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FTC: Company Impersonation Scams Cost Consumers Millions of Dollars
PYMNTS.com· 2 days agoThe FTC said Friday (May 24) that it received 52,000 consumer complaints in 2023 detailing scams...
Best Buy, Geek Squad most impersonated for scams in 2023
The Register· 2 days agoThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shared data on the most impersonated companies in 2023, which...
More than $46 million loss to fraud in Hawaii, according to FTC
KITV Honolulu· 4 days agoThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its latest numbers of Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft...
These are the companies scammers impersonate the most
Deseret News via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoThe FTC explained how scammers are currently acting as “well-known businesses to gain trust” from...
Is it love, or is it lies? 10 ways to spot a romance scammer
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoFacetime, live chat, camera don't work: If the person keeps making excuses as to why they cannot...
How to know a job offer isn't a scam: Did a professor really post it? And why the check?
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoThey gain your trust by impersonating big name firms or well-known professors. And they know how to use internet or social media ads to promote great — but yes, fake — jobs. Unfortunately, you ...
Utility scam reported in Winfield
KSNW Wichita via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWINFIELD, Kan. (KSNW) — The Winfield Police Department says someone appears to be posing as the city utility. The City of Winfield reports to police that...
Meta, Match, Coinbase and others team up to fight online fraud and crypto scams
TechCrunch· 6 days agoHosting scams on your platform is bad for business, which is why on Tuesday, a group of major tech...
Athens woman threatened with jail by fake cop sends scammers $30,000
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoAn Athens woman recently fell for a common telephone scam in which someone impersonating a law enforcement officer threatens his victim with jail time for failing to appear ...
How to avoid letting scammers take control of your student loans - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 6 days agoThere are no shortage of student loan forgiveness programs, but the same goes for the number of...