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FTC to Study Fraud Empirically - Finally!

Posted on July 14, 2009
Image via WikipediaThe FTC has finally decided to start studying fraud and not simply rely upon the discredited notion of disclosure for prevention.  The FTC...

Kindle Price Drop

Posted on July 09, 2009
As an abstract fan, as they are not available in Canda, of the Kindle, this looks pretty neat.Amazon is excited to announce that Kindle:...

Google Begins Banning Google AdWords Scams

Posted on July 09, 2009
Image via WikipediaOn July 1st, 2009, the FTC brought an action under Section 5 of the FTC Act, which bans Misleading Advertising, against Google Money...

Provident Royalties Ponzi

Posted on July 07, 2009
Image via WikipediaFrom the SEC Press Release on the Provident Royalties PonziOn July 2, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a temporary restraining order...

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Illusion of Control

Posted on July 07, 2009
"Why did so many people take their car instead of the plane after 9/11? The simple explanation is that, behind the wheel of your...

FTC to Empirically Study Fraud - Finally!

Posted on July 03, 2009
Image via WikipediaThe FTC has finally decided to start studying fraud and not simply rely upon the discredited notion of disclosure for prevention.  The FTC...

FTC on Business Opportunity Fraud

Posted on July 02, 2009
The FTC has produced a very good video about business opportunity fraud, the buying of a job with unrealistic earnings claims, with Jim Vitale...

Easy Google Profit Scam

Posted on July 02, 2009
One of my simple tests for fraud is this: when a website offering a business opportunity gets more attention than the FTC's site, the...

The Michael Jackson Tributes

Posted on June 28, 2009
Image via WikipediaStanton Peele has a good take on the Michael Jackson tributes:"Some people, although revered in some respects, are more inconvenient alive. For example,...

Is ACN a Pyramid Scam?

Posted on June 25, 2009
Image via WikipediaAt the scam.com forum, there is considerable debate about whether ACN is a pyramid scam.One poster cites, in support of his theory that...

Advanced Money Management Ponzi

Posted on June 24, 2009
From the SEC Press Release on Advanced Money Management Ponzi scheme:The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Chula Vista, California resident and two entities...

Regan Ponzi

Posted on June 24, 2009
From the SEC Press Release on the Regan Ponzi scheme.The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Michael C. Regan (Regan) and his firm, Regan &...

Expecting the Wrong things From Regulators

Posted on June 22, 2009
"How did alleged con man "Sir" Allen Stanford go from being a failed Texas fitness-club owner to becoming Antigua's in-your-face answer to Bernard Madoff?And...

Freedom Foreclosure Busted

Posted on June 22, 2009
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeFrom the FTC Press Release about a bogus mortgage foreclosure scheme:"At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal...

The 7 Habits of Highly Suspicious Funds

Posted on June 22, 2009
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeRick Bookstaber has very interesting checklist for determining the riskiness of a hedge fund.You've heard this story before: A trader...

Churches Cheated

Posted on June 19, 2009
Image via WikipediaFTC Consumer Alert on Churches being cheated by con criminals.There's no cost to your church. It may even make money to use for...

Stanford International Bank Ponzi

Posted on June 19, 2009
Image via WikipediaFrom the SEC Press Release on the Stanford Ponzi scheme.On June 19, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged two accountants who produced...

All States ATM Fraud

Posted on June 18, 2009
Image via WikipediaFrom the US Attorney General (San Diego) press release about the the All States ATM Ponzi fraud.United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt announced...

How To Identify Good Turnkey Business Opportunities

Posted on June 17, 2009
Image via WikipediaGovernments go to a great deal of trouble drafting and enacting laws to protect people who are "buying a job".But if you are...

Changes at The BizOp News

Posted on June 16, 2009
Over the next couple of months, we are going to change the BizOp News, and diversify into three distinct areas.First, the BizOp News will continue...

Morgan European Holdings Prime Bank Fraud

Posted on June 12, 2009
Image via WikipediaThe Securities and Exchange Commission announced that, on June 11, 2009, it filed a civil action in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against Morgan European Holdings ApS, a/k/a Money Talks, Inc. ApS ("MEH"), John Morgan, Marian Morgan, Bowman Marketing Group, Inc...

Morgan European Holdings Prime Bank Fraud

Posted on June 12, 2009
Image via WikipediaThe Securities and Exchange Commission announced that, on June 11, 2009, it filed a civil action in the United States District Court for...

What is Risk?

Posted on June 11, 2009
Peter Bernstein was one of the great thinkers about risk; he should be read with Ian Hacking on understanding one of the great intellectual turning points in our history. The move from stories to data and information. From mumbo jumbo to calculation and responsibility...

Franchise Advertising in the 21st Century

Posted on June 11, 2009
At the recent American Association of Franchisees and Dealers, Don Sniegowski gave a talk on how an Independent Franchisee Association could use the social media tools to establish its presence, and introduced a number of business models. The premise behind our talk was that franchise networks, especially in the QSR and Hotel industry, had ridden the wave of four large network effects starting in the 1950's: national highways, national free radio and TV broadcasts, national advertising, and newspapers as aggregrators...

Franchise Advertising in the 21st Century

Posted on June 11, 2009
At the recent American Association of Franchisees and Dealers, Don Sniegowski gave a talk on how an Independent Franchisee Association could use the social...

What is Risk?

Posted on June 11, 2009
Peter Bernstein was one of the great thinkers about risk; he should be read with Ian Hacking on understanding one of the great intellectual...

Gathering Evidence in a Story World

Posted on June 10, 2009
Image via WikipediaThe NPR has a useful introduction to behavorial economics, and I want to focus on Kahneman and "the pure visceral power of his own certainty. He eventually coined a phrase for it: "illusion of validity."BACKGROUND- FIND THE RIGHT STUFFKahneman's primary job was to try to figure out which of his fellow soldiers might make good officers...

The Death of Capitalism

Posted on June 10, 2009
Professor Sidney Winter, Deloitte and Touche Professor of Management , Emeritus at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has a number of good observations about the death of capitalism, bailouts, and limited liability companies.Related articles by ZemantaWhy Advertising Is Failing On The Internet (Eric Clemons/TechCrunch) (techmeme...

Shop to Earn Scam

Posted on June 10, 2009
Image by Chandra Marsono via FlickrThere are a number of people interested in Shop to Earn.Shop to Earn is essentially an affiliate program - you purchase a web...

Gathering Evidence in a Story World

Posted on June 10, 2009
Image via WikipediaThe NPR has a useful introduction to behavorial economics, and I want to focus on Kahneman and "the pure visceral power of his...

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