Tag: scam

Recently, we heard about scams targeting parents of high school students preparing for college.

This week, the FTC, the National Association of State Charities Officials (NASCO), and state charity regulators

The FTC has been hearing about a new scam targeting people who are selling their cars online.

Gift cards are a great way to give a gift. But did you know they are also a scammer’s favorite way to steal money?

Scammers follow the news – and the money.

You get a call saying your electricity or water will be shut off unless you pay a past due bill.

A caller says that he’s from the government and your Social Security number (SSN) has been suspended. He sounds very professional. So you should do exactly what he says to fix things…right?

Fake checks drive many types of scams – like those involving phony prize wins, fake jobs, mystery shoppers, online classified ad sales, and others.

“I know about the secret you are keeping from your wife and everyone else. You can ignore this letter, or pay me a $8600 confidentiality fee in Bitcoin”.

We recently wrote about steps that the FTC took to stop MOBE, an internet business-coaching scheme that was