Thursday, January 4, 2018

How scammers make you pay

Federal Trade Commission Consumer Information
How scammers make you pay

by Lois C. Greisman
Associate Director, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC

Here's one of the top questions we get from people: Is this a scam? Whatever the "this" looks like, here's our best answer to that question: Did someone say you can only pay by wiring money, putting money on a gift card, or loading money on a cash reload card? If they did, then yes: that is a scam.

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