All posts tagged online scams

Where HireRight Solutions went wrong By Lesley Fair August 8, 2012 – 11:02am Most job seekers are familiar with the basics:  Wear a clean shirt, extend a firm handshake, and don’t ask about vacations in the first 10 minutes of the interview.  But these days more businesses are digging deeper.  Tulsa-based HireRight Solutions is a…

Check out the latest in the Qchex case By Lesley Fair August 3, 2012 – 11:17am If you’ve been following the ongoing story of the FTC’s law enforcement action stemming from Neovi, Inc.’s Qchex check-writing system, the Court’s recent contempt ruling will make for interesting reading. If those names aren’t familiar to you — and…

Identity Protection: It’s Everybody’s Business By Carol Kando-Pineda July 27, 2012 – 3:19pm Identity theft has been the top complaint that consumers have reported to the FTC for 12 years in a row.  We’ve also heard from companies that ID theft can cause huge headaches in the form of unauthorized charges, worthless receivables, and customer…

Pressed for time By Lesley Fair July 24, 2012 – 10:40am It’s not an easy time to be a timeshare owner.  And the last thing they need is a company making false promises that corporate buyers and renters are clamoring for their timeshares — if owners will just pony up a “registration fee” between $500…

By the Numbers: $140 Million Megan Slack July 23, 2012 12:38 PM EDT Share This Post Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced its first public enforcement action: an order requiring Capital One Bank to refund approximately $140 million to 2 million customers who were pressured or mislead into paying for “add-on” products such…

Toward a SAFE WEB By Lesley Fair July 12, 2012 – 4:01pm In the spirit of yesterday’s superhero-themed post, Spiderman fans have insisted on equal time. Lucky for us, today’s congressional testimony urging reauthorization of the US SAFE WEB Act gives us just the segue we needed. As commerce has gone global, international fraudsters have…

FTC lodges complaint against Wyndham By Lesley Fair June 26, 2012 – 12:10pm The FTC’s law enforcement action against hotel company Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and three of its subsidiaries alleges that a series of security breaches — three within two years — resulted in fraudulent charges, millions of dollars in fraud loss, and the export…

http://www.healthcare.gov/compare/index.htm Comparing Care Providers Tools to help you assess the quality of care you’re getting The Affordable Care Act is designed not just to control health care costs, but also to improve quality of care. The federal government has created several tools that allow you to compare a variety of quality measures of health care…

I dentity Theft Resource Center ITRaC News – Q2 2012 A Message from the ITRC Parenting & Social Media The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) recently conducted the Parenting and Social Media Survey to measure the actions of parents in regard to their children’s usage of social media. Mobile device usage by children was also minimally…

Older Americans and ID Theft: When It Hits Home By Steve Toporoff June 20, 2012 – 11:48am When it comes to identity theft, older Americans face unique risks.  While all age groups may be vulnerable, older consumers are more likely to have to share personal data with doctors, hospitals, lawyers, financial advisors, and others.  Some…