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Feeling frazzled in the new year? Now is an especially important time to be on your guard against scams and fraud. The Office of the Attorney General is warning the public against email scams. Its civil division chief Gil Birnbrich said a government employee recently received the following email, which was sent from the email account of an acquaintance. The message, however, was not written by the acquaintance. Check out the Better Business Bureau list of the top 10 scams that happen most often this year. As hacks go, Zappos's attack over the past weekend could have been a lot worse. One way to avoid scholarship scams is to follow the old adage – “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” Unfortunately, each year thousands are defrauded by flight-by-night websites and established organizations that prey on a family’s desire to fulfill their college dreams. The Columbia County Office for the Aging is reminding senior citizens to be alert for telemarketing and internet fraud. While scams can and do occur year-round, the holiday period is an opportunity for con artists to take advantage of seasonal goodwill. Phone calls and emails soliciting contributions or offering “deals” on things like insurance, home energy, . . . → Read More: Seniors: Beware charity scams via phone, email Residents should be aware of a circulating email virus claiming to be from American Airlines. The email has a zip file attached and the email claims that the file contains a plane ticket to New York City. According to American Airlines’ website, AA will never ask you to make security-related changes to your account via email. . . . → Read More: Beware of email scams If you received an email that appeared to be from Amazon and contained a holiday gift card someone had sent you, what would you do? There’s a very real possibility you’d take the bait and open the “gift,” which is the driving force behind a phishing campaign spotted by researchers at the security firm AppRiver. I received an email about a delivery problem with a package. It asked me to download a label. Is this some sort of scam? For many seniors living alone, phone or e-mail can be a welcome access point to friends, family and the outside world. But, as a recent spike in reported scams shows, those modes of communication can also be a way in for scam artists. The Attorney General’s office confirmed to KARK today that there has been a recent spike in email scams. DEARBORN — Following several recent reports, police are warning residents to beware of emails asking for personal information. The Better Business Bureau of Acadiana is warning local residents to beware scams imitating Publishers Clearinghouse. The BBB warns sweepstakes scams have cheated consumers nationwide out of millions of dollars in recent years. Such circumstances arise when people put too much faith in strangers in the belief they will win large sums of money or expensive . . . → Read More: Better Business Bureau Says Beware Publishers Clearinghouse imitation scams Cars are big-ticket items, and there are many ways for fraudsters to bilk unsuspecting victims. The rise of Internet commerce has vastly expanded the ways to separate a mark from his money, and has effectively made it a global business. The Cars.com fraud team put together this list of the most common scams in auto sales. |
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