Spam scams are so common they are rarely worth reporting on. But sometimes one is interesting - even if only because it is so ridiculous. This advanced fee fraud is just silly. Read it - don't be taken in by it. And yes, of course we'll keep it...
Business crime: UK Insolvency service closes businesses for misleading sales practices
Three companies based in Bolton in the north of England which used misleading sales practices to solicit sponsorship from businesses have been wound up in the High Court following an investigation by Company Investigations of the Insolvency Serv...
Fraud: Increasing incidence of frauds against law firms
The USA's FBI is warning of an increasing level of fraud in which correspondence from fake clients tricks law firms into handing over their money. The mad thing is, it's an old trick against a new target which should know better.
Business Crime: theft of jet engine "an inside job."
The Royal Malaysian Air Force is in tizz. One of their aircraft engines has been stolen. But now they know where it is, and heads are rolling.
Business crime: Regulator secures money laundering conviction
ASIC, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission has established a precedent by becoming possibly the first regulator to secure a conviction for money laundering.
Amazon.Com Limited would hate it, but one suspects that the owners of Amazon Limited hate it even more. And lots of other companies called Amazon...
Business Crime: the underlying value in spam
We all hate spam. But the world's biggest spammers actually provide a service. Spam in fact provides an accurate and timely assessment of the US...
Business Crime: US authorities warn of novel spam-scam
The USA's Internet Crime Complaints Centre (IC3) has warned of a novel spam scam. It appears to be from the US Attorney General, but there are si...
Business Crime: UK fraudster made bankrupt for 15 years.
Duncan Lawrie Herd, formerly of Barnstable, Devon but current whereabouts unknown, has been made subject to a Bankruptcy Restriction Order for 15...
Business Crime: SEC gets emergency order in travel industry ponzi
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) has filed, 14 October, 2009, filed emergency civil action in the U.S. District Court of the...
Fraud & Embezzlement
It is often said that about three quarters of crime against businesses is committed or aided by someone within the company. This section covers those, plus external fraud. Contribute
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