Did you get a message from a friend on social media about a US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant opportunity? Or from someone saying they were an HHS employee? Well…they weren’t who they said they were. They were a scammer. This new twist on the age-old government grant scam often goes like this: someone reaches …
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Robocalls aren’t just a pain to get, they’re often pushing scams for things like fake auto warranties and debt relief. But scammy robocallers can’t do it alone. That’s why the FTC is taking action against Stratics Networks, a company that supplied the technology for telemarketers to make tens of millions of robocalls. But that’s not all — …
Most of the time, if you send money to a scammer with a wire transfer, you don’t get money back. But if you paid a scammer through MoneyGram and filed a refund claim with Gilardi & Co., watch your mailbox. Refund checks worth over $115 million are on the way to almost 39,000 people whose …
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling more than $973,000 to 17,064 people who lost money after NutraClick LLC automatically enrolled them in unwanted membership programs for supplements and beauty products and misled consumers about when they had to cancel trial memberships to avoid monthly charges. The FTC will begin sending payments today by …
Search online for “trading” or “investments” and you’ll be bombarded with offers, often from self-proclaimed experts, guaranteeing you’ll make big money fast. But no one can truthfully make those kinds of guarantees. That includes WealthPress, a company the FTC says violated the law by making false earnings claims to convince people to buy its financial trading services. …
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is distributing payments of over $2.9 million to 20,402 individuals who were misled by Warrior Trading’s investment programs. Warrior Trading made false and unrealistic claims to sell a day trading system that did not deliver results for most customers. The FTC will send the payments via check and PayPal, and …
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Online quizzes, surveys and personality tests often ask personal questions that could be used to steal your personal information if obtained by scammers. These questions, like the model of your first car, your favorite hobby, and the high school you attended, are common in both online account security and online quizzes typical found in social …
From Tampa to Palm Beach County and throughout the nation, a sophisticated scam is occurring which is encouraging people to purchase tickets to a hot air balloon festival the doesn’t actual exist and will never take place. The scammers fraudulently use the name of real hot air balloon companies, adventure tour companies and real locations …
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling more than $830,300 to 1,376 people who began their enrollment at Saint James School of Medicine between Fall 2016 and Summer 2021. The for-profit medical school in the Caribbean and its Illinois-based operators allegedly misled prospective students about their chances of success—both in passing a medical school …
Did Comcast or another provider call with an offer to lower your monthly TV, cable, or internet bill in exchange for a pre-payment or fee? It wasn’t them. It was a scammer, and you’re not alone. This year, the FTC has gotten thousands of reports — including many from older adults — about scammers pretending …
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