Unfortunately my fiance’s father passed away in April and there was a life insurance policy she was unaware that her and her mother were listed as the sole beneficiaries on the policy. He fathers ex business partner know about the policy and arranged a meeting saying they were entitled to some money from this insurance policy. So at the lunch he offered my fiance and her mother ,000 each to sign a non recourse letter and provide a certified copy of the death certificate which my fiance had in her possession. Mind you this was before my fiance and her mother knew anything about this policy. He made it sound like they were not entitled to anything and he was doing this as a favor in memory of my fiance’s late father. My fiance requested that she look at a copy of this policy to which the "gentleman" said shouldn’t be a problem. He never sent any insurance papers and made no contact until he called my fiance, yelling at her saying he was fed up with the situation and his final offer was to be 0,000 to each my fiance and her mother. At this point we became suspicious and upon further investigation we found the policy was through a reputable insurance agency and the quickly sent a copy of the policy. Here we find out that the policy is for 0,000 and the only beneficiaries listed are my fiance and her mother and this gentleman in question who was harassing my fiance was never even on the policy.
Sorry for long winded story but to me it seems as though the gentleman in question was willfully and knowingly attempting to defraud my fiance and her mother out of a very large sum of money. Is there are legal course of action that my fiance and her mother can take against this sleazeball?
I just want to say that my future mother-in-law and my fiance’s father have been divorced and his new wife was handling the probating of the will in which my fiance seems to have completely gotten cut out of.

The guy in question made it seem like the payment had to go through him, and there has been a lot of emotional pain and suffering on the part of my fiance since the initial meeting.

We had a car towed and we paid Rickenbacker Collections a few years ago, and long story short, now the real collections agency is after us to pay the 0 sum again. It turns out Rickenbacker collections is a fraud and has scammed hundreds of people if not more. I understand that the best way to get the money back is to hire a lawyer, but we’re a family of poor Mexicans, so that’s not really an option for us. Is there anything else we can do to get this money back?

I was formerly employed by a company that provides immigration services and counseling to individuals and companies looking to hire foreign nationals and/or immigrate to the U.S.. While there, it was common practice for non-licensed employees to answer a client’s legal questions and submit legal documents to the government. Furthermore, there were only a handful of attorneys who would would represent legal counsel for the entire company as well as the company’s clients. They of course do not have the time to answer all the legal questions and do all the legal casework and would typically hand off such tasks to subordinates of their legal team who do not have a license whatsoever. When questioned about the legality of whether the actions of non-licensed employees providing legal advice were legit, the common response was that these non-licensed employees have enough experience in handling such matters that they were "specialists" and thus the risk was slight. Furthermore, there was a ton of assumption that many of the questions were "non-legal" and should not pose any harm. Finally, one crazy practice that is constantly taken is that forms and written legal arguments are drafted, finalized, and submitted to the government by non-paralegals. The argument by the Company here is that the final product is reviewed by an attorney. Trust me on this one, many times it is not. If it is, it is simply glanced over and submitted and the attorney put no work in it whatsoever. The entire work was completed by a non-legally licensed individual. A simple review to me, no matter how much experience a non-legally licensed individual has in doing it, is downright fraud.

Obviously, there is a ton of B.S. that goes on there about such practices and I feel that, even though the advice given may at times be accurate, the whole practice stinks of fraud. This company is located in Chicago, IL and they provide their services over the internet and so clients don’t even know what the employees who they are speaking or receiving legal aid from even looks like nor knows anything about.

Justice must be served and I would love to hear everyone’s thoughts, opinions, and ultimate actions that would be taken.
I should mention that I am a practicing attorney. Fraud by definition is an intentional deception made for personal gain. Here, salespeople are providing a legal service for profit with the guise of attorneys acting on their behalf. The difference between legal clinics with colleges, etc., are that the clients are aware that the information is free and from a non-licensed individual. Thus, clients have consented to such services. Clients here are providing monetary funds in return for the receiving of knowledge and services of a licensed individual for the purpose of immigrating to the U.S. Therefore, because non-licensed employees are intentionally accepting payment and intentionally avoiding the use of licensed individuals then fraud may be present.

If I were a client and I knew of such actions, I would immediately request the refund of my money and go elsewhere.

I have an email which demands personal information under threat of account cancellation supposedly from Yahoo. How do I report it?

Thursday i was charged with retail fraud over a .99 cent bag of potato chips. I went into the party store to buy some chips, opened them while waiting in line to pay for them, and when i went to pull out my wallet to get my debit card i realized that I had left my debit card at the bar. The guy then immediately called the cops and I was charged with 3rd degree retail fraud. I’m just a little confused because I thought that in order for it to constitute as retail fraud I had to have an intention to steal. I even asked the guy behind the counter if i could call one of my friends to get a dollar to pay for it but he did not listen
Had a BAC of .21
It occurred in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
I’m 23 years old
I didn’t try arguing with him either.. i was completely cooperative.

There’s too much of it and not a meaningful disincentive. Government regulation is inadequate and increasingly impossible to strengthen, thanks to Laissez-faire nonsense. So let’s arrange it so the next time we have an ENRON or Bernie Madoff, they get trotted out before a firing squad. The problem will be significantly reduced.

I’m 17 and never travelled without my parents, and I have never travelled to Asia before. So it may be quite a challenge for me! I am there looking for somewhere safe with low crime rates (e.g no scamming, no pickpocketing, no frauds, no robberies, and definitely no murders!).

As well as this, I would preferably like the area to be pretty. Also, it would be useful if I went to an area where people spoke basic English. Last but not least, somewhere where people are friendly and helpful.

Obviously I want to go somewhere where I can have an awesome time! I plan to travel for 3 months.
Also, do you think Vietnam is a better place than Krabi or Chiang Mai in Thailand?

I reported a member of my distant family for benefit fraud (and they are actually committing fraud) both members of couple are claiming to live on their own as non working single parents (they have 2 children) but they live together and both don’t want to work they openly talk about how the job centre is paying them and they have lied about what they apply for.

Did i do the right or the wrong thing?

i interviewed at a telemarketing company last week. i got a really weird vibe when i came in for the interview. the place smelled funny, and the girl i was meeting was not friendly at all. she didn’t smile when she shook my hand. and she me took me to the vp of sales for my interview. this guy was a total creep. he turned on the tv and then i saw myself on the screen. he said they had to tape us cuz they have another company in another city in our state. i thought it was weird that he didn’t even warn me or ask for my permission about recording me. and later when i held the door for him, i caught him looking at my butt. this man was in his 40s and i felt like he was hitting on me. his assistant (the unfriendly girl) called me a few days later to ask me to come in for a 2nd interview. i lied and said i found something else, no thanks. so a few minutes ago, i got a call from the vp who interviewed me. he was like "hi, you came in for an interview last week. do you remember our conversation?" i said ya. he asked if I’m still interested in the position. i told him i already told his assistant that i found something else. he was like, "oh you did? oh shoot. i’m really sorry about that." then he asked if i could please keep them as an option if it doesn’t work out for me. i thought that was very unprofessional that he called after i told his assistant no thanks. should i make a complaint about them? i did some research on the company online and found all kind of reports about scams/frauds they did.

I kinow people who are committing fraud.
If you only knew the schemes people plan.

I am about to move to Egypt in 6 months to make post studies their at Cairo University
I live in UAE so i am Arabian as well
BUT
I am afraid to go to Egypt nowadays especially after the revolution of the 25th. of the last January
in addition to that as far as I know Egyptians are friendly but in such a way that their main target is to get to your wallet
a lot of them are fraud
the country is full of beggars
everyone there wants to take tips of you for nothing
the traffic is awful
the people behavior is unbearable to foreigners Egypt is full of thieves and thugs (bullies)
they may kill you for piasters!

For people who had the chance to visit Egypt before or even knew someone who did
do you think it is a good idea to get my PHD from Egypt?
Do you think it’s a safe place and the people are friendly? or will I face a lot of troubles there
I can change my destination 2some other not Arabian country of course but still I am Arabian who’ll prefer to treat with and be treated by Arabs (the same language I mean)

serious answers please
feel free to speak you mind

for the Egyptians you r my brothers
I did not mean to offend anybody but respect my worry
it is my future that I want to make clear
I said i am offending any body!
why are you talking so nervously?!!
i do have a doubt only a doubt that you can either stress on or deny and make it clear for a foreigner who did not have the chance before to come or to live in your country
i have some Egyptians friends in UAE but sadly most of them are not good they adore money
there is a proverb in UAE that says (Never secure an Egyptian on money, neither syrian on women)

@Key
thanks for making my point clear that’s exactly what i am talking about (bulling)
@occasional heroin shooter
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thanks for being honest with me
thanks for having the courage to tell the truth
Best answer my Friend
@occasional heroin shooter
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el sara7a ra7a, aghlab el 3alam elly hena hay7awlo ye2alebook w mesh haysebook fe 7alak

be montaha el 2amana aghlab el masreyeen 3alam zebala w watya w yebee3o omohom 3ashan el geneih

I will translate into English what you said
Most of the people in Egypt will try to fraud you and will never let you alone
Frankly Speaking,most of the Egyptians are rubbish
they may sell their own mothers for only one pound!

any way thank you
that was unbiased from real life opinion of a truthful Egyptian whose Eagle did not prevent him from telling the truth

i have changed my mind
i will look for another country to go to

The lady I met was so nice and friendly, said she’d help get me a job and boom. 25 minutes into the seminar they started talking about the company, instant pyramid scheme in my mind. And I was right, what an evil company! Reading on the web that they donate tens of millions to the Republican party, Christian conservative "values" in all places of the company (we’re not talking Chic fil A here, we’re talking a little cult- like), ……..they censor public information for CHRIST’S SAKE! Been involved in countless lawsuites regarding the basic legality of the company (turns out it’s BARELY legal, but that’s coming from a country of Citizens United and indefinate detention so, who really cares), guilty of fraud and tax evasion, slandering Proctor&Gamble calling their CEO’s Satanists (they were actually sued for this, and lost), and the lady wanted me to give her a list of my friends. Pyramid 101.

I encourage everyone reading this to star the question, so that you can come back and see how many Amway drone comments there are. They shut down individuals’ websites that dissent with the company, and then, flood the ones they can’t shut down with an amazing amount of comments. Wikipedia provides the info, and the other site…….just read some of the comments from "anon".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-amway.htm

I know I might be a little impatient on this subject, but I came across (what I believe) is a phishing website imitating FaceBook… it has all the signs of a phish (i.e. looks strange, asks for information, has strange web address) if you want to see the site, I can post a link… I just want to know how to tell FaceBook (or someone who can stop this) in a reasonable way to where they will see it sooner than not…

Is this legal or would it be fraud?

if im married, and have a child from a previous relationship that I have 50/50 custody of, can i apply for welfare if i say that me and my current spouse are living at separate residences? My current spouse and I also have a child together.

the welfare application says total household income…im unemployed and if my spouse doesnt live with me then i can be approved? we’re trying to save for a bigger house so we can live together

I just recently took my childrens father to court for child support. My kids are 2 and 1 years old. We have a mediated aggreement where I have primary physical custody and he has partial custody (he gets the kids 4 hours a day, 7 days a week).

When I went to child support court he didnt show up and they saw that he is not only working full time, but he is getting cash assitance from welfare for his other two children that live with him. Its now December and he has been working since June but he started getting cash from welfare around that time. Big time welfare fraud. I also reported him for welfare fraud in the beginning of the year because he had my daughter on his food stamps and was getting cash for her after we broke up in April. I didnt know he was getting those benefits until welfare took ME to child support court. I got the case dismissed but I dont know what happened with the welfare fraud.

Child support court stated they would send his paystubs to welfare. What are my chances for getting a order enforced at our next court date and will he be locked up since child support court has caught him in fraud again?
He isnt making minimum wage he is a mental health rehabilitation counselor so he makes almost 12.00 per hour. He also has section 8 housing.
I dont want him to be locked up, I dont wish that on any man. I just want him to pay the money that my children are entitled to. That is all. I just know that fraud is a serious offense

DFACS is saying that I owe 00 for not reporting all of my household income. At the time my husband was not living with me, however he was using my address not to my knowledge. He was not on my lease nor did i file taxes with him. What should i do?

Personally i know that most jobs have a natural respect to keep felons out depending on the type of crimes, like a person charged with Fraud or Money Laundering couldnt work at a bank or a Sex Offender work at a daycare or school, but other offenders could do other jobs and hell even Sex Offenders could get jobs sitting on the phones and just take orders for pizza or products.

Anyways… Also isnt there a job crisis? Theres plenty of jobs because i have seen it in all cities and sites and papers and everything, but the real question is. Couldnt the job situation be fixed if some felons could work and in certain areas of business? I know it could be figured out and fixed… but anyways. If they can work… where can they go to find jobs? or which companies are Felon Friendly?

Last quarter, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney raised 18 million dollars for his campaign. Romney took in more than half a million dollars from registered lobbyists. One of Mitt Romney’s biggest fundraisers has been lobbying for a foreclosure firm while foreclosure fraud is still going on at an alarming rate. Some are suggesting that Goldman Sachs may have switched allegiances, as they gave a quarter of a million to Mitt Romney and just ,000 to Obama. Obama has had a very corporate friendly presidency to say the least (and his administration, along with the last several, have been very friendly to Goldman Sachs), but this is evidently not enough for the behemoths on Wall Street.

A Mitt Romney Super-PAC (called Restore Our Future) has raised 12.2 million dollars for him so far this year. The PAC is run by ex-Romney officials from his previous presidential run. Not a single contributor to the PAC gave less than 00, and 4 contributors gave more than a million dollars. Politico reports that it is unclear who is making these donations, but John Paulson (a billionaire hedge fund manager who bet that the housing market would collapse, making him wealthy off of others’ misfortune) did reveal his name.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/08/07/mitt-romneys-big-money/

This guy makes Obama look good.

My card had two withdrawals from 2 different ATMs far from my house. My pin or my card was not stolden how is this possible

I am writing an essay about how identity theft is a problem and i want a nice title!

Can you give different options? Like a witty one, a funny one, a serious one, a simple one?

Please think it through =)

I dutifully reroute them to uk government email address for phishing emails, I have always wondered what do they do next ?

What does a person have to prove when filing identity theft against an ex boyfriend or girlfriend when the case is presented to the judge. If the information was given to you and you have. Documents. That the person was well aware that ran their credit.never received anything cuz their score was too low just inquires .how will this play out in court or legally

You have been married to your wife for a month, and now she tells you that she is pregnant. The problem is that the night after your wedding night, your wife was raped. Would you insist on a paternity test to determine if the baby is yours or the rapist’s, or would you rather be shielded from a potentially painful truth? If you would insist on a paternity test, what would you do differently if the baby was yours vs. if it was the rapist’s?

BQ: Would either of these change your answer:

a) The wife has PTSD from the rape, and talking about the paternity of the child triggers flashbacks for her.

or:

b) The rapist was someone you both know, and were formerly on friendly terms with.

I get complaints all the time from residents in the nursing home about a particular physician. They state she does not come to see them, merely waves at them at their door and says, "Hi, how are you?" But they state she never puts a stethescope to them or does anything more than wave at them in passing. I know for a fact she comes to the facility with her documentation already printed (its computer-generated) and ready to put in the chart. She documents things like lung sounds and heart sounds but doesn’t even listen to their chest. I read this stuff in the chart and just shake my head. I am amazed at the blatant fraud that goes on and everyone KNOWS about it but says nothing. I KNOW what she is doing is fraud……..stating you are providing a service or that you did something you did not do. Since a lot of her services are provided through Medicare, it could also be Medicare fraud or Medicaid, since some are younger people on welfare. Either way, any way its paid for, even if not Medicare and is private insurance, it is fraud. This has gone on for years unchecked and I am tired of it. BUT I am afraid of losing my job if I say anything. I checked into the medical board and to file a complaint there, you must give your name. I’m not going there. I considered a Medicare complaint, but them the feds would not only be all over this physician, but would be all over the facility itself. What this physician is doing is wrong on so many fronts. She is cheating her patients out of healthcare she says she is providing but isn’t and is cheating the federal governement too. But this is a huge problem and I don’t know what to do about it. Ideas????