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Jul 4, 2023 · 2. Beware pig butchering. Victims are wooed romantically before being offered fake investments. This horrible hybrid of romance and investment scams called ‘pig butchering’ by scammers. That's because fraudsters ‘fatten up’ the victim with loving words before executing the investment part of the scam.
Mar 7, 2024 · Capital One Gold Card Scam. In February 2022, a deceptive email scam was identified, promising a "$500 Capital One Gold Card" for completing a survey and/or subscription. Originating from a ...
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- The sender asks for PII. You should immediately be suspicious if anyone asks for personally identifiable information (PII) online. This includes anything from your email account address and phone number to your Social Security number or bank account number.
- The sender makes an unusual request. Legitimate businesses understand the importance of protecting your financial information and will not request that you divulge these details via email.
- The dollar amount is unusual. An inexperienced fraudster will often create an invoice for an outrageous sum, rather than trying to make it seem more believable.
- The invoice for something you didn’t purchase. Sometimes vendors make mistakes and send an invoice to the wrong customer or forget to cancel a recurring invoice.
It happens. Hit the "Login to Ask the community" button to create a question for the PayPal community. Solved: Not sure if I’m in the correct place to ask a question but I’m trying to find out some info on identifying scam companies. I made a purchase.
- I understand that my purchase is backed by PayPal for receiving an item that isn’t even close to what was listed and that is great but it’s basical...
- If you need to return it you will probably have to ship it out of the country...you will get a refund but the shipping will cost more than the refu...
- That's not entirely true...If the seller is out of the country then you will have to return the item to them at your expense within a time frame. I...
- I’m going to lose it on PayPal if I don’t get refunded. I order back on 6/2/21! For Father’s Day. No gift and I paid extra $12.99 for fastest shipp...
- Such a liar. What you're not stating is that the full refund will be contingent on return of a dollar store level item back to China, which will co...
- I had to go through so many steps just to get help. On top of that, I had a dispute and I did everything Paypal had told me to do. I had made photo...
- I will be more careful about buying products from the internet and now I don’t trust Paypal
Dec 19, 2023 · According to the FTC, the operators of Blueprint to Wealth promised new members would earn big money — making over $20,000 a month — from an “everything-is-done-for-you” business opportunity with support from “success coaches.”. They made it sound easy and risk free: pay up to $21,000 for a membership plus advertising costs, then ...
Apr 11, 2023 · BBC. A global scamming network has robbed ordinary investors of more than a billion dollars. BBC Eye identified a shadowy network of businessmen who appear to be behind it. First, you hear a phone ...
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Mar 15, 2024 · BBB Scam Tracker has received several recent reports about scammers impersonating different businesses through email. One consumer shared, “Received an email on 1/3/2024 that “my Sirius XM ...
