Because the government has passed legislation offering various kinds of financial relief to consumers, some scammers are trying to take undue advantage of that, too. In one effort to combat this type of crime, the Small Business Administration is asking people to contact them directly, either by...
7News On Your Side’s Lindsey Mastis recently talked with an expert at the Federal Trade Commission about the Google Voice scam.
Since 2021, Americans lost $2.7 billion in scams from social media, the Federal Trade Commission said in a scamreportpublished Friday. And that figure is only a fraction of the actual harm, as most cases of fraud go unreported, the agency noted. ...
How phone scammers tricked Americans out of tens of billions of dollars each year Scams that started on social media resulted in people reporting losing $1.2 billion. Additionally, there were more than 1.1 million reports ofidentity theftin 2022. How to avoid falling victim to fraud Here are s...
The scam artists lure would-be entrepreneurs with false promises of big earnings for little effort. They pitch their fraudulent offerings on the Web; in e-mail solicitations; through infomercials, classified ads and newspaper and magazine "advertorials"; and in flyers, telemarketing pitches, semina...
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7News On Your Side’s Lindsey Mastis recently talked with an expert at the Federal Trade Commission about the Google Voice scam.
Tax refund fraud occurs when criminals use your personal information and file a tax refund request with the IRS in your name. Victims usually first learn of the crime after having their returns rejected because scammers beat them to it. As I wrote in my recent column,Don’t Be a Victim ...