![]() ![]() But keep in mind, this is a moderated blog. Your thoughts, ideas, and concerns are welcome, and we encourage comments. The purpose of this blog and its comments section is to inform readers about Federal Trade Commission activity, and share information to help them avoid, report, and recover from fraud, scams, and bad business practices. There, you’ll find steps to take to see if your identity has been misused, and how to report and recover from identity theft. If you think someone has gotten access to your accounts or personal information, visit. Have you spotted this scam? Report it at. This gives scammers easy access to your personal and financial information-like access to your bank accounts. Don’t give remote access to someone who contacts you unexpectedly.If anyone asks you to pay with a gift card – or buy gift cards for anything other than a gift, it’s a scam. Don’t pay for anything with a gift card.Use the information on Amazon’s website and not a number listed in an unexpected email or text. Here are some ways to avoid an Amazon impersonator scam: Once that information is theirs, the money is, too. In another version of the scam, you’re told that hackers have gotten access to your account - and the only way to supposedly protect it is to buy gift cards and share the gift card number and PIN on the back. Any money you send back to “Amazon” is your money (not an overpayment) - and as soon as you send it out of your account, it becomes theirs. What really happens? The scammer moves your own money from one of your bank accounts to the other (like your Savings to Checkings, or vice versa) to make it look like you were refunded. They then ask you to send back the difference. In one version, scammers offer to “refund” you for an unauthorized purchase but “accidentally transfer” more than promised. These scams can look a few different ways. Has Amazon contacted you to confirm a recent purchase you didn’t make or to tell you that your account has been hacked? According to the FTC’s new Data Spotlight, since July 2020, about one in three people who have reported a business impersonator scam say the scammer pretended to be Amazon. Identity Theft and Online Security Show/hide Identity Theft and Online Security menu items.Unwanted Calls, Emails, and Texts Show/hide Unwanted Calls, Emails, and Texts menu items.Money-Making Opportunities and Investments.Jobs and Making Money Show/hide Jobs and Making Money menu items.Credit, Loans, and Debt Show/hide Credit, Loans, and Debt menu items.Shopping and Donating Show/hide Shopping and Donating menu items. ![]()
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