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  2. That text from the post office could be a scam. How to avoid ...

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    Experts share guidance on how you can avoid this scam. Scammers are using a hoax called smishing to try to deceive consumers who send packages through the mail. Experts share guidance on how you ...

  3. Scammers are now sending fake toll-collection texts to get ...

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    Scammers are using fake toll-collection texts to steal bank information, authorities warned. Avoid clicking suspicious links and report scams to protect your personal data.

  4. Overpayment scam - Wikipedia

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    An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith.In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money.

  5. Internet fraud - Wikipedia

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    Arrests have taken place, between 2004 and 2005, 160 counterfeiters were arrested. Many of these arrested were caught in the process of cashing in the money they have stolen. [20] In the United States of America, the penalty for making or using counterfeit postal money orders is up to ten years in jail and/or a $25,000 fine. [21]

  6. Parcel mule scam - Wikipedia

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    The parcel mule scam, also known as the reshipping scam, involves scammers and unsuspecting victims handling goods [1] to other countries. In some ways it is similar to the money mule scam. Scammers use fake advertising [ 2 ] to hire mules.

  7. I Lost $4,000 to a Financial Scam: Here’s How I Recovered the ...

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    Americans who lose money to scams are finding interesting ways to get their hard-earned dollars back. In August 2023, GOBankingRates polled 1,141 Americans about whether they were reimbursed after...

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  9. Check Washing Is an $815M Per Year Scam — How It ... - AOL

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