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Scams & Fraud
Here are three things you can do to safeguard your loved one from financial exploitation.
If there is one thing everyone should understand, it’s that “scammers” are career criminals skilled at the art of manipulation and no one is immune.
One third of U.S. adults say they have been targeted by scams seeking payment by gift card, according to a report by the AARP Fraud Watch Network. And nearly a quarter of consumers have given or received gift cards that had no funds on them.
Rapidly changing financial technology makes it hard to stay up to speed on the latest threats
Free Resources Identify Top Scams Facing Virginia’s Military Community and Ways to Fight Back
Tempting offers of debt relief will only make your own problems worse
Scammers posing as IRS agents or Treasury Department officials
The Federal Trade Commission released its annual compendium of fraud reports from last year resulting in $5.9 billion in 2021
Scammers follow the headlines and take advantage of them when they can. Public desire to support Ukraine in this critical time of need is no exception.
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