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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

To support scam victims, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will start to send refunds of over $1.7 million to consumers who fell victim to a tech support scam, the agency said in a press release. The FTC will start to provide 57,960 refunds with an average of approximately $30 to each of the scam’s victims.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

12) about potential “romance scams,” which cost victims a collective $143 million last year. The FTC said these particular types of scams cost people more than any other type of swindling, and that they’re expected to become more common. Also, make sure to notify any dating site on which the person tried to scam.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

A new report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that millennials are 25 percent more likely to report losing money to fraud than consumers ages 40 and over. The top five frauds to which millennials report losing money are online shopping frauds, business imposters, government imposters, fake check scams and romance scams.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The Cost of Love: Broken hearts club: Consumers report losing more than $200 million to romance scams last year, as estimated by the FTC. B2B Targeted: The FBI reports that Business email compromise (BEC) scams are on the rise. That’s up 40 percent over 2018. has broadened to examine acquisitions.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

bank found that one group, in particular, is most vulnerable to fraudsters’ scams. A report by Lloyds Bank noted that the share of millennial consumers who fall victim to scams increased by 400 percent in the past year, even though overall fraud incidents declined. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that U.S.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

A new report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that millennials are 25 percent more likely to report losing money to fraud than consumers ages 40 and over. The top five frauds to which millennials report losing money are online shopping frauds, business imposters, government imposters, fake check scams and romance scams.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

And fraudsters keep moving on to different scams, seeing what works as digital and mobile commerce continues to progress and consumer habits shift. are urging consumers to be cautious of a particular type of social scam. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that U.S. DataVisor (@DataVisor) November 4, 2019.

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