The FBI, Federal Trade Commission, and EarthLink have jointly issued a warning on how growing ranks of internet crooks are using tricks called “phishing” and “spoofing” to steal your identity. In an FBI press release, Assistant Director of the Cyber Division, Jana Monroe says.
Bogus e-mails that try to trick customers into giving their personal information are the hottest, most troubling and new scam on the Internet.
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On Monday, Oprah interviewed four admitted child sex offenders on her program. She had a frank and graphic discussion with them about what they did, and why they did it, attempting to help parents understand the mind of child sex offenders, thus helping them to be aware of behaviors that might raise a red flag. Although Oprah’s program is only an hour long, she has made the entire 2-hour interview available at Oprah.com. Although I have yet to watch the entire 2-hour interview, from what I have seen she is very direct and open, attempting to listen instead of judge for the beneift of understanding and gaining useful insight.
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I know we’ve focused a lot on teen sexting lately, here on the Neighborhood Crime Map, but a recent commercial, aired during the super bowl last weekend, seemed to stir up the waters again. You know how we feel about teen sexting, but what do you think about this commercial? Do you think it could encourage young people to “sext”? Could it be potentially damaging? Or, is it just a harmless, funny commercial? Watch the video embedded below and leave your thoughts in the comments section.
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Disaster Aid Scams are constantly used by enterprising crooks to make themselves and their key employees extremely wealthy. I’ve worked for telemarketing companies who have scammed and skimmed millions from the bank accounts and credit cards of people in need.
What’s considered a disaster? The dictionary defines a disaster as a catastrophic event causing great loss of life, damage, hardship and business failure. The earthquake in Haiti and hurricane Katrina in New Orleans are the more publicized disasters affecting large amounts of people at one time and open the door for disaster aid scams to operate.
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The New York Times just ran a story about a young woman named Amy (name changed). When she was a little girl, her uncle sexually abused her and took explicit pictures of her. Although Amy’s uncle is now in jail for his crimes, those pictures have been circulating on the internet for 10 years and are regularly found in the collections of individuals charged with possession of child pornography.
Every time her pictures are found in a child pornography bust, she is notified. Over the past 5 years she has been notified over 800 times. To put it in perspective, that number amounts to a notification approximately every 2-3 days.
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