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Learn: Pocket an Extra $400 a Month With This Simple Hack. State and local governments, law enforcement officials and consumer advocate groups are warning holiday shoppers this year to be aware of ...
Don’t fall for the scam, DA says. Officials are warning Sedgwick County residents about unsolicited scam mail that looks like it came from the county recorder of deeds office. The letters ...
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency is warning Ohioans about a scam page on Facebook claiming to have opened a wait list for sought-after Section 8 vouchers and public housing assistance. The scammers ...
Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".
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 ...
An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [1] [2] If a victim makes the payment, the ...
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However, scammers have figured out a way to con people into handing it over for free. It's one of the latest phishing scams, this time targeting iCloud users through text messages like these ...