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consumer scams

Hacks, Home & Family, Online Safety, Wired Well

SCAM ALERT! Don’t fall for this “waiting package” phishing scam!

By Ari Lasarus, Consumer Education Specialist, FTC Phishing scams can be hard to spot. For example, we’ve been hearing about one where people get a text message saying that there’s a package waiting for them, and asking them to click…

September 23, 2020

Home & Family, Online Safety, Wired Well

CONSUMER WARNING: Here’s the FTC’s top fraud list of the year. Did you get hit?

Submitted by Paul Witt, Supervisory Data Analyst, Federal Trade Commission Every year, millions of people tell us about the frauds they spotted. Last year, the FTC heard from 3 million of you, and here’s some of what they learned from…

February 28, 2019