80 Scammers Charged in International Romance Fraud Conspiracy By Caleb Danziger You’ve probably heard about or even received the emails from people who claim to be stranded in desperate situations and need money immediately wired to them. Some of them take the time to befriend their victims first and spark supposed romances with them. Some […]
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The Amazon rainforest is burning to the ground at an unprecedented rate, but don’t despair. With just one “like” on Instagram, you can donate $1; for a follow or repost, you can plant a tree. Making a difference is as easy as tapping your thumb — or so a vast network of scammers on the
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ROANOKE, Va. – Hate robo calls? You aren’t alone. Scams and robocalls are on the rise. According to caller ID app Hiya, there were over 26.3 billion robocalls last year. Nearly 30% of all calls were fraudulent. According to the Federal Trade Commission, those who fell for the fraud calls lost on average $700, totaling $332 million. The
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The Growing Prominence of Scammers Using Social Media for Lottery and Other Scams Social media is the way many people around the world learn about things going on in their communities and beyond their borders. You probably know, by now, that legitimate businesses, government entities, and civic authorities use social media, with great success to
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There are no secret techniques or shortcuts to proper optimization. ORLANDO, Fla. (PRWEB) April 09, 2019 SEOHost.net, a provider of SEO hosting, domain registration, and SSL services, today spoke about the red flags that may indicate a search engine marketing professional is not above-board. “Unfortunately, especially in a field as technical as search engine
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Washington, DC – At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a U.S. district court in Illinois has handed down a final judgment and order requiring nine related Canadian and U.S. defendants to pay more than $4.6 million for tricking small businesses into paying for Internet directory listings, search engine optimization services, or website design and hosting
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This might come as an utter shock, but not everyone on the web plays by the rules. The dark side of SEO can be particularly crippling to a business if they aren’t aware of how to fight back. All those algorithms Google and other search engines use to identify sites that demonstrate genuine value to
Ever get an email from Facebook which you’re not sure is legit? Scammers regularly use emails made up to look like they’re from The Social Network in order to steal your information, prompting users to log on to address an issue of some kind, with a link that takes them through to a phishing site.
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Here are the notes from the Chris Brogan Media broadcast for 11/09/17. (You can watch this on my Facebook account). The goal of these posts is that there are trends and ideas here that might impact your business now or soon. Think on the stories here and look for ways to adjust your business accordingly.
Have you ever answered a phone call from an unknown number, only to hear a pre-recorded message? These “robocalls” are very common, and most of them are scams. In particular, scammers pretending to work with Google often target small business owners. Keep reading to learn how to stop receiving these annoying, predatory, and illegal calls.
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