enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam

    For example, in 2007, the head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission stated that scam emails more frequently originated in African countries or in Eastern Europe. [28] Within the European Union, there is a high incidence of advance-fee fraud in the Netherlands [10] and Spain. [11]

  3. 100 Most Common Money Scams and How To Avoid Them - AOL

    www.aol.com/100-most-common-money-scams...

    Advance Fee Scams Advanced fee scams are deceptively simple: You get a highly desirable offer, and all you have to do is pay a small upfront fee. In the best case, the scammer takes your money and ...

  4. List of scams - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scams

    A recovery room scam is a form of advance-fee fraud where the scammer (sometimes posing as a law enforcement officer or attorney) calls investors who have been sold worthless shares (for example in a boiler-room scam), and offers to buy them, to allow the investors to recover their investments. [92]

  5. 6 Dangerous Money Scams To Avoid - AOL

    www.aol.com/finance/6-financial-scams-avoid-them...

    Financial scams are responsible for huge monetary losses by American consumers each year, and they've been on the uptick recently. Federal Trade Commission data from 2021 shows the agency received ...

  6. Need help? Call us! 800-290-4726 Login / Join. Mail

  7. Scam baiting - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_baiting

    Scam baiting (or scambaiting) is a form of internet vigilantism primarily used towards advance-fee fraud, IRS impersonation scams, technical support scams, [1] pension scams, [2] and consumer financial fraud. [1]

  8. List of types of fraud - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_types_of_fraud

    a type of § advance-fee fraud that takes the form of informing an individual by email, letter or phone call that they have won a lottery prize. The victim is instructed to pay a fee to enable the non-existent winnings to be processed. Mail and wire; Marriage; Medicare

  9. 6 Money Scams To Avoid - AOL

    www.aol.com/6-money-scams-avoid-220001997.html

    Financial scams are responsible for huge monetary losses by American consumers each year, and they've been on the uptick recently. Federal Trade Commission data from 2021 shows the agency received ...