This is where scammers promise to match or multiply the cryptocurrency sent to them in what is known as a giveaway scam. Online scam prevention tip: Research cryptocurrency exchanges before…
Scam is sometimes used in phrases that refer to the medium the scammer uses for the scheme, such as email scam or phone scam. Phones offer a way to automatically…
During a webinar on research fraud, Smith reported that she insisted "that it is not a problem of bad apples but bad barrels if not of rotten forests or orchards."…
While the FTC does not intervene in individual complaints, Sentinel reports are a vital part of the agency’s law enforcement mission and also help the FTC to warn consumers and…
But these days, some scammers pretend to conduct surveys as part of fraud schemes designed to rip people off. People of all ages, including the elderly, are being victimized by…
Verizon users have been noticing the scam texts since at least the last week in September. Scams like these require users to pass the fake coupon on to their Facebook…
In 70% of these reported fraud cases recorded by the FTC, contact by telephone was the method of initial communication used by the scammers. Malicious recon emails. This looks like…
This scam has several versions. Your experience helps us boost public awareness about common scam tactics. Beneficiaries - people who get public benefits like SSDI, disability, or veterans’ benefits. Don't…
Use the following checklist to decide if the contact you’ve received is a scam. 2010) in defining a dictatorship as an independent country that fails to satisfy at least one…