Fraud

The job market is a complex system rife with its own dynamics, peculiarities, and sometimes, unfortunate irregularities. One such irregularity is the posting of ‘ghost jobs’ — advertised positions that are not actually available. (I should know; I have been looking for a new job since January!) There is an…

Have you ever been lured by the promise of a well-paying freelance job, only to discover it was nothing more than a cleverly disguised scam? I recently fell victim to one such scam, known as the Hyve Book Creator. Let me share my cautionary tale and the lessons I learned…

Australian tax fraud fugitive, convicted IP thief and notorious Satoshi Nakamoto cosplayer Craig Wright is still on a SLAPP spree Written by Arthur van Pelt ABOUT EDITS to this article: as more material may become available after the publication of this article, it could have edits and updates every now and then. …

Medical fraud has not only cost patients/consumers millions of dollars but has also created false medical records, leading to potentially inaccurate diagnoses and unneeded treatments. Medical records are something that all patients need to track and correct, as needed, because they may mean the difference between adequate treatment and/or medical…

If you follow the financial and business news semi regularly, is it just me or does there seem to be more and more frauds, scams, than ever before? Whether on the business level, personal level, crypto, IT hacks, phone scams, phishing, etc, it is happening everywhere. Although in past eras…

The internet scammers are getting better at their craft — I like to think I am smarter than the scheming scammers who prowl the Internet. The evidence says otherwise. I’ve been duped, more than once. Last month, for example, I received an innocuous text from a friend. “How are you doing today?” It seemed impolite not to reply, so I…

Generative AI has opened new applications for businesses. Generative AI has revolutionized numerous aspects of business operations and opened exciting new opportunities. Some examples of generative AI applications for businesses are Content Generation, Creative, Designs, Personalized Recommendations, Virtual Assistants and Chatbots, synthetic data generation and many more. However, there has…

What is identity? Coming back to the Latin root of the word idem meaning the same; at its base, identity is knowing a person is the same person over time (i.e., continuity) and distinct from someone else (i.e., contrast). But what do we need to know about a person in order to establish…

Who doesn’t want some quasi-governmental agency to drop $150,000 on them? — I was contacted by a high school friend on Messenger (lets call her Linda). We hadn’t been in touch for some time, and she began by asking how I was doing. after I answered and asked how she was, she told me about receiving $150,000 from some global agency set…