"fraud" tag (sorted by SiNergy)

Who else loves a good scandal? This one is a dozy! Not only does this Priest scam his church out of $83,000 he has the balls to run up a $4000 pornpayperview Comcast bill! This guy comes clean about his porn addiction and resigned from his position in the church in June and was sent to a behavioral clinic for help.

Rhett Pardon reports of a class action suit filed against domain auctioneer SnapNames.com. A group of former clients found out that a former SnapNames executive have been ratching up bids to manipulate a higher price in the domains they are selling.

Now for more depressing news.

The porn industry, like the finance community, is used to all kinds of fraud and other threats to content and security. They are really nothing new. From viruses that wipe out whole programs to shady billing practices, we've seen it all!

Here is a perfect example of how the government deals with problems in the Internet. Most of the time, they react instinctively and does things that are hit or miss. Their ideas may look good on paper. But in reality, it is a task that is difficult to pull off.

I think it's terribly insulting to invite someone and then revoke their invitation simply because the organizers -- Newt Gingrich’s American Solutions group -- sent out an invitation to the wrong person. It's not only embarrassing, but it's demeaning when you mislead people. Two women from the porn industry have fallen victim to this supposed mistaken identity shit.

iBill, the once defunct third-party processor that ended up screwing clients out of an estimated 30 million dollars is back! The new owners are taking it slow in reintroducing iBill as many in the adult industry still have many a hard feelings and nasty thing to say. I just want to know why? Why would you want to buy a name that has more history and baggage then Britney Spears?

I was already looking forward to the Wake-up Call: How Consumer Fraud Hurts the Entire Industry seminar, but now it looks like it’s going to be even more interesting with the addition of an FTC representative. Stephen L.

There’s a rumor is going around that porn hedge fund management company AdultVest Inc. is fraud. A former employee and a former investor are alleging that Founder Frances Koenig is stealing from the fund to pay for personal luxuries.

One would think that Visa and MasterCard would actually want to help safeguard their customer's from potential fraud, well apparently they are just making things worse. Both credit card companies offer programs that are supposed to protect their cardholders from fraudsters, but guess what- their verification tools look just like phishing traps! Oh, and gets better...

The Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce contacted ASACP leaders and notified them the impostors are contacting posters on message boards, claiming the content they are posting is illegal and threatening legal action. ASACP does not contact suspects themselves they report them to the right law enforcement agencies.