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It's hard not only to keep up with them, but it has also gotten even harder to decipher what is legitimate and what is a scam. According to Reader's Digest, four words are a red flag that you might be ...

But this isn’t just any scam. The attackers are carrying it out with what appears to be PayPal’s official email address, making it highly convincing. Here’s what to look out for.

the scammer hung up the phone. He called the number on yet another PayPal scam email and was told they would refund the cost of my fake purchase. First, they said, I needed to enter a code into a ...

Use AARP’s interactive scam-tracking map to easily search for and report scams in your area ... Father Bob, as he is known in his community, gets an alarming email claiming that his PayPal account had ...

the scammer hung up the phone. I called the number on yet another PayPal scam email and was told they would refund the cost of my fake purchase. First, they said, I needed to enter a code into a ...

In a separate warning, Standard Bank flagged a fraudulent WhatsApp group circulating on social media. The group falsely ...

A Boardman man reported losing $20,000 in a sophisticated scam that began with a fraudulent email purporting to be from PayPal, according to a police report. The victim told Boardman Township ...