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Don't fall for this E-ZPass scam if you receive a suspicious text message
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoSmishing is defined by the FBI as "a social engineering attack using fake text messages to trick...
Hermiston Police warns of charity fraud scam
KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities· 2 hours agoThe Hermiston Police Department is warning the Hermiston community of a scam involving callers asking for donations to fake police organizations. HPD has...
As summer road trip season begins, don't fall for these toll collection scams
Gannett via AOL· 4 hours agoThey include a fake payment link that appears to be from the toll service. If you click on the link and enter your personal or payment information, your money...texts you ...
Livonia prom revenge murder story is fake news, police say
WJBK fox local articles via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA TikTok claiming that a man named Douglass Barnes murdered a girl named Samantha McCaffery at a...
Austin-based employee met with convincing scam; company rewards her with trip to France for catching...
KVUE-TV Austin· 1 day agoScams are nothing new, but the sophistication fraudsters are using is continually increasing. One...
For 20 Years, I Couldn’t Say What Donald Trump Did on the Set of The Apprentice. Now I Can.
Slate via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoAlthough very few programs are out-and-out fake, there is deception at play in every single reality...
Job scams are among the riskiest. Here's how to avoid them
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoReports to the BBB Scam Tracker about employment scams jumped by 54% in 2023 from the previous year. The median loss reported by consumers was $1...biggest risk for those ...
Do you REALLY owe unpaid tolls? New scam tries to convince you that you do
NBC Washington· 4 hours agoReports of unpaid toll scams are rapidly on the rise, according to the Identity Theft Resource...
Older Kentuckians lost more than $12M to scams in 2023. These were the most common types
Lexington Herald-Leader· 10 hours agoOlder Kentuckians lost more than $12M to scams in 2023. Still, these figures likely don’t capture the full scope of the problem given the shame scam victims often feel, particularly ...
BBB Scam Alert: New Facebook phishing scam scares page owners into sharing their password
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoHow to avoid Facebook phishing scams • Don’t panic. Always read suspicious emails carefully, looking for signs of a scam, before you act. Remember that scammers love to target ...