Year: 2024

Another way to spot a scam in the vein of the Nigerian prince fraud is to look for any requests for upfront payment that will result in a greater return.…

It included tricks like spoon-bending and using his psychic powers to find water, and skeptic magician James Randi was determined to expose him as a fraud. While the term PC…

If you hear from a “provider” that their scholarship offer is only available for a limited time, it’s a scam. Although testing a sample of data is a valid audit…

The fraud artist may contact you via phone and will ask you the opportunities in such investments. Here’s how to tell a real text message from a scam-even if the…

Players will ask to copy and paste a certain message on several items to win something, of course doing so grants nothing, and this is a popular soft scam. This…

In an initial wave of scam posts, @bitcoin, @ripple, @coindesk, @coinbase and @binance were hacked with the same message: “We have partnered with CryptoForHealth and are giving back 5000 BTC…

In this type of scam, fraudsters retain a list and contact previous investment scam victims by telephone, email, social media or will use search engine optimization and claim that they…

With continued advancements in technology and machine learning algorithms, the future looks promising for using AI as a proactive measure to prevent fraud before it happens. To verify you are…

They often ask for personal information or small payments as a gateway to larger fraud. Identity theft on Facebook may include any scheme that collects personal information. But they also…

It is common for swindlers to avoid traditional forms of shipping to protect themselves from prosecution under federal postal fraud laws. Swindlers often declare that the specifics are "too technical"…