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US carriers have ‘reaped hundreds of millions of dollars’ from bogus charges

31
Jul
2014

A new report published Wednesday claims US wireless carriers have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars from unsuspecting customers by cramming unauthorized charges onto their bills. The dubious practice often finds wireless subscribers paying for premium short message services (PSMS) they have no recollection of signing up for. Cramming has caused consumers substantial harm […]

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FBI nabs international “scareware” ring

26
Jun
2011

Long a puzzling challenge, the FBI seems to be making strides in tackling international coordinated scams, in this case, scareware. Scareware, the practice of providing fake infection notifications to users’ computers, and then offering to sell solutions to problems that don’t exist, has been quite a boon as of late for fraudsters. FBI claims the […]

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