Our society is filled with con artists who are promising people a lifeline through jobs, recession-proof income, and access to free government grant money. They are bleeding money from individuals like you and me, and from the economy as a whole. The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on scammers trying to take advantage of the economic downturn and recently released a new video called: Fraud: An Inside Look.
Have you heard of FreeCreditReport.com before? If you watch television at all, you probably came across their free credit report commercials more than once. Don’t believe their commercials or their extremely misleading name even for a minute!
I want to let you all know that Frank (my husband) and I have been the victims of debit card fraud and felt I should warn you all about the horrible but effective scam we fell for. Here's how we got scammed:
You probably know what the Nigerian scam is all about, now read and understand what the American scam is about.
We rarely refer to bankers as the most imaginative bunch. Yet when it comes to charging us fees, this industry gets very high creative marks. Read the story of an unsuspecting user who was charged an overdraft fee in a very "creative", crafty way
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