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Seniors are taking the brunt of financial fraud to the tune of $3.4B+. Learn the most common peer-to-peer, impersonation and other scams on the rise to keep your money safe.
The seeds of the scam are usually planted on websites or social media platforms in order for the thieves to build up trust over time. Once a relationship has been established and trust is created ...
Investment Opportunities Hackers know that many senior citizens are sitting on a pot of accumulated wealth, and are only too happy to help liberate that cash from its safe storage.
An automated message says "that someone has ordered a free medical alert system for you, and this call is to confirm shipping instructions" before the call is transferred to a live operator who requests the elderly patient's credit card and identity card numbers. The device is not free; there is a high monthly charge for "monitoring".
• 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.
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...
Amazon Underground was an Android app offered by Amazon through which people could freely download and obtain in-app items that they otherwise had to pay money to purchase. [1] Amazon used the catchphrase "Actually Free" to describe the policy, and affirmed that Amazon Underground was not a one-time or temporary offer but was here to stay.
Amazon will also never ask you to buy gift cards to resolve an account issue, and it certainly won’t insist that you send Bitcoin. Unfortunately, scams involving crypto are all too common.