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  2. ‘Hello pervert’: The terrifying scam email arriving in people ...

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    A long-standing scam that sends terrifying messages to people, beginning with the words “hey pervert”, appears to be continuing.. The emails claim that someone has been watching you through ...

  3. How to spot debt collection scams: 8 signs to watch out for

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    Here’s what you can do if you receive a debt collection text, call, email or letter: Get contact information . Request the caller’s name, company details, street address and a callback number.

  4. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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    Based on mostly the same principles as the Nigerian 419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won large sums of money. Here the victims will also be required to pay substantial small amounts of money in order to have the winning money ...

  5. Column: They each lost almost $80,000. How to avoid becoming ...

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    Mrs. K., a retired educator living in the downtown L.A. area, was shopping online for a car several weeks ago when she got reeled in. The scam began with a pop-up alert about a computer virus and ...

  6. 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.

  7. Email fraud - Wikipedia

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    Email fraud (or email scam) is intentional deception for either personal gain or to damage another individual using email as the vehicle. Almost as soon as email became widely used, it began to be used as a means to de fraud people, just as telephony and paper mail were used by previous generations.

  8. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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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 ...

  9. Did you get an unsolicited $199 ‘check’ in the mail? Don’t ...

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