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2. The FTC says 'gamified' online job scams by WhatsApp ... - AOL

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   Reported losses due to job scams tripled from 2020 to 2023, totaling more than $220 million six months into 2024. Based on FTC data, task scams have added to the increase in reported ...

3. This Is What an Amazon Email Scam Looks Like - AOL

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   “An Amazon email scam can look exactly like a real Amazon email, or can be poorly crafted, and everything in between,” according to Alex Hamerstone, a director with the security-consulting ...

4. 10 Product Tester Jobs: Get Paid To Test Products at Home - AOL

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   Yes, but you need to be aware as you seek a product testing job because scams in the field do exist. The Federal Trade Commission cautions that scammers have many ways of finding you — through ...

5. Package redirection scam - Wikipedia

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   A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide a refund without the item ...

6. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   The goal of the job offer scam is to convince the victim to release funds or bank account information to the scammer. There are two common methods. The first is to tell the victim that they must take a test to qualify for the job and then send links to training sites which sell testing material and e-books for a fee.

7. 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 ...

8. Customers confused Amazon scam warning email for an ... - AOL

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   An email from Amazon warning customers to be careful of a possible gift card scam went awry when customers reported that they worried the legitimate company message might have been, itself, a scam.

9. Click fraud - Wikipedia

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   In this type of advertising, the owners of websites that post the ads are paid based on how many site visitors click on the ads. Fraud occurs when a person, automated script , computer program or an auto clicker imitates a legitimate user of a web browser , clicking on such an ad without having an actual interest in the target of the ad's link ...