FTC Settles With 'Gift Card' Text Message Spammers Affiliate marketing company Rentbro, Inc., and its two principals have settled Federal Trade Commission charges for sending more than 42.5 million ...
Out $7,000 and no idea if she’s going to get it all back. Melody Randall, of Queensbury, said she thought she was about to get huge savings on her Spectrum bills after they called her with what she ...
Amazon today announced that customers can now send electronic Amazon gift cards to recipients via text message or messaging apps. On the gift card purchase page, there is now “text message” and ...
In February 2022, we reviewed two emails that asked recipients to "please confirm receipt of $1,000" in the form of a Paypal gift card or "exclusive reward." Both emails were sent at different times ...
Gift card companies are adding protections for consumers, who are increasingly being duped into sending funds to online scammers through store credit. In 2022, nearly 65,000 consumers were swindled ...
A text message scam is expanding across the Susquehanna Valley.Recently, the scam messages told people they had won a $1,000 Walmart gift card.Scammers are now using the Best Buy name and asking ...
It's common to hear stories about various financial scams and assume that they would never happen to you. But unfortunately, there's a fair chance that at some point you could fall victim to a scam, ...