Rather than dimming your holiday mood, here are some red flags to be on the look out for the next time you pick up your phone, or in some cases answer an email.
Check THAT out, they were able to fake the local hospital's phone number. So when the scammer said they needed her Medicare number, Heimer paused a bit but handed it over.
Anyone who sells used items on Facebook Marketplace or similar platforms should be aware of this scam or they could be out both their items and their money.
More and more lately it seems that my phone is ringing, but the caller ID does not register a family or friend, but rather a set of digits that I likely have never seen before, or the phrase "unknown number." Every once in a rare blue moon, it is actually a valid call and it just happens to be from a number I don't have saved in my phone, but the great majority of the time, its a scam.
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