![]() If you own a timeshare, you may get a call from someone claiming they’re authorized to sell it for you, for a fee. You send the money, but the fictional prize never arrives. All you need to do is send money to pay for shipping, taxes or some other fee before the prize can be released to you. You get an unsolicited phone call or email saying you’ve won a large prize. ![]() These could include companies with similar names to charities you support – but they exist solely to scam donations. That’s because they sell your name, phone number and email to other nonprofit and commercial organizations. You donate to one charity and end up on every charity list. ![]() Recent technology can even allow them to successfully imitate your loved one’s voice. But it’s not real: Fraudsters commonly pose as loved ones and, preying on your compassion, claim to need money urgently. Your grandchild or child calls and frantically requests money to pay a kidnapper, a legal bill or an emergency medical expense – and begs you not to tell anyone. The caller can then steal your ID information and can gain access to your accounts. They offer to get rid of it by asking you to log into a website that lets the caller control your computer. Someone calls pretending to be from a major tech company and says that your computer has a virus. With this scam, the email account belonging to you, the service provider or both has been compromised. Red flags include last-minute changes to instructions, a change in the tone or word choice from prior emails, a new sender address and multiple payment requests. ![]() Payment scamsīefore paying a contractor for work at your home, investing in a company or purchasing a new property, a fraudster intercepts the email communication and replaces legitimate payment instructions with fraudulent ones. ![]() They instruct you to move your funds to a new account they provide to you, coach you on how to answer questions from your financial institution and instruct you not to tell anyone. You receive a call or email from someone claiming to be from a financial institution or federal/state agency (e.g., IRS, Federal Reserve, FBI) saying that your financial accounts are at risk of fraud. Familiarize yourself with these common swindles. ![]()
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