Recognizing and Avoiding Employment Scams
Summary:Employment scammers create fake employment opportunities in order to gain your personal information. The interview is usually conducted via google hangouts. Scammers will send a fake bank check and require…
Don’t fall for the car wrapping scam. Here is how it works!
Summary: Scammers offer consumers a way to earn money by wrapping their cars with an ad for a nationally known product. Scammers send fraudulent checks with instructions to deposit it…
The reshipping scam is the most dangerous scam for its victims
Summary: The re-shipping scam is a work-from-home scheme that requires victims to inspect and reship packages. You’ll not only lose the money you could actually go to jail. The re-shipping…
Mystery shopping scam explained (spoiler alert: don’t deposit the check!)
Summary: The scammer will send you a check for $2,000. You take the check to the bank, deposit the amount, and head off to Wal-Mart or another store for your…
Did you get a check in the mail? It’s probably fake!
Summary: The fake check scam has been around a long time and shows up in many variations. What typically happens is someone receives a check from the scammer for a…
