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2. Cashier’s Check Scams: How To Avoid Them - AOL

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   Alternatively, the scammer might offer a cashier’s check worth more than the purchase price, seemingly as a show of good faith, and ask the seller to refund the extra money via wire transfer ...

3. 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.

4. Gen Z Beware: These 2 Financial 'Hacks' Are Actually Just Crimes

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   Here's the problem: "Depositing bad checks and withdrawing cash before the bank finds out" is not some clever social media personal finance hack. It's a crime. If you do it, you can lose your bank ...

5. Scam baiting - Wikipedia

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   For scams conducted via written communication, baiters may answer scam emails using throwaway email accounts, pretending to be receptive to scammers' offers. [4]Popular methods of accomplishing the first objective are to ask scammers to fill out lengthy questionnaires; [5] to bait scammers into taking long trips; to encourage the use of poorly made props or inappropriate English-language ...

6. Skimming scams on the rise: Here is how to protect yourself - AOL

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   Skimming scams have continued to be on the rise, according to data analytics firm FICO, which noted a 96% increase in such scams in 2023.According to the FBI, skimming scams cost consumers upwards ...

7. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   The scam then becomes an advance-fee fraud or a check fraud. A wide variety of reasons can be offered for the trickster's lack of cash, but rather than just borrow the money from the victim (advance fee fraud), the con-artist normally declares that they have checks which the victim can cash on their behalf and remit the money via a non ...