Articles for tag: Consumer Fraud, Internet Fraud, Reporting

Karla News

Where to Report Phishing Scams

Recognizing and Avoiding Phishing Attacks Typically, phishing involves an email purporting to be from some legitimate agency, like a bank, investment firm, lottery commission, or the IRS. These emails will request information, often directing the user to a bogus web site. Such sites in turn will resemble the agencies’ real web sites. That’s why it ...

Karla News

Free Legal Aid and Assistance Benefit Residents of Texas – Seniors, Low-Income, Illegals, Women, and More

Free legal assistance is available to Texas residents. Agencies across the state offer information and referrals at no cost to interested individuals. LEGAL AID OF NORTHWEST TEXAS (Serves low-income) Low-income residents may also qualify for free legal representation from the Legal Aid of Northwest Texas. LANWT offers individual case service assistance for residents experiencing public ...

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Avoiding African Internet Scams

When you take a close look at African Internet scams (sometimes called 419 scams or Nigerian scams), it’s hard to believe that anyone would fall for them. And yet they do, and continue to do so. The Financial Crimes division of the Secret Service reports that 100 American victims per week fall victim to African ...

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Consumer Beware: Allied Interstate Part 2

Allied Interstate has negotiated a settlement of their bad practices in the State of Minnesota, but a whole new crop of law suits are on the rise in other states. The original article I wrote about Allied Interstate caused quite a stir among readers. I appreciate the significant number of opinions and comments from consumer ...

Karla News

5 Ways to Buy St. Louis Cardinals Tickets

Buying St. Louis Cardinals tickets can be difficult and expensive but having a plan and knowing where to look can save you a lot of time and money. Here are a few tried and true options to consider when looking to purchase your tickets. 1. Buying your tickets the old fashioned way No matter how ...

Outsourcing Jobs to Foreign Countries

Outsourcing is defined as “To send out (work, for example) to an outside provider or manufacturer in order to cut costs” (American Heritage Dictionary 2007, ¶1). Some companies may want to send jobs overseas to save money, but at what cost to the American spirit and position of technological leadership. However, the result is not ...

Mcdonald’s and Product Liability Lawsuits

Plaintiff, Ashley Pelman, a minor, is suing McDonald’s Corp. after purchasing and consuming food and drink products sold by Defendant-McDonald’s and suffering physical ailments as an alleged side-effect of same. The plaintiff alleges that because of the high caloric, fat, and salt content in McDonald’s food, plaintiff suffered from health issues ranging from obesity, diabetes, ...