FTC Cracks Down on Cell Phone Bill 'Cramming' Scam
Cell phone bills are high enough, but some scammers have been inflating them with sneaky fraudulent charges. Now, the FTC is going after one such alleged crammer, Wise Media.
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Phony $1,000 Target Gift Card is the Scam of the Year
A fake contest for a $1,000 Target gift card has been declared 2012's "Scam of the Year" by online complaint resolution platform Scambook. Most victims of this "smishing" con haven't lost any money - yet. But the bad news for those who fell for it is, the trouble has only just begun.
Smishing Scams: Sorry, You Did NOT Win a $1,000 Target Gift Card
Cyberspace is full of scams, and the con artists keep developing new ones. One of the latest is "smishing": It's like a phishing email that comes as a text message on your cell phone, and there's more than one way it can cost you.
