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Fraudulent E-Mails Will Be Investigated by Collier County, FL Sheriff - Citizens Told to Forward E-Mails to Fraud Dept. - 12/30/2007
Con Man Uses Funds from New Frauds to Pay Off Old Restitutions - 12/28/2007
EBay Goes to Romania to Fight Fraud - The Private Sector Steps In to Help Law Enforcement Fight Fraud - 12/26/2007
"Cyberlover" Robot Hacks Into the Hearts of Dating Site Members to Steal ID Info - 12/12/2007
One in 10 Web Users Report an Online Fraud Experience - eBay Offers Members Safety Advice for Buying and Selling - 12/10/2007
Lured by Reduced Risks and High Profits, Financial Fraud Replacing Drug Trade for Organized Crime - 12/9/2007
Online Fraud Expected to Increase 20% in 2007 Christmas Season - 12/7/2007
Online Games Use Anti-Fraud Software to Combat Cheats - 11/30/2007
Children Whose Identity Is Stolen Face the Treat of Unlimited Future Fraud - 11/21/2007 
Canadian Legislators Introduce Law to Charge ID Thieves with Fraud before It Happens - 11/20/2007
30.2 Million Americans - 13.5% of Adult Population -  Were Recent Fraud Victims - FTC Reports - 11/8/2007
FBI Director Mueller Warns Audience of the Dangers of Cyber Blockades, "If We Lose the Internet, We Lose our Data...Our Connectivity...Our Intellectual Property...Our Security -11/06/2007
How to Avoid Facebook Fraud - 10/30/2007
Whistle-Blowers Still Best at Finding Fraud, Survey Shows - 10/16/2007
Supreme Court Rules Against Shareholders in Enron-Style Fraud Schemes - 10/15/2007
Don't Blame Me for Fraud; I Just Helped - 10/14/2007
SEC Anti-Spam Enforcement Program Has Reduced Financial Spam by 30% Which  Decreases the Chances of Investor Fraud - 10/04/2007
On November 1st Experian Will Begin Allowing Consumers to Freeze their Credit Reports in Order to Prevent Fraud - 10/4/2007
Financial Institutions Asking Law Enforcement and Regulators to Share More Data to Combat Fraud - 9/16/2007
Fraud Infests E-Cards - 9/18/2007
Seniors Warned of High-Pressure "Investment" Seminars that Can Be Deceptive and Even Lead to Fraud - 9/10/2007
Seattle Man Gets Two Years in Jail & Three Years Probation for Defrauding Over 100 eBay Buyers Out of More Than $90,000 - 9/8/2007
Advanced Fee Fraud Ring Uncovered In Lagos, Nigeria; More than 15,000 Counterfeit Checks Intercepted; Major Cross-Country
Investigation Will Be Opened - 9/6/2007
Teenage Conman in U.K.Gets One-Year Detention for Defrauding Online Customers Out of Tens of Thousands of Dollars - 7/3/2007
Mortgage Bankers Association Report Cites 30% Increase in Fraud Reports in 2006 - 6/18/2007
Okaloosa, FL Sheriff's Dept. and Faith-Based Groups Create New Program to Help Fight Fraud Against Seniors - 6/14/2007
Employee Fraud Costs Businesses $660 Billion Each Year - Small Businesses Are the Most Vulnerable - 5/27/2007
64% of U.K. Online Retailers Have Been Defrauded; Latest Studies Predict Losses Up to 1.5 Billion Pounds by 2010 - May 16, 2007
Fraud Fears Over Digital Signatures - 4/18/2007
Middle-Age, Male Senior Managers Commit 60% of Internal Company Fraud & Often Commit More than 20 Frauds Before Caught - 4/16/2007
Experian Reports 69% Rise in Identity Fraud Reports in 2006 - Experts Warn Online Organized Crime Partially Responsible - 4/12/2007
Man Serving Prison Time for Fraud Tells Congress How Easy It Is to Use Stolen ID's to File for Tax Refunds - 4/12/2007
23-Year-Old Student Who Defrauded Investors Out of More than $7 Million In Phony Investment Schemes Gets 3.5 Years in Prison - 4/11/2007
Credit Score Scheme Raises Fraud Worries - 4/8/2007
Personal Profiles on Facebook & Other Social Networking Sites Can Leave Members Open to Identity Fraud - 4/7/2007
Toronto's Fraud Hotline Proving Effective - 4/4/2007
Nashville, TN Investment Counselor Gets 20 Years in Prison for Ponzi Scheme that Defrauded Investors Out of More than $8 Million - 4/4/2007
Banks Call for International Effort to Fight Fraud - 96% of Respondents Say Fraud is a Global Issue - 4/4/2007
Man Gets 12 Years in Prison for Fraud After He Gambles Away $4 Million in Bank and Retirement Accounts - 4/20/2007
Offline Fraud Continues to Flourish in an Online World - 4/2007
U.K. Credit Card Victims Told to Go to the Bank, Not to the Police - 3/30/2007
Internet Fraud Report Highlights User Ignorance - 3/27/2007
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Whistleblowers' Take in Fraud Lawsuits - 3/27/2007
1 In 10 Internet Users Victim of Fraud - 3/26/2007
New Passport Applicants Will Now Be Interviewed to Prevent Fraud - 3/21/2007
Men Are the Biggest Victims - and Perpetrators - of Internet Fraud, says FBI Report - 3/20/2007
8 Nigerians Arrested for 419 Advanced Fee Internet Scams - 3/19/2007
Mother Gets 2.5 Years, Son Gets 5 - 6.5 Years for Defrauding Investors out of Nearly $4 Million - 3/19/2007
Urgent Warning to eBay Sellers about a New Fraud Using the "Ask Seller a Question" Feature - 3/17/2007
Auction Fraud Tops Complaints Submitted to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center in 2006 - 3/16/2007
Lloyds of London Initiates Automated Phone Alert Service to Combat Credit Card Fraud - 3/15/07 
FBI and Mortgage Bankers Association Team Up to Fight Two  Common Mortgage Fraud Schemes - 03/10/2007
Lying Becoming Endemic; Embezzlement Common. Says UK Fraud Report - 3/8/2007
22-Year-Old Australian Given 2 Years 10 Months for Defrauding the Gov't Out of over $500,000; Money Was Spent Gambling - 3/6/2007 
Private Investigators Help Sydney Fraud Squad - 1/23/2007 
Japanese Legislature Introduces Fraud Bill that Would Return Money to Victims of Fraud before Defendants' Trials - 2/16/2007
U.K. Initiates Pilot Program that Issues Personal Card Readers for All Online Bank Customers - 2/13/2007
PayPal Sells Anti-Fraud Token - 2/12/2007
Consumer Education Is Major Factor Cited for Reduction of ID Fraud in 2007 - 2/2/2007
Phony Check Scams on Rise - 1/28/2007
Anti-Fraud Efforts in Massachusetts Auto Insurance Industry Reduces Rates by As Much as 24% in Some Counties - 1/25/2007
EBay Heightens Security Precautions as Online Fraud Mounts - 1/17/2007
New UK Fraud Act Establishes Single Statutory Offense for Fraud & Streamlines Conviction Process - But Still Does Not Address the Bottleneck of Police Investigation Resources - 1/15/2007
Denial of Service (DOS) in UK Could Lead to Ten Years in Prison for Hackers 
Penalty for Fraud Is Not Much Deterrent - 1/14/2007
Priest Charged with Embezzling Over $600,000 from Church Had Secret Wife - 1/15/2007
New Kit Helps Fraudsters Launch Automated Online Fraud Attacks - 1/11/2007
Fraud Cops Arrest EBay 2 - 1/7/2007
Is Wireless Technology Encouraging Fraud?  - 1/1/2007
Victims Credit Is Damaged as Credit Bureaus and Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement Are Slow to Respond to ID Theft Claims - 12/28/06
Retailers Lost Approximately $9.6 Billion Annually to "Return" Fraud - 12/25/06
New Federal Law Requires Most Hospitals/Nursing Homes to Train Employees in Fraud Detection to Protect Government Funds - 12/14/06
Wisconsin BBB lists worst scams of 2006, from one to 10: Advance fee loans, check scams, foreign lottery scams, work-at-home offers, identity theft, contractor fraud, bogus health and wellness claims, vacation prize scams, selling you something you can get for free and get-rich-quick seminars 12/23/06
Stopping Auction-Site Fraud - 12/17/06
21 Charged in International e-Bay Fraud Scheme that Cost 2000 Victims Over $5 Million - 12/12/06
U.K. Companies Launch Whistle-Blower Hot-Line as 50% of  Fraud in First Half of 2006 Was Committed by Employees - 12/12/06
Denver Post Publishes Top 50 Most Wanted Fugitives to Enlist Public's Help - 12/10/06
India's Best Known Consumer Activist Taken by Nigerian 419 Fraud - 11/23/06
U.S. Whistle-Blowers Helped Recover over $.3 Billion in Fraud Cases - 11/21/06
Coin Dealer Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Defrauding Buyers on eBay - 11/21/06
Internet Auction Crime Tops List of Cybercrimes - 11/17/06
Utah Working to Criminalize Mortgage Fraud - 11/17/06 
New Law Introduced for England, Wales and Northern Ireland Will Require Complex Fraud Trials to Be Heard by Judges, Not Juries -11/15/06
Phishing Kits Banned by England's New Fraud Act -11/13/06
Full Text of Fraud Act of 2006 Passed for England and Wales in late 2006 
How to Beat Online Fraud - 11/07/06
Online Banking Fraud up 55% in First Half of 2006 - 11/07/06
Swedish Study Links Steroid Use to Crimes, Fraud - 11/06/06
U.K. Gov't Paying Lip Service to Fraud-Fighting Without Spending the Money Necessary to Solve Problem, Says Fraud Watchdog - 10/26/06
New English Law Will Close Loopholes - 10/24/06
Experian Survey Reveals Consumers Most at Risk for ID Fraud - 10/23/06
Fraud Against Elderly On The Upswing - 10/7/06
Quick-Thinking Leads to Arrest of Fugitive After He Obtained over $135,000 in Loans from Elderly Canadian Man. - 9/22/06
Lawsuit Filed Against EBay for Laxity in Their Efforts to Prevent Sale of Counterfeit Merchandise - 9/20/06
Canada's Largest Retailer Uses Software System to Identify Merchandise Return Fraud - 9/19/06
Arizona's AG's Fraud Fighter Concept In Limbo While Banks Decide How to Implement It - 9/18/06
Seniors Call for Action Against Medicare ID Fraud and Miami Herald Opens Web Site Forum to Help - 9/17/06
Army Criminal Investigation Command Warns of the Growing Internet-Based Nigerian Advanced Fee Scams - 9/14/06
Former CFO of HealthSouth Corp. Sentenced to Three Years for His Part in $2.7 Billion Fraud - 9/12/06
Heir to Kaiser Industries Convicted of Fraud After Being Lured into International Fraud Scheme by Professional Con Artists - 8/22/06
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Offer Free Online Video to Help Businesses Protect Against Fraud - 8/06
V.A. Now Provides Free I.D. Monitoring to Vets to Prevent I.D. Theft - 8/10/06
Investment Fraud Victims More Knowledgeable about Finances than Non-Victims, Study Shows - 8/6/06
Keeping Fraud Cases from Falling Through the Cracks - 7/30/06
British I.D.Victim Shares His Story of Being Blacklisted for Two Years Because of his Credit Rating  - 7/26/06
U.K. Report Says Internet Fraud Investigation Complicated by Confusion Over Where Victims Should Report the Crime - 7/25/06
Online Fraudsters Now Using "Man in the Middle" Techniques Which Intercept Data Moving Between Customer and Bank - 7/25/06
Drug Dealers Use Mortgage Fraud Schemes in Ireland to Launder Money - 7/24/06
U.K. To Introduce Plea Bargaining for High Level Financial Fraud - Little Guys Get Reduced Terms in Exchange for Turning in Mr. Big - 7/24/06
U.K. Proposing to Change Penalty for I.D. Theft from Fines to Up to Two Years in Prison - 7/25/06
Online Yellow Pages Get Social with Business "Review Fraud" Feedback- 7/14/06
Authorities Fight Document Fraud as Terror Threat - 7/3/06
North Africa Region to Strengthen Anti-Fraud Efforts in Cooperation with European Ant-Fraud Office - 7/3/06 
U.K. Police Hampered in Fighting Fraud by Artifical Regional Divisions Which Are Well-Known to Fraudsters - 6/14/06
Barclays Bank Offers Free Anti-Virus Software to Customers to Help Reduce Online Fraud - 6/9/06
Internet Fraud Fugitive Turned In by Girlfriend After He Bragged About His Fugitive Status - But His 6-Year Sentence Is Reduced by the
Judge to 3 Years for the $300,000 Fraud of Nearly 200 Victims - 6/06
U.K.'s Fraud Review and Fraud Act to Improve Fraud Investigation Which the Report Describes as "Second only to drug trafficking in causing harm to the economy and society." - 5/06
Online Fraud Rate Drops to Near In-Person Rates - 4/19/06
Victims of California Foreclosure Fraud Say Being Duped Worse than the Foreclosure - 4/17/06
Foreclosure Fraud Leads to Criminal and Civil Charges for Two California Men - 4/17/06
Why Credit Card Fraud on the Net Is an Issue - 4/8/06
Identity Fraud Costs Australia $1.1 Billion Annually - 4/7/06
Business Signatures Releases Fraud Database Technology - 3/31/06
Washington State Creates Fraud Bureau - 3/29/06
ZIP Code Turns Into a Fraud Deterrent For Credit Card Thieves - 3/17/06
ID Theft Victim Tries to Report the Theft But Instead Gets Investigated as the Perpetrator - 3/12/06
World Wide Wave of Debit Card Fraud - Source of Data Compromise Still Unknown - 3/10/06
Chip and Pin Hailed as Card Fraud Falls 12% - 3/07/06
ID Fraud "Key Mover" for Terrorists - 3/07/06
Lloyds TSB Security Trial Wipes Out Online Fraud - 3/06/06
Biometrics Alone Will Not Stop Fraud - 2/2/06
Most ID Theft Occurs Offline - 1/30/06
Man Sentenced to Three Years Probation for Committing Fraud on eBay Totaling over $25,000 - 1/26/06
FBI Chief Urges Exchange on Computer Fraud Data - 1/26/06
Online Fraud Fastest Growing Fraud in Europe, According to the European Commission - 1/26/06
ID Theft Tops Fraud Complaints filed with FTC in 2005 - 1/25/06
Terrorists and Criminals Will Gain U.S. Entry Through Immigration Fraud - 1/20/06
Retailers On the Lookout for Gift Card Fraud - 1/19/06
Background Checks Curbing Medicare Fraud - 1/19/06
Three-Digit Number on Back of Credit Card Helps Prevent Fraud - 1/19/06
Banks Stress Vigilance as Online Fraud Scams Increase - 1/15/06
Fraud Victims Left in Lurch by Banks - 1/14/06
India Revives Fingerprint Plan to Combat Fraud - 1/9/06
Lack of Funding Threatens Housing Agency's Anti-Fraud Unit - 01/06/05
China Cracking Down on Cell Phone Fraud Created by Pre-Paid Phones - 12/28/05
Canada Warns of Online Tamiflu Fraud - 12/26/05
Britain Imposes 6 1/2-Year Sentence on African Who Masterminded 20 Million Pound Check and Credit Card Fraud -12/24/05 
Lottery Fraud Alert Issued on Calgary, Canada Company Sending Checks Written On Oregon Credit Union Account  - 12/24/05
Fraud Alerts on Credit Reports Creating Problems for Many Consumers - 12/23/05
New Jersey Says New ID System Preventing License Fraud - 12/18/05
Bank of America and Earthlink Launch New Online Toolbar to Prevent Phishing Fraud and Identity Theft - 12/12/05
FFIEC Issues Strong Authentication Guidelines to Help Banks Combat Fraud - 12/12/05
IRS Warns Taxpayers About E-Mail Tax Fraud - 12/11/05
Iovation Releases Advanced Online Fraud-Detection Technology - 12/09/05
Fake Web Site Registrations Churn Online Fraud - 12/08/05
44 Indicted in Landmark Marriage Fraud Investigation - 11/30/05
Identity Fraud TIPS from CNET's news.com - How to Protect Yourself and What to Do After It Happens - 11/2005
Study Shows Employee Fraud Fueled by Debt, Greed, Boredom, Lack of Structure in Life and Temporary Insanity - 11/21/05
Deaf Relay Fraud Must Be Halted - 11/19/05
Mortgage Company Introduces "FraudMark" to Reduce Mortgage Fraud - 11/18/05
Western Union to Post Warnings to Protect Customers From Fraudulent Wire Transfers - 11/15/05
Australians Willing to Pay for ID Fraud Protection - 11/14/05
Risk of Debt Card Fraud Rises - 11/12/05
CheckFree FraudNet Helps Prevent Online Fraud Before It Happens - 10/27/05
U.S. Banks Creating Database of Blacklisted Employees to Prevent Rehiring Within the Industry - 10/26/05
Fraud Hotlines Help Ensure Whistleblowers Come Forward to Report Crimes - 10/24/05
Average Fraud Case Involves the Analysis of Over 500,000 Electronic Documents - 10/18/05
Fraud Drives Banks' Smart Card Push - 10/18/05
Massive Rise in Identity Fraud Partially Due to "Bin Raiders" Paid by Crooks to Dig through Garbage Cans for Identity Documents - 10/17/05
Anti-Phishing Working Group Expands Online Identity Theft Charter - 10/13/05
ID Cards Will Spearhead Anti-Fraud Battle - 10/13/05
Microchip and Pin Security Cuts Credit Card Fraud - 10/11/05
South Carolina Attorney General's Office Hires More Fraud Prosecutors to Meet Public Demand for Increased  Prosecution  - 10/08/05
VISA to Spend $200 Million Fighting Online Fraud - 10/07/05
Uniform Approach Needed on ID Fraud, Cyber-Terrorism - 10/05/05
Fraud Booms with Mortgage Market - 10/04/05
Security Experts Barely Keeping Up With Online Fraud - 10/03/05
ICE Busts Apparent Marriage Fraud Ring in Florida - 10/01/05
Shortage of Trained Indian Labor in Indian Call Centers Increases Risk of Fraud and Identity Theft - 9/13/05
Fraud Reveals Workings of Internet Theft - 9/11/05
How to Beat the Menace of Net Fraud - 9/11/05
Putting the Squeeze on Credit Card Fraud - CNET.com 9/9/05 
Guidelines to Help Victims Avoid Fraud after Katrina - AP 9/9/05
Chip and PIN Fuel ID Fraud - 9/7/05
Check Fraud Common but Preventable - 9/4/05
Parliament Debating Fraud Bill which Could Require More Fraud-Related Training for Police and Data-Sharing Between 
Private Sector and Law Enforcement to Combat Identity Theft - 8/21/05
Click Fraud Claims Drive Lawsuits - 8/18/05
New Fraud Prevention Technology Decreases Fraud by 80% in Banks Using the Systems - 8/19/05
Australian Privacy Laws Blamed for Increased Identity Theft - 8/15/05
Mortgage Fraud Is Contributing to Higher Foreclosure Rates - 8/7/05
Florida Attorney General Initiates Consumer E-Mail Fraud Alerts - 7/30/05
"Fingerprinting" of Materials Could Protect Against Fraud and Terrorism - 8/5/05
Elderly More Vulnerable to Fraud, Says FTC - 7/28/05
Lost and Stolen File to Tackle ID Fraud in Australia - 7/20/05
U.S. Uses 2003 Extradition Treaty with Britain to Nab Two British Businessmen Connected with Enron Fraud - 07/17/05
Inmates Defraud U.S. Government Out of Millions with Phony Tax Returns Filed From Prison - 7/1/05
England's New Fraud Law Clarifies Fraud, Makes Prosecution Easier - 6/22/05
Is Checking Fraud Too Risky for Consumers - Banks Limit Their Liability in Check Fraud and Often Place the Burden on the Victim - 6/15/05
Bank of America Offers Online Fraud Detection Tool - 6/15/05
VISA Introduces "Advanced Authorization" at the Checkout Counter which Could Reduce Credit Card Fraud by 40% - 6/13/05
Juries To Be Axed in England In High-Level Fraud Cases As Legal Arguments Are Too Complicated for Average Jurors - 6/13/05 
Private Eyes Help New Zealand Migrant Fraud Unit - 6/09/05
Oregon Department of Human Sources Launches Fraud Reporting Hot Line - 6/08/05
New Zealand Police Stretched by Online Fraud - 06/06/05
The Mortgage Bankers Association Launches Online Anti-Fraud Resource Center- 06/05/05
Hong Kong Banks Move to Stamp Out Online Fraud - 5/31/2005
Bank of America Starts Online Fraud Protection Service - 5/27/05
Reformed UK Fraud Law to Tackle Phishing Attacks - Sentences Could Be Up to 10 Years; Law Also Clarifies Fraud - 5/27/05
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans Recognized for Fighting Health Care Fraud - 5/23/05
Tennessee Lawmakers Concerned over Lack of TennCare Fraud Convictions - 5/22/05 
Massachusetts Proposes Identity Theft Law that Could Impose Sentences of 5 to 10 years - 5/18/05
Restitution Delayed in Massive Internet Fraud - 5/13/05
Click Fraud: What It Is and How It Works - 5/13/05
Proposals to Tighten Up Anti-Fraud Laws in England Unveiled - 5/17/04