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Jun. 29—Scammers are using a Publisher Clearing House ruse as the latest tactic to take people's money. Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes are legitimate, however, scammers have honed in on a ...
The Broome County District Attorney's Office is issuing an alert to residents, especially seniors, to be aware of a telephone scam targeting people in the Binghamton area.
Publishers Clearing House surprises winners with a big check. But scammers hide behind the big name and ask for cash upfront to cover fees or taxes. Scammer told Michigan woman to send $4,800 to ...
Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL. Sometimes a hyperlink can be displayed as an AOL link in an email when in fact the destination URL is to a malicious domain. • Be careful when authorizing an app to access your account or when providing any third-party access to your account info.
In a check overpayment scam, the scammer will pay the victim for goods or services (often in response to an online or classified advertisement, though there are a number of other premises for check overpayment scams) with a fraudulent check of an amount in excess of the intended amount.
Authorised push payment fraud (APP fraud) is a form of fraud in which victims are manipulated into making real-time payments to fraudsters, typically by social engineering attacks involving impersonation.
What are 800 and 888 phone number scams? If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.
Quick Take: List of Scam Area Codes. More than 300 area codes exist in the United States alone which is a target-rich environment for phone scammers.