I sure hate to think about anyone losing their home to foreclosure, but like so many other things in life, one person’s misfortune is another’s opportunity. This is certainly the case in Massachusetts these days as the business of foreclosure has never been better.
The Boston Herald reports that a record 23,600 foreclosures have occurred in [...]
Reports are coming in for all around the country: Foreclosure rates are hitting record numbers these days.
In some areas, like Sacramento, California, ordinances are being revised due to the large number of houses that are becoming vacant due to foreclosures.
The idea is to reduce the time the city has to wait before taking action on [...]
It’s certainly not often that I am able to praise the actions of the government in my former home state of Massachusetts, so I will seize this rare opportunity to report passage on what appears to be a good bill aimed at preventing identity theft.
You may recall the well-known data breach a while back where [...]
There are reports that some New Hampshire residents are receiving letters that are intended to convince the recipient to send personal information.
These letters are often started by addressing the recipient as “Dear Cardmember,” a greeting that has been used by credit card companies in communications with customers.
At least on variation of this scam involves [...]
According to this report, AOL or America Online as they are otherwise known, has agreed to pay $3 Million to settle with 48 states and Washington, D.C. to avoid lawsuits.
The once-mighty Internet giant has been accused of somewhat-less-than-satisfactory customer service when dealing with customers who wished to cancel their AOL service.
You may recall a recording a [...]
I’ve talked here about pump-and-dump stock scams as well as “bot nets” in the past, and this story combines these two subjects nicely and shows how computer hacking has evolved from an activity that was once practiced mostly by teenagers to impress their peers into a huge criminal enterprise where serious money is being made by [...]
The most recent New Hampshire towns to struggle with the issue of electronic signs are Meredith and Moultonboro. Some residents in those towns are not happy about the notion that new electronic signs may be employed by local businesses.
In Moultonboro, the issue came to the forefront after a real estate company erected an electronic sign [...]
I guess being a crook is just in some people’s blood or something. That appears to be the case for a Houston criminal by the name of Harris Dempsey ”Butch” Ballow.
Out on bail and already in trouble for allegedly being involved in a stock market scam, Ballow is now accused of cooking up another one.
This [...]