May 07 2019
A version of the family/friend emergency scam is spreading, upping the urgency while making it easier to disguise the scammer. The family/friend emergency scam, which also used to be called the “grandparent” scam, involves a scammer posing as a friend or family member who is in some trouble, such as being arrested or losing documents …
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Sep 05 2017
By Shelley Polansky BBB has received reports of con artists calling people across the United States and Canada and claiming that their iCloud accounts have been hacked. The scam works like this: You get a robocall claiming to be from Apple Support. You Caller ID may say “Apple Inc.” or the name of your local …
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