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Protect Yourself From 10 Menacing Financial Scams

How to recognize and combat these effective measures of fraud

January 11, 2013 RSS Feed Print
Students and families should be aware of scams when searching online for college scholarships.

10. Social network scams. These operate similarly to phishing emails: Members receive a seemingly innocent message or tweet that's designed take over their account and use it to post malicious links on their status updates. Social network scams spread quickly as other people click on the person's status and the virus attacks their accounts. Outside of equipping your computer with spam filters, anti-virus software, and a firewall, the rest is left up to your judgment.

 

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fraud,
consumers,
personal finance

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