Quatloos.com

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::summary Anti-fraud website ::

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Field	Value
name	Quatloos!
logo	Quatloos! logo.png
logo_size	225
logo_alt	Tony-the-Wonder-Llama and a pirate flag bracket the site name
logo_caption	Cyber Museum of Scams & Frauds
type	Finance
language	English
founded	1997
founder	Jay Adkisson
website	http://quatloosia.blogspot.com/
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| name = Quatloos! | logo = Quatloos! logo.png | logo_size = 225 | logo_alt = Tony-the-Wonder-Llama and a pirate flag bracket the site name | logo_caption = Cyber Museum of Scams & Frauds | type = Finance | language = English | founded = 1997 | founder = Jay Adkisson | website = http://quatloosia.blogspot.com/

Quatloos.com is an anti-fraud website maintained by a non-profit corporation, Financial and Tax Fraud Education Associates, Inc. It evolved out of a basic educational website on the topic created in 1997 by Jay Adkisson, an attorney and stockbroker,

Forbes selected it as one of its "Best of The Web" sites in 2000. and was included in their 2004 feature on the top 100 undiscovered web sites, where it was recommended as a good place to learn about scams and fraud. In the 2000s it was cited as an authoritative source for scams in the financial media, and by government organizations, and had reportedly been frequented by employees of the US Justice and Treasury departments, as well as those of the US federal courts.

In 2010, the blog was moved from its original domain at Quatloos.com to a blogspot page. The updates and activity on the site lessened over the next decade, with its final post in December 2022.

Etymology

The term quatloos appears in an episode of Star Trek, although it may have been in use prior to this; it was the name of a currency used for betting in the episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion." It was chosen for the site as it has come to mean a "fictional currency," appropriate for a site that fights fraudulent money scams.

References

References

1. "About Quatloos.com". Quatloos!.
2. (11 September 2000). "Build Your Own Soapbox".
3. "Contributor Jay Adkisson Full Bio". Forbes.
4. (5 April 2001). "Taxpayer Beware: Schemes, Scams, and Cons". [[US Senate Finance Committee.
5. (13 June 2003). "Site of the Week: Quatloos". [[PC Magazine]].
6. (20 April 2004). "Quatloos!".
7. (3 January 2003). "Tax Scams".
8. (17 January 2008). "Let's get serious".
9. "Consumer Alert: Stranger-Originated Life Insurance (STOLI)". [[Ohio Department of Insurance]].
10. (27 February 2003). "Financial Planning or Fleecing of Seniors?". [[California State Senate]] Insurance Committee]].
11. (25 March 2004). "White Hats Take to the Web to Dispel Anti-Tax Schemes". [[New York Times]].
12. "Quatloos!".
13. "Quatloos!".

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