Fraudsters trying to steal Missourians’ personal information are posing in e-mails as a state official, according to the office of Treasurer Clint Zweifel, which warned of the phishing scam Wednesday.

The phony e-mails promise to help Missourians obtain unclaimed property held by…

The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced a major crackdown on companies that allegedly swindled consumers in get-rich-quick schemes and other bogus financial services.

The watchdog agency charges 15 firms as part of what it calls “Operation Short Change,” which also included…

Business association of trophy peddler?

St. Louis area business should be wary if they get e-mails announcing that they’ve won a “prestigious” award from the Washington-based U.S. Commerce Association. Businesses have to pay for the plaques and trophies and the group…

Late last week, the Federal Trade Commission started mailing out about 400,000 checks in the amount of $27.68. The money is part of settlement in the federal agency’s lawsuit against J.K. Publications, a California pornographer that, back in 1990s, ran up…

According to Chas Beat, the Post-Dispatch blog about St. Charles County, St. Peters officials want city residents to know it has nothing to do with fliers offering to paint “night vision address numbers” on the curbs in front of homes.

From Friday’s…

So you’re suffering symptoms that you fear might be consistent with swine flu. Depending on how crummy you’re feeling, you might want to make an appointment with a doctor or drop by a health clinic. What you don’t want to…

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster warned Tuesday that fraudsters appear to have targeted customers of Eureka-based Rockwood Bank.

As part of a so-called  “smishing” scam — the text-message version of the common “phishing” con — bank customers get messages purporting to…

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed a lawsuit Tuesday that his office says will stop a California company from “cheating consumers facing mortgage foreclosure.”

Koster accuses the company, US Foreclosure Relief, of promising to protect homeowners and then not providing any…

It ought to go without saying, but the $787 billion federal stimulus package isn’t going to just any down-on-his-luck layabout who asks for it.  Still, that hasn’t stopped con artists from crafting elaborate scams that prey on naive marks who…

A Colorado ticket scalper allegedly bilked concertgoers before folding up shop and moving to the St. Louis area, where he appears set to re-open his business, Biggest Fan Tickets.

The scalper, Justin Kreft, reportedly charged as much as $690 for hard-to-get tickets…