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2. 8 ways to spot personal loan scams and protect your finances

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   Consider the following tips to avoid potentially damaging scams. 1. Unrealistic guarantees for approval. One of the easiest ways to spot a loan scam is the promise of guaranteed approval.

3. FCC warns of 50-state scam by fraudsters posing as mortgage ...

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   Homeowners across the U.S. are being targeted in a sophisticated scam in which callers pose as mortgage lenders to defraud people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Federal ...

4. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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   • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.

5. 5 Common Cash App Scams and How to Avoid Them - AOL

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   The post 5 Common Cash App Scams and How to Avoid Them appeared first on Reader's Digest. ... complaints of fraud on Cash App have increased a whopping 472 percent during the pandemic, according ...

6. Scam baiting - Wikipedia

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   For scams conducted via written communication, baiters may answer scam emails using throwaway email accounts, pretending to be receptive to scammers' offers. [4]Popular methods of accomplishing the first objective are to ask scammers to fill out lengthy questionnaires; [5] to bait scammers into taking long trips; to encourage the use of poorly made props or inappropriate English-language ...

7. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   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 ...

8. Bank fraud - Wikipedia

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   A fraudulent loan, however, is one in which the borrower is a business entity controlled by a dishonest bank officer or an accomplice; the "borrower" then declares bankruptcy or vanishes and the money is gone. The borrower may even be a non-existent entity and the loan is merely an artifice to conceal a theft of a large sum of money from the bank.

9. Operation Choke Point - Wikipedia

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   Operation Choke Point was an initiative of the United States Department of Justice beginning in 2013 [1] which investigated banks in the United States and the business they did with firearm dealers, payday lenders, and other companies that, while operating legally, were said to be at a high risk for fraud and money laundering.