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Day: March 12, 2010

WELCOME TO PLANET CYBERFRAUD, U.S. REGION: IC3 Report Shows Tremendous Surge In Dollars Lost To Online Scams; Nevada, Utah, Florida, D.C. Among Cyberscam Capitals

Welcome to the rapidly evolving world of Planet Fraud, U.S. Region — or, more precisely, the U.S. Region of Planet Cyberfraud, the electronic web of deceit that often exists out of view and is sucking wealth at an alarming pace. Its capitals last year, according to a new report from The Internet Crime Complaint Center…

Mar 12, 2010
INetGlobal, AdPacs Websites Offline; Acesse.com, Associated Search Site, Has Limited Functionality

UPDATED 2:24 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) If you’re wanting to visit Steve Renner’s INetGlobal.com and AdPacs.com sites, at the moment you’ll land on pages that say “InetGlobal is currently down for maintenance. We’ll to (sic) be back by 12:00pm CST.” The message on InetGlobal.com and AdPacs.com has been in place for at least three hours and,…

Mar 12, 2010
ALERT: International Con Artists Target Madoff Victims; Regulatory Agencies, Receiver In Cook/Kiley Ponzi Case Go On Guard For Copycats

An individual or group of individuals believed to be operating internationally created a website that mimicked the website of the U.S. Securities Investor Protection Corp. (SIPC) “in an apparent attempt to target [Bernard] Madoff victims” in a fraud scheme, SIPC said. SIPC and the SEC issued warnings immediately, as did the court-appointed receiver in the…

Mar 12, 2010
FTC Charges Founder, CEO Of LifeLock In Deceptive Claims And Privacy Case; Company Agrees To $12 Million Settlement With Agency, 35 State Attorneys General

LifeLock Inc. and its principals have been barred from making deceptive claims and required to take more stringent measures to safeguard the personal information collected from customers, the FTC said. The FTC charged LifeLock and its co-founders — CEO Richard Todd Davis and former COO Robert J. Maynard Jr. — in the civil case. The…

Mar 12, 2010