Scammers clone trusted brands to steal retirement money. Scammers are using trusted names to scam the victims out of their retirement money. It is not just the names of retail organizations such as Walmart and Amazon that scammers are using to take your money it is also large investment firms such as Goldman Sachs and Charles Schwab.
Clone scams are up as much as 29% last year. The scammers have gotten sophisticated using company logos, spoofing numbers, and email addresses. They are also being a bit more restrained offering incentives that are not quite as obvious as previous too good to be true offers.
Always do your homework, examine the offer. If there is an urgency in the offer, then immediately suspect a scam. Do not get involved in unsolicited offers. Always hang up and call the company directly using a number that you received from the company’s website.
In one case an Ohio man lost over $124,000 in an Amazon scam. See More: https://wkfr.com/ohio-man-lost-over-124000
Clone scams are up as much as 29% last year. The scammers have gotten sophisticated using company logos, spoofing numbers, and email addresses. They are also being a bit more restrained offering incentives that are not quite as obvious as previous too good to be true offers.
Always do your homework, examine the offer. If there is an urgency in the offer, then immediately suspect a scam. Do not get involved in unsolicited offers. Always hang up and call the company directly using a number that you received from the company’s website.
In one case an Ohio man lost over $124,000 in an Amazon scam. See More: https://wkfr.com/ohio-man-lost-over-124000