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2. Don't Fall for These Amazon Scams—Here's How to ... - AOL

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   Here's how you can get better at identifying and preventing such Amazon scams—and what you can do if you do become the victim of one. Know how to identify Amazon scam calls and messages.

3. US FTC finalizes ban on companies buying and selling fake ...

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   By Jody Godoy. (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday finalized a ban on companies knowingly buying or selling fake online reviews, giving the agency the power to levy fines ...

4. Here's What to Do When You’re a Fraud or Scam Victim - AOL

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   Fraud alerts are free and last 90 days or seven years, depending on which type of alert you choose. To reach the three nationwide credit bureaus, just visit their website or give one of them a ...

5. List of scams - Wikipedia

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   The scam then becomes an advance-fee fraud or a check fraud. A wide variety of reasons can be offered for the trickster's lack of cash, but rather than just borrow the money from the victim (advance fee fraud), the con-artist normally declares that they have checks which the victim can cash on their behalf and remit the money via a non ...

6. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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   Technical support scams rely on social engineering to persuade victims that their device is infected with malware. [15] [16] Scammers use a variety of confidence tricks to persuade the victim to install remote desktop software, with which the scammer can then take control of the victim's computer.

7. Brushing (e-commerce) - Wikipedia

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   In Amazon's system, those making the original purchase are allowed to leave a verified review for the product, thus boosting the rating by posting a fake five-star review. The customer's address may have been previously obtained by a third-party seller, or even through a simple Internet search.