In fact, scammers will often attempt to imitate Target by creating a fake website that looks like Target.com or fake gift card site under the guise of helping you check your balance. In these instances, we’ve seen them attempt to get guests to log in to their sites to steal people’...
However, if you're someone who instinctively inputs everything into a Google Search, even a URL...well, let's just say scammers are very grateful that you're that type of person. Mashable has uncovered a scam that weaponizes the YouTube activation screen on Smart TVs. And the scam woul...
Believe it or not, scammers have found a way tosteal money using gift cards,so that is one reason you shouldn't leave them lying in your wallet unless you plan to use them soon. Also, if you simply carry them around without plans to visit the store they are good for, you areat ri...
"When the consumer goes to check out, the cashier is loading the consumer's funds to that barcode but it's not to the physical card the consumer is holding, it's to the card the scammers own," said Daniel Stiner, with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Sa...
Although a growing number of older adults are targeted by scammers, younger adults fall for scams more often, according to the FBI. But seniors are more vulnerable to elder fraud because their life savings can be wiped out and there is no recourse or restitution once that money is gone. Fo...
Victims of Instagram orFacebook cloningwho contact the fake account may be extorted by scammers who promise to delete the fake account in exchange for a gift card, for example. Scammers also usesocial engineering tacticsto convince victims and their contacts to share sensitive information, ...
able to bill that insurance company. Some may even take ACH payments directly from your bank account. But scammers want money in a method that’s instant, untraceable, and irreversible. These includepeer-to-peer payment appslike Venmo and Cashapp, wire transfers,cryptocurrencies, andgift cards....
Since then, he’s been convinced that Western Union helps, harbors, and protects scammers. The only reason you should use a service like Western Union is to send money to family members in desperate circumstances. Gift cards is another payment method that is a warning sign. No legitimate ...
“phish” for informationthat can then be used to obtain the cash they want. This could work, for example, by persuading someone to give out enough personal information that a credit card could then be opened in their name. There are tons of different methods that scammers use to get the...
Jasmine Lopez, 25, of Carle Place, expects to get gift cards, even though she’s not a big fan of them. As a retail store manager, Lopez said she often has customers struggle to redeem the cards, many times because scammers seem to have accessed card funds. ...