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2. Top 15 financial scams targeting older Americans — and what ...

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   The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received more than 101,000 reports of scams and fraud against people ages 60 and older in 2023, causing seniors to lose over $3.4 billion. And those ...

3. Scam Alert: Social Security Spending Card for Adults Over 51 ...

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   July 21, 2022 at 1:08 PM. Kameleon007 / Getty Images/iStockphoto. The latest scam is claiming that adults over the age of 51 can get a spending card through certain government programs. However ...

4. 2017 Equifax data breach - Wikipedia

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   The Equifax data breach occurred between May and July 2017 at the American credit bureau Equifax. Private records of 147.9 million Americans along with 15.2 million British citizens and about 19,000 Canadian citizens were compromised in the breach, making it one of the largest cybercrimes related to identity theft.

5. Carding (fraud) - Wikipedia

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   Carding (fraud) Carding refers not only to payment card based fraud, but also to a range of related activities and services. Carding is a term of the trafficking and unauthorized use of credit cards. [ 1] The stolen credit cards or credit card numbers are then used to buy prepaid gift cards to cover up the tracks. [ 2]

6. Biggest Credit Card Scams To Look Out For in 2022

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   Unfortunately, the only things scammers need to use a credit card are the card number, the security code on the back of the card and the primary cardholder's zip code. Once scammers collect all of ...

7. Overpayment scam - Wikipedia

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   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 scammer then attempts to convince the victim to return the difference between the ...

8. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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   Advance-fee scam. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [ 1][ 2] If a victim makes the ...

9. Social Security 2023: 3 Ways Financial Scammers Are ... - AOL

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   June 15, 2023, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. More than one in 10 adults over the age of 60 have experienced abuse in the U.S. each year, according to the Social Security Administration's ...