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Ridgewood NJ, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned of threat actors sending phishing emails and text messages purporting to be from state workforce agency (SWA) websites. These emails contain links that, if clicked, direct users to spoofed unemployment benefit websites requesting users to enter personally identifiable information (PII) or other sensitive information. This data can be used to apply for unemployment benefits and/or commit identity theft.
by Bridget Small
Division of Consumer & Business Education, FTC
If you used MoneyGram to send money to a scammer between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2017, you may get a prefilled claim form in the mail soon. The claim forms, from claims administrator Gilardi & Co. LLC, are the first step in distributing money from the $125 million settlement with the FTC in 2018. In that case, the FTC and US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged that MoneyGram failed to meet agreements to crack down on consumer fraud involving money transfers.
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Wayne NJ, according to Detective Captain Dan Daly the Wayne Police Public Information Officer , following an investigation involving subpoenas for records, the Wayne Police Department has identified and charged a man with defrauding a Wayne resident.
Continue reading Man Charged with Defrauding a Wayne resident in Utilities Bill Scam
Continue reading Valley Health System Warns about Medical Billing Scams
by Lois C. Greisman
Ridgewood NJ, if you, or someone you care about, lives in an assisted living facility or nursing home, read on. Because the bill funding the second round of Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) has now been signed into law. The money — right now, $600 per person who qualifies — is being sent out over the next few weeks. And, like last time, the money is meant for the PERSON, not the place they might live.
Continue reading FTC: Stimulus payments for people, not nursing homes
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Ridgewood NJ, according to a WalletHub Study , New Jersey Is 2020’s 5th Most Vulnerable State to Identity Theft & Fraud.
With businesses such as Marriott and Nintendo experiencing data breaches this year but the number of breaches down from 2019, the free credit-monitoring website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s States Most Vulnerable to Identity Theft & Fraud, as well as accompanying videos.
by Alvaro Puig Consumer Education Specialist, FTC
Ridgewood NJ, Scammers are calling people and using the names of two companies everyone knows, Apple and Amazon, to rip people off. Here’s what you need to know about these calls.
Continue reading Beware of Fake Calls from Apple and Amazon Support
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Haldon NJ, A New York man and a Passaic County, New Jersey, woman admitted that they participated in a scheme to defraud over 260 customers of their moving company out of more than $540,000, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
Continue reading NY/NJ Couple Admits Roles in Moving Company Scamming Customers for Over $547,000
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Carson City NV, Nevada’s electoral college candidates pledged to President Donald J. Trump today filed an election contest under Nevada’s election code, citing substantial irregularities, improprieties, and fraud that occurred in Nevada’s 2020 presidential election. The suit details the unreliability of the Agilis ballot processing and signature scanning machine used in Clark County, and the electronic voting machines used throughout the state. It also argues that the denial of observer access to the duplication process, and the impropriety of some Native American outreach programs that resulted in apparent vote-buying, cast substantial doubt on the results of the election. No less than 40,000 votes, and possibly more, were impacted by these various defects. This margin is greater than the margin between President Trump and Joe Biden in Nevada.
Continue reading TRUMP ELECTORAL COLLEGE CANDIDATES IN NEVADA FILE ELECTION CONTEST
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Ridgewood NJ, according to CPA James Brown, The IRS has warned taxpayers of a clever scheme by internet scammers to dupe tax-payers into revealing their bank account information under the guise of receiving the $1,200 Economic Impact Payment (EIP) that Congress authorized last Spring.
Continue reading Beware of New Text Scam Related to Stimulus Payments
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Linwood NJ, The New Jersey Democratic State Committee and its Chairman John Currie want me to declare Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the President-elect and Vice President-elect respectively. I have some news for them.
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Jersey City NJ, The former president of the Jersey City Board of Education (JCBOED) and former Acting Executive Director of the Jersey City Employment and Training Program (JCETP) and an Ocean County, New Jersey, attorney were indicted today for embezzlement, money laundering, and fraud in connection with multiple criminal schemes, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
