Tag: phone scams

Scam Alert: Scams of the Month for August 2013

Many consumers take care to avoid any information concerning scams because it makes them uneasy. This isn’t wise, though, because the more you know, the safer you’ll be when scammers try to pull one over on you. Find here some basic details on the latest scams for August 2013 — and there are many — […]

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Scam Alert: Jamaican Phone Scam

With so many scammers around the world, it can be difficult to keep track of them all in an effort to avoid becoming their victim. Luckily, organizations such as the Better Business Bureau (BBB) are hard at work to provide everyone up-to-date information on the latest scams out there. As evidence of this, recently the […]

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Scam Alert: Bogus Medical Alert Systems

They say that there is no honor among thieves, and a new scam making the rounds perfectly demonstrates this. It involves con artists utilizing deception, threats and intimidation tactics to persuade elderly individuals to purchase medical alert systems that they neither have requested nor want, all in an effort to bilk them out of untold […]

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