While not a scam per-se, the user may receive poisoned Robux. Or they may jack up the cost of certain services, charge more than once for the same service, or…
It is the most common type of insurance fraud. In response to the widespread poverty caused by the Great Depression, particularly among the elderly, Roosevelt called for an "old-age" insurance…
Older adults lost $600 million to fraud in 2020, when the pandemic fueled spikes in almost all top categories of fraud, federal officials say. 1. Report concerns to the Federal…
The typical shopping scam starts with a bogus website, mobile app or, increasingly, a social media ad; online shopping scams are the most commonly reported scam originating on social media,…
The first scam on the list is one that you may well be familiar with already, as it's also been widely used to target customers from major banks. He found…
Online scam prevention tip: Don’t click on unexpected malware notifications. The below tips will help you identify the signs which can indicate that a website could be a scam. Alternatively,…
This online scam can also be peddled on social media. Most importantly, we expect that replication studies clearly point out the artifacts the study is built upon, and to provide…
Beley, an 81-year-old Stockton resident, told the caller he suspected fraud. Then you receive a phone call that appears to come from Apple, and the caller tells you that your…
In March 2018, McFarland pleaded guilty to 2 counts of wire fraud in federal court in Manhattan and admitted to using fake documents to attract investors to put more than…
While this analysis would definitely not hold up in court due to its extremely limited scope (and sadly inaccurate letter copying), it nonetheless seems we have found a match in…