Florida govt warns against auto warranty scammers asking crypto payments
Regardless of the methods used by scammers to contact potential victims, the FDACS newsletter highlighted five red flags that can help citizens identify and evade possible scams. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) issued a warning sharing insights into identifying robocall scam marketing auto warranties, which includes being asked to pay for the services via gift cards and cryptocurrencies. Consumer complaints against increasing robocall scams — wherein scammers use prerecorded calls to market and sell fraudulent services — led the Enforcement Bureau to....
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US Federal Agency Warns of Increase in Crypto ‘Scammers’
On Thursday, the U.S. government entity the FBI published a public service announcement that explains “criminal actors” are....
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