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These scams can come via phone, email, text or even in person, asking people to answer questions or sign a petition under the guise of supporting a political cause.
Scammers are trying harder than ever to take advantage of unwitting victims via text message scams. According to "The RoboKiller Report: 2022 Mid-Year Phone Scam Insights," more than 147 billion...
A new text message scam has been making its way around the country. People have reported receiving messages saying: [Name], we came across a parcel/package from [a recent month] pending for you.
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The 2024 election cycle is expected to vastly exceed the political text messages received in 2022. [3] [4] Republicans outpaced Democrats by a 2 to 1 ratio with political text messaging during the 2022 cycle. [4] In 2022, as a result of the increase in text messaging, political text messages made up the largest source of complaints to the FCC. [5]
In November 2024, shortly following the 2024 United States presidential election, numerous persons of color and or members of the LGBTQ community received racist and homophobic text messages. The messages appear to have been mass-generated by a computer program and contain slight textual variations, frequently addressing the recipient by their ...
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 ...
Robotexts: Text messages sent using an autodialer require your prior consent, just like robocalls. If you didn’t give consent, it's likely a scam. If you didn’t give consent, it's likely a scam.