Dorm Room Pilfering Can Be a Real Dilemma – Stuff Disappears & No Proof
College students and young single Americans tend to be broke most of the time and often find themselves living with a roommate or two …
Scams
Payday Lender Scams $228 MM: Draws 10 Yrs in Slammer + $69MM Penalty & Assets Gone
Operating a network of 20 companies, Hydra Financial and its principals allegedly collected on fake, short-term, small-dollar online loans, bilking hundreds of thousands of …
Borrower Defense Rule Shafts Students & Taxpayers — Fraudulent Schools Smiling
A person with 10 yachts, no student debt woes, and never went to public school is in charge of running and ruining our national education …
1st Season Apprentice Star Allegedly Sells Fraudulent “Get Rich Quick” Courses – Sound Familiar ?
Jessie Tieva (who appeared as a contestant in the 2004 Apprentice TV show) and, her husband, Matthew Tieva, have been charged with running a …
CFPB Consumer Protections OK Despite Mulvaney Damage
Another Trump appointed Devos-like moron is under consideration to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Kathy Kraninger knows nuttin about protecting consumers in …
FTC Rounds-Up Bad Dudes in July
Last month the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nailed a telemarketing scam, two phony debt scams, and extracted (and sending) consumers refunds from a fake …
Huge Heartless Online Scam Targets Homebuyers’ Closing Funds
Scams targeting homebuyers nearing the closing date on their mortgage loan are on the rise. The scammers attempt to steal the homebuyer’s closing funds—for …
Lead Generation Firm Shuttered After Fleecing $MM From Consumers
A company duping consumers into filling out loan applications and sold those applications – including consumers’ sensitive data – to virtually anyone willing to …
DeVry U Slightly Mirrors the Trump U Scam — Coughs Ups a Bundle
While nowhere near the near criminal brazeness of the Donald Trump University scam, DeVry University got into serious hot water for misleading ads, which …
Dumpster-Divers + Phishers + Hackers – 5 Ways to Stymie Thieves
It’s too easy to steal someone’s identity and drain their bank accounts today. Common schemes criminals use to steal someone else’s identity include dumpster-diving …
