It’s typically something where the homeowner is going to seek out that particular service...As far as an energy audit, none of our companies are going to go door-to-door offering that.- -Chris Nelson, Chairman of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Jessie Schmidt, Regional Vice Pr...
Any wellness product that seems to appear out of thin air and offers you the world is probably a scam. For example, a testimonial that reads, “I weighed over 500 lbs and was bald, but I took the delicious Bogus4You supplement every day for a month and now I’m at a healthy weight...
An example of an identity theft scam is the taxrefund@irs.gov site asking for tax filing information for claiming a large refund. Return preparer fraud involves tax preparers charging inflated fees in order to gain a huge refun...
So, has your account or device really been compromised, and what should you do if that's the case?What Is the "I Have Sent You an Email From Your Account" Scam? The "I have sent you an email from your account" scam involves cybercriminals convincing the potential victim that they ...
The biggest red flag is asking you for money before you've met them. Scamming is how many cybercriminals make their living, so no romance scam is complete without a plea for financial help. They’ll usually start out asking for small amounts before trying to get more significant amounts ...
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), bank impersonation is the most common text message scam, accounting for 10% of all smishing messages.4 Pretending to be the government Scammers might pretend to be police officers, IRS representatives or other government agency officials. These smish...
If you’ve ever seen a pop-up telling you that your computer is in dire need of antivirus rescue, you’ve come across this scam. Also known asscareware, these fake antivirus ads want you to panic and pay up in order to secure what you believe is the solution to yourmalwarewoes. ...
Romance scamming is nothing new; but it’s got more sophisticated with widespread access to the Internet. Before, scammers used to lurk in online forums, chat rooms and by email to dupe others into giving them money. Now, they've become more sophisticated and even formed large organizations,...
Scam websites work in a wide variety of ways, from publishing misleading information to promising wild rewards in a financial exchange. The end goal is almost always the same: to get you to relinquish your personal or financial information. ...
The fake McAfee pop-up scam is easy to spot. If you don't use McAfee products but still receive such a popup on your computer, receive the alert on a random website or as a browser notification, or anywhere you would not expect to see it, the popup is very likely fraudulent....