Scammers will go to nefarious lengths to trick people out of money or sensitive information, which they might use to steal directly from their victims’ accounts. Sometimes these individuals assume a victim’s identity, spending their cash, taking out loans, and creating a tangled financial mess that can be difficult to unwind. The best way to avoid getting taken for a ride is to avoid the scam in the first place. But it’s hard to know what to look for with technology advancing and thieves becoming more creative. Look out for these three top ruses.
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Bootstrapping Your Way to a Successful Business
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How To Avoid Disastrous NFT Scams
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3 Financial Scams of 2022 and How to Avoid Them
If you ever look in your spam folder, you would likely see many emails telling you that you’ve inherited money from a distant relative or won the lottery when you never bought a ticket — obvious scams. Yet, there are other creative ways scammers come for your money that are less apparent. To avoid these, here are a few examples and how to avoid falling victim to them.