensure they verify phone and door to door solicitors of donations purporting to be collecting funds for charitable organizations. State Police Public Information Officer Sgt. Rod Russell said the State Police and many other police agencies across Indiana have received complaints from residents and businesses concerning solicitors who implied they have an association with the Indiana State Police or other police agencies. These complaints have resulted i  

An alert for citizens from the Attorney General, beware of new scams from fake IRS emails to credit union phishing. They all want your personal information. Attorney General Jim Hood warned of a new phishing scam targeting credit union members.

We've had a victim in Mississippi whose account has been cleaned out   -Jim Hood

 

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Huntsville business owners beware, police say scammers are targeting you. The Huntsville Police Department says this week a local business owner was contacted by Premier Impressions, a company claiming to sell advertising magnets. The company even used the police department's name in the sales pitch and took a checking account number from the business owner.  

The FDIC has released its estimates about computerized fraud scams for the third quarter of 2009, and the results don't look pretty. Scam artists made away with $120 million of consumer money, while companies lost about $25 million. David Nelson, an examination specialist with the FDIC, explained that almost all of the incidents reported to the FDIC "related to malware on online banking customers' PCs." In most cases, victims unknowingly downloaded Trojans from malicious Web sites.  

Indiana newspapers, including The Tribune, are teaming with Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, Hoosier State Press Association and Indiana Broadcasters Association to combat consumer fraud. The first step is an effort to educate Hoosiers on how scammers operate and how we can prevent ourselves from becoming victims of crimes. We've also added a hotlink online at TribTown.com to connect users with the attorney general's Fraud Alert program.

In the past, scammers have focused on trying to place fraudulent classified ads to elicit responses from potential victims   -Hoosier State Press Association

 

Vanessa Blanks has it all, a loving family, a new home and even the dogs. What's missing is the car. "We've been out of a car for six months," said Blanks.  

Rush Township police have received several calls in reference to a scam falsely involving Proctor and Gamble Corp. The scam involves a person calling and stating that the victims have won a large sum of money (usually $2.2 million). The caller requests that the person wire money (usually $695) to process the check. They give a number which comes back to Jamaica.  

Police on the South Shore are hoping surveillance video can help them stop a television scam that cost one man $4,000. Braintree police sad a North Smithfield, R.I., man was contacted by a man calling himself Jim who claimed he was a UPS driver and had some LCD flat-screen TVs that he wanted to sell, the Patriot Ledger said. The victim agreed to meet the man on Saturday to buy five TVs for a total of $4,000.  

It seems like there is a new phone or Internet Scam popping up every month or so, and Woodville Police Department wants to warn Tyler County citizens the one making the rounds now is a "Jury Duty" scam. According to Woodville Police Chief Scott Yosko, it works like this: A scammer calls claiming to work for the local court and claims you've failed to report for jury duty. He tells you that a warrant has been issued for your arrest.