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• Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s), misspelled, replaces a letter with a lookalike number (e.g. “O” and “0”), or originates from free email services that would not be used for official communications.
Report the scam. If you feel you’ve been taken advantage of by an investment scam, contact your local banking institution to go over how to best protect and recover your personal finance ...
All investments carry some degree of risk, but there's a distinct line between a risky investment and a downright scam. Unfortunately, scams are prevalent. According to data from the Federal Trade...
The scam was supposedly performed by a company selling pornography or other sex aids and trading under a highly explicit name. Customers were invited to purchase adult material from the company, and were assured that the actual transaction could be made with a separate company with a non-explicit name in order to prevent the explicit name from ...
Affinity fraud is a form of investment fraud in which the fraudster preys upon members of identifiable groups, such as religious or ethnic communities, language minorities, the elderly, or professional groups. The fraudsters who promote affinity scams frequently are – or successfully pretend to be – members of the group.
The website was established in January 1998 and was run from Dominica using a gambling license issued by the Caribbean country, [1] and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was initially unable to cite Stock Generation's founders and owners (members of the Russian conglomerate MMM) [2] for securities violations.
Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...
Opinion: Learn the red flags of AI scams so you can avoid losing your money, personal information, and potentially your livelihoods.