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The Better Business Bureau shares how to stay safe from scammers who impersonate electric, water or gas company representatives.
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 ...
In this type of scam, an imposter or "independent energy auditor" appears unannounced at the victim's home. They typically offer a free inspection of their thermostat, furnace, or home's energy leakage. The scammers are usually salespeople or "home improvement hucksters" selling unnecessary expensive products.
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 letters, received by several residents in January, contain what looks like a $199 check that purports to be a “Registration Fee Voucher” from “County Deed Records.”
Based on mostly the same principles as the Nigerian 419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won large sums of money. Here the victims will also be required to pay substantial small amounts of money in order to have the winning money ...
Wisconsin consumer protection officials said the scammers are falsely claiming to have damaging video recordings or other personal information.
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