American consumers lost $5.8 billion in fraud in 2021, imposter scams and online shopping scams are the most commonly reported categories

Scammers increasingly relied on public panic and misinformation in the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in a rise in fraud. They sold false healthcare items (including sanitizers and face masks) and used hacked information to claim for jobless as well as other services to steal some money. According...

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by Arooj Ahmed via Digital Information World