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Article | 23/06/2009 Fraudsters try to scam security expert on eBay
When security expert Bruce Schneier tried to sell a used laptop on eBay, he thought it would be easy. Instead, a sale was aborted twice -- first by a ...
Article | 4/05/2009 LexisNexis says its data was used by fraudsters
LexisNexis acknowledged Friday that criminals used its information retrieval service for more than three years to gather data that was used to commit ...
Article | 24/04/2009 Forget computers, phone crime is worrying banks
Computer fraud may be a big problem for banks today, but the telephone is becoming a critical tool for fraudsters, bank executives say.
Article | 22/04/2009 EBay pledges to work with police, opposes e-fencing bills
Officials with eBay encouraged police, prosecutors and U.S. enforcement agencies to contact them for help on investigations, saying that working with ...
Article | 6/04/2009 NSW govt ups first home owners grant fraud detection
The NSW Government will soon have a new weapon to combat fraudulent claims for the First Home Owners (FHO) grant. The NSW Office of State Revenue (OS...
Article | 6/04/2009 Three spammers sentenced in US for advance fee fraud
Two Nigerians and a Frenchman were sentenced to prison Thursday for swindling people out of more than US$1.2 million in a massive e-mail scam, the U.S...
Article | 2/04/2009 Phone service for the deaf becomes a fraud tool
A telephone service designed to help deaf and speech-impaired people communicate is being misused by fraudsters, a PayPal executive said Wednesday.
Article | 31/03/2009 FBI: Internet fraud complaints up 33 percent in 2008
2008 was the busiest year yet for online fraudsters according to an annual Internet Crime Report released Monday by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investi...
Article | 23/03/2009 Report: Airlines hit hard by online fraud
The airline industry experiences significant online fraud, according to findings released by CyberSource Corporation, a company that offers a hosted f...
Article | 20/03/2009 Online organ donor broker charged with wire fraud
The operator of Liver4you.org is facing wire fraud charges for an alleged scheme to use the Web site to entice people needing organ transplants to wir...
Article | 17/03/2009 Tim Berners-Lee is cybercrime victim
'Founder of the web', Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has revealed he was the victim of online fraud after purchasing a gift online.
Article | 28/01/2009 Satyam appoints management advisor, investment banks
The board of Satyam Computer Services has appointed The Boston Consulting Group as management advisor, and Goldman Sachs and Avendus, an Indian invest...
Article | 15/01/2009 Satyam hires accounting firms to restate accounts
The board of Satyam Computer Services has hired two accounting firms to restate the accounts of the scandal-ridden company.
Article | 21/10/2008 Aussie ID-theft service monitors your credit file
A new credit security service was launched this week that can alert consumers to any changes in their credit file should they lose their credit card, ...
Article | 10/09/2008 Malaysia resident sentenced in brokerage hacking scheme
A resident of Malaysia was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison on a conspiracy charge related to an international fraud scheme that hacked into o...

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