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Venmo makes money on scams, even if you don’t fall for one!

A scam that recently hit a friend of mine, and a similar scam has shown up as a popular post on the r/WhatDoIDo subreddit! It’s a common one, but even if you successfully avoid the trap, you still ...
CNET

Don’t Panic If You’ve Been Scammed. Here’s What to Do Instead

If you’ve been scammed, it can feel impossible to navigate. Online scams result in lost funds, loss of access to important accounts or devices, damage to reputation and other harms. And with the rise ...
Standard-Speaker

Increasingly clever scams can trap even the sharpest people

By Terry Savage, Tribune News Service Most people think it could never happen to them until it does! Scam artists are becoming far more sophisticated these days, and victims are often people who ...
Forbes

How To Recognize AI-Generated Scams As They Become Harder To Detect

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Woman sits at home with with smartphone, papers, and laptop, and pauses to think. One of the ...
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Asking Eric: After getting scammed once, friend is dating suspicious man

Dear Eric: I have a 63-year-old friend who is miserable. She’s working a job she hates, doesn’t go out much and has no pension. She is always broke, her car is about to die and she’s talking about ...
WGAL

Associated Press survey finds more than half of adults get scam messages every day in the U.S.

LANCASTER TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STUDY, OF MORE THAN 1100 AMERICANS, MORE THAN HALF OF ADULTS REPORT GETTING SUSPECTED SCAM MESSAGES OR CALLS OR ...