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How To Avoid Scams Targeting Seniors

December 20, 2021 3 Comments

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Scammers are everywhere and will try to get their clutches onto anyone they’re able to trick. From social media scams to healthcare fraud, every year millions of people become the victims of scams.

Common Scams Targeting Seniors

Senior citizens often end up as victims. The scams generally have heavy negative repercussions on the victims’ lives. It can be difficult, especially for the elderly, to bounce back if you’re caught by one of these scams.

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Most Frequent Craigslist Scams and How to Avoid Them

August 18, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Craigslist is a great place to sell used things to other people for a fair price. One man’s junk is another man’s treasure, as the things that stay unused in your attic or basement might be extremely useful for others.

Craigslist

Be it an old folding table or an electronic item, a used car, or a job listing, Craigslist is the online paradise to buy and sell quickly and effortlessly.

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Is it Possible to Get Your Money Back After Getting Scammed by an Online Trader?

September 17, 2020 5 Comments

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Have you got scammed by an online trader? Every day 100’s of people get scammed by traders. In this post, we will talk about the ways to get money back after getting scammed by an online trader.

How to Spot a Student Loan Scam

No-one wants to realize that they have been scammed with an online trader. We have often built a relationship with these people and we want them to work in our favor to deliver great results. However, that doesn’t always happen. If you have been scammed by an online trader, is it possible for you to recover your lost funds? Let’s take a closer look.

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Beware of Business Opportunity Scams and How to Avoid Getting Caught

June 22, 2020 Leave a Comment

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The number of online business opportunities available has increased over the past few years. The idea of making extra cash while sitting at home is good news for everyone. Well, that’s the basis of most online job opportunities today.

Beware of Business Opportunity Scams and How to Avoid Getting Caught

They’re easy and unbelievably profitable. However, it can be quite tough to differentiate a scam from a real business opportunity.

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Tips to Prevent Credit Card Fraud and Scams

May 8, 2019 10 Comments

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Credit card scam is a pretty broad-ranging term that encompasses theft as well as fraud which are committed by credit or any other payment mechanism that is similar to it. You will learn many tips to prevent credit card fraud and scams here.

Tips to Prevent Credit Card Fraud and Scams

If a card is used to obtain goods without the intent to pay for it or to obtain illegal funds from another account, then that is a credit card related scam.

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51 Ways to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

February 18, 2013 6 Comments

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Have you known a person whose identity was stolen? Its pathetic not harm you no lesser than a serious disease. These article contains 51 tips and suggestions which may help you protect your identity from being stolen. So far I have been able to successfully deny all scams and attempt to take over my identity. There was an attempt to take over this site as well. But, the precautions and the home work saved me each time.

Identity Theft

The techniques and tips are what I learned over the years. This is just a compilation of things that have been discussed in other parts in the web. This article is in continuation of our earlier article Tips to Avoid Internet Fraud and Scams.

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15 Ways you Can be Scammed via Craigslist

October 17, 2012 8 Comments

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Craigslist provides classifieds at local level as well as varied forums through which interested parties may be able to acquire varied information from different platforms or ventures. Time has however seen varied scammers use this forum in order to make the most off unaware victims.

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FAFSA Scam And How To Be Prepared

September 26, 2012 3 Comments

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The premise of FASFA, as the first abbreviation denotes, is to extend free financial help to needy learners. FAFSA is not totally scam proof.

FAFSA Scam

Before we start with anything else, Here’s a good article by department of education on college scholarship fraud issue. If you are applying for college or know someone who is doing, this article can be an useful resource for you.

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10 Tips to Avoid Internet Fraud and Scams

August 27, 2012 17 Comments

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Take a look in your spam email folder. Especially your free internet emails. You may have won a few lotteries, giveaways or even a fortune from a dead billionaire.

I don’t think my readers care to open those emails. Chances are there that average internet users find this article via search. Given that 100s of internet users are falling victim of online scams is customary that not everyone is aware of scams that happen over the internet.

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Tips to Avoid Online Auction Scams

August 8, 2012 14 Comments

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This is going to be my second post on scams. Earlier I had posted how I was about to get scammed in the posts how to avoid charitable donation scams. Last week I was reading a scam story, where a buyer bid and won three iPhones at a cheap price. The seller had good reputation and 100% positive feedback. Seller was throughout very quick to respond. Read what happened next on the here.

The story motivated me in to writing this topic for today. A little help to prevent fraud happening in your life. Everyone likes a good deal – especially on items that tend to be more expensive, like jewelry and collectibles.  As such, more people are turning to online auction sites like eBay to find these kinds of great deals.

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