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Per a recent report by the Better Business Bureau, 44% of Americans have been approached with a government impostor scam, and 77% of people surveyed were familiar with the practice. Since 2014 ...
A South Carolina woman learned the hard way that it's best not to trust strangers who ask for money over the phone. The victim fell for what's as the "government grant scam," in which the caller ...
Faxed scam letters are in no way an uncommon occurrence. Today many scam letters are still faxed to corporate institutions, although they are not a large amount due to cost restraints on behalf of offenders. Electronic mail. E-mail is today the prevalent way in which scam letters are distributed.
The Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland attorney general's (AG) office is warning consumers about home warranty scam letters addressed to homeowners. The division emphasized that these...
An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith. In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money. The scammer then attempts to convince the victim to return the difference between the ...
Types of scams Benefit/grant scams. In this variation of COVID-19 scams, the fraudster claims that the victim is eligible for a COVID-19 benefit payment. This scam is a derivative of the advance-fee scam, where the scammer will ask the victim for a small payment in return for the 'benefit'. The scammer will then ask for further payments under ...
Lottery scam. A lottery scam is a type of advance-fee fraud which begins with an unexpected email notification, phone call, or mailing (sometimes including a large check) explaining that "You have won!" a large sum of money in a lottery. The recipient of the message—the target of the scam—is usually told to keep the notice secret, "due to a ...
The Ohio Attorney General warns of a scam that tries to lure victims with the promise of federal grant money in exchange for an upfront fee. Bogus notifications of the grants have occurred in Ohio ...