KnowEm.com (formerly CheckUserNames.com) launched a new web service today which monitors hundreds of social media sites for social media identity theft, helping brands to secure their brand names ...

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More than 80 million Americans were expected to receive coronavirus relief checks last week, according to the Treasury Department, as part of the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic ...

Someone you don’t know sends you a check, and then asks you to deposit it and send some of the money to another party. In March 2020, the prospect of the U.S. government's sending out $1,200 stimulus ...

While major banks in the U.S. started delivering $1,400 stimulus checks in March, the federal relief payments continue to arrive at millions of households struggling to make ends meet amid the ...

Once considered an old-fashioned crime, check washing has roared back to life with alarming sophistication. Criminals are not just targeting personal checks anymore. They are exploiting every ...

For a small business, dealing with a company that is not genuine can be devastating. A supplier that does not exist, for example, can cost a small business time and money. Dealing with such a company ...

An interesting and highly lucrative con targeting those attempting to sell vehicles (and other high-ticket items) online works like the highly successful Nigerian scam, but while his bit of larceny ...

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Check scams are on the rise, the F.T.C. says, and many of the victims are in their 20s, with little check-writing experience. By Ann Carrns Fraud involving fake checks has mushroomed in recent years, ...