Affinity Fraud - I Trusted You and You Screwed Me

Affinity fraud scams are difficult to note and stop because the victims are in a state of denial or too embarrassed to report the crime to police. Victims feel there is nothing that can be done because the money or property was freely given to the culprits.

The Top Five Vacation Scams - How Not to Be Taken for a Ride

Vacation related fraud is a major concern. The National Fraud Information Center has reported that there are so many consumer fraud scams out there that it is difficult to tell a legitimate deal from a fake. Many of them seem “too good to be true.”

Crooked Moving Company Schemes

Be sure that before you sign a moving agreement or pay any money beforehand that you are given a quote for the entire job of moving your things to their new location. Once the moving company agrees on a price to move your things, he has to honor it.

How To Raise Money To Help Stop Crime Against Children in Our Schools and Communities

If you're like most people and you turn on the news at least once a day, you can't help miss the stories about crime and tragedies at our schools. With episodes of violence on campus, whether elementary schools or college campuses, more needs to be done to protect our children. This project will open the door for fund-raising efforts to provide more protection in our schools.

Bus & Taxi Cab Passenger Safety Tips

Thousands of people across the nation take public transportation every day. As a passenger, you should follow this safety advice when boarding a bus or a taxi to increase your personal safety.

MLM Plan on the Outside, Pyramid Scam on the Inside

Many of today's multi-level marketing programs involve some degree of deception. Either they promise unrealistic sales and incomes or they are nothing more than pyramid schemes disguised as MLM programs. A pyramid scheme is when you earn money by recruiting other people into the program with no real product or service sold.

Personal Safety Tips - A Soldier's Perspective

An attacker can be just about anyone and sometimes people that you least expect. Take the current situation in Iraq for example. When the war began we had a clear enemy, they had uniforms, weapons and large machinery. Today we have the fog of war. We don’t know who is civilian and who the enemy is. There are no uniforms, they all carry weapons.

Turnkey Website Money Making Schemes

Secondly, you could get nothing at all for your investment, a website so shoddy that you wish you could have gotten nothing, or you might get a halfway decent site with little or no technical support. Our recommendation is to stay away from anything that promises instant, overnight success with money back guarantee.

The Toxicology Test - Too Much or Too Little Drugs

Toxicology is a hybrid of physiology and chemistry that deals with drugs, poisons, and other toxic materials, and how these substances change or harm living beings, especially humans.

What Paris Hilton Eats for Breakfast in the LA Jail

What is for breakfast in the LA County Women's Jail? Well for starters it is not that great proclaim many of the former female inmates in a recent exit poll. What didn't they like about it you ask? Well, they seemed to have disliked the SOS, which stands for Sh_t on a Shingle, an old army phrase, as it is something that the US Army use to feed soldiers and some people just call it slop.

Medical Examiner or Coroner - What's the Difference?

In this article, I will attempt to explain the differences between a medical examiner and a coroner. I will also discuss what each of their job duties entails.

The Search for Little Madeleine

My heart goes out for this little girl and her parents. It is now 16 or so days since she was taken from her bed and no news is bad news when it has been this long since her abduction.

Peeking Inside a Crime Lab

Both forensics and clinical laboratories use the same scientific equipment and follow the same research protocols. However, in a clinical lab, testing with the purpose of diagnosing and treating the sick is carried out from a live patient. A forensics lab performs testing with the aim of establishing links between a suspect and a crime.

Despite 'Not Guilty' Verdict - Doctor Who Examined Yates Is Unconvinced

Prosecution Psychiatrist's 68 Reasons Why Andrea Knew Right From Wrong. One day after a Texas jury found Andrea Yates not guilty of murder by reason of insanity, a psychiatrist who examined her tells ABC News he's still not convinced.

Sweepstakes Fraud - Is Ed McMahon Asking You to Send Him Money?

Every day, many Americans receive sweepstakes offers, but not all of them are legitimate. How can you discern the difference between a real sweepstakes offer and a scheme designed to part you from your hard earned money? As a general rule, you should never have to pay a fee to claim your prize in case you actually win.