Exposing Scams

Exposing Scams

Everyone hates scams, especially email scams and business trickery. Help stop scammers by exposing them. Share scam stories and post news about the latest business scams.

Fraudsters frequently pretend to be from official or official-sounding organizations and companies to perpetuate their scams, but one group has kicked the chutzpah level up to a whole new level. They're running a sweepstakes scam by pretending to be real people from the FTC, one the very organizations charged with stopping them. Red Tape Chronicles reports: In one case, a 67-year-old building inspector from Washington state named Ralph (he...  
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