Scam!

How to Avoid the Scams That Cost Victims Billions of Dollars Every Year (Large Print)

von Hope Oje

470 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Does this sound familiar?"This call is to inform you about an arrest warrant filed under your name. Please call us back at XXX-XXX-XXXX immediately to resolve this legal matter."If you receive a voicemail like this, your first instinct might be to call the phone number provided in the message, or press "1" while on the phone to connect with a legal officer.But if you do that, you'll walk right into a scam.Did you know some people earn their living by stealing from others?In 2021, American scam victims lost nearly $30 billion to phone scams, with an average loss of $502 per victim. (PC Mag)During the pandemic, UK scam victims lost £73.9 million to romance scammers. (Which?)But scammers also target potential victims in Canada, Australia, and other countries through phone calls, emails, text messages, social media messages, and other means. SCAM! How to Avoid the Scams That Cost Victims Billions of Dollars Every Year is a short, no-nonsense guide that shows you what to watch out for to protect yourself from the 30+ most common types of scams circulating right now.In this book, you'll discover:30+ common scams going around right now, including phishing, smishing, and PayPal scamsadditional resources to help you learn more about scams and learn how to report scamstips to help you protect yourself against scamsways to get scammers to leave you alone6 red flags to watch out for that will help you identify a scamwhat to do if you've already been scammedsample scam scripts and scam messages circulating right nowIf you want to learn more about the scams that cost people like you and me billions of dollars every year, as well as how to protect yourself from them, get your copy of SCAM! How to Avoid the Scams That Cost Victims Billions of Dollars Every Year today.

• Themen: Informatik und Informationstechnologie Allgemeine Themen
• ISBN: 9781088076439
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 05.12.2022
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Hope Oje