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- Scam Alert - Federal Trade Commission
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- How to Report Fraud at ReportFraud. ftc. gov
This video shows you how to report scams, fraud, and bad business practices to the Federal Trade Commission at https: ReportFraud ftc gov and why it’s important to do it
- Glossary of Scams and Legal Terms - Federal Trade Commission
A form of fraud in which a scam artist sends an email (or places a phone call) purporting to be from the recipient's bank, internet service provider, or other trusted source and asking for personal information such as credit card or bank account numbers, passwords, or Social Security numbers
- False alarm, real scam: how scammers are stealing older adults’ life . . .
Reports to the FTC show a growing wave of scams aimed squarely at retirees’ life savings These scammers pretend to be from known and trusted government agencies and businesses
- New FTC Data Show Top Text Message Scams of 2024; Overall Losses to . . .
New data from the Federal Trade Commission show that in 2024, consumers reported losing $470 million to scams that started with text messages
- Phishing Scams - Federal Trade Commission
Phishing Scams and How to Spot Them Phishing is a type of online scam that targets consumers by sending them an e-mail that appears to be from a well-known source – an internet service provider, a bank, or a mortgage company, for example It asks the consumer to provide personal identifying information
- Top text scams of 2024 - Federal Trade Commission
It’s hard not to glance at your phone when you hear the ding of an incoming text Scammers bet on it And reports to the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network suggest their odds of a big payout have improved: reported losses to text scams have skyrocketed even as the number of reports declined In 2024, people reported $470 million in losses to these scams, more than five times the 2020 number
- Fake Check | Federal Trade Commission
A new update from the Federal Trade Commission shows that fake check scams led to reported individual median losses of nearly $2,000 – losses far higher than on any other of the top ten scams reported
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