phone calls impersonating Amazon were the dominant type of scam and almost twice as frequent as the second most common type of scam here overall: fraudsters impersonating telecom companies. The full ...

Lost an Amazon package? Need to call your airline because your flight got canceled? Then you need to pay extra attention when ...

As we get wiser, phone scammers get trickier. Some manipulate QR codes, others threaten, and still others pose as government ...

according to scam and spam call-blocking service Hiya. Hiya used its technology to observe and flag calls on its network and found that after fake HMRC calls, phone calls claiming to be from Amazon or ...

AMAZON shoppers need to watch out for four dangerous scams that could leave you out of pocket. They could strike at any time of year – but be on high alert with Amazon’s Big Spring Sale ...

Amazon impersonators are also popular; in these calls, fraudsters pretend to be from Amazon customer service and claim there's an issue with an order or tell you there's been a security breach ... On ...

A brushing scam is when someone sends packages to people who never ordered them. Scammers or sellers of knock-off merchandise ...

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African woman holds debit card and cellphone try to make e-payment through e-bank app, having online ecommerce shopping problem, balance of funds on card not sufficient to pay order, overspend concept ...

DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY THIS CALL. IT WILL HELP YOU KEEP YOUR MONEY IN YOUR POCKET A scam phone call claiming to be from the U.S. Border Patrol is still out there, and it's still costing people ...

March is Fraud Prevention Month and Canadian authorities are warning people to learn about scams to prevent themselves from becoming victims.