In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the U.S. Government has sent aid in the forms manpower, food, and water.  However, what is to be done with Haitian citizens who reside unlawfully in the U.S.?  Will they be sent back to Haiti? For the time being, the answer is “no.”  On Wednesday, Homeland [...]

It is no surprise that when the economy is on the decline that business fraud will rise.  Franchised business opportunities are being strongly marketed as a way to beat the recession, as are a number of business opportunity scams.  The Federal Trade Commission has issued a new warning video to help prospective business owners separate [...]

In my spam filter this morning were three emails from “service@irs-usa.com” with the subject “Notice From the Department of Treasury.”  They were all viruses.  Please note first that all emails from the federal government will almost always use .gov and not .com as the top-level domain name.  In addition, the Internal Revenue Service will NEVER contact a [...]