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Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...
The best way to protect yourself from these online attacks is to understand what they are and what phishing scams are trying to do. And, of course, you need good systems in place to protect yourself.
A leaflet from a commercial collecting company. Clothing scam companies are companies or gangs that purport to be collecting used good clothes for charities or to be working for charitable causes, when they are in fact working for themselves, selling the clothes overseas and giving little if anything to charitable causes. [1]
A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide a refund without the item ...
Nina Kollars of the Naval War College explains an Internet fraud scheme that she stumbled upon while shopping on eBay.. Internet fraud is a type of cybercrime fraud or deception which makes use of the Internet and could involve hiding of information or providing incorrect information for the purpose of tricking victims out of money, property, and inheritance.
Scammers know their targets all too well. ‘I got scammed’: A Virginia woman is out $1,600 after trying to buy Taylor Swift tickets on Facebook, says her bank’s response feels like a ...
Get-rich-quick schemes are extremely varied; these include fake franchises, real estate "sure things", get-rich-quick books, wealth-building seminars, self-help gurus, sure-fire inventions, useless products, chain letters, fortune tellers, quack doctors, miracle pharmaceuticals, foreign exchange fraud, Nigerian money scams, fraudulent treasure hunts, and charms and talismans.
Bangalore-based Zivame is an online retailer of lingerie, activewear, sleepwear and shapewear for women. In 2021, Reliance Retail acquired an 85% stake in the company for ₹ 1,200 crore. [54] 8 Justdial: In 2021, Reliance Retail acquired a 66% stake in local search company Justdial for ₹ 5,710 crore (US$770.58 million). [55] 9 Milkbasket