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Every year, people lose their life savings to scams and con artists. There are several ways that people can “trick” you out of money, both in person and over the internet. Take some time to review the information on this page so you won’t become one a victim.
In Person Scams
The
National Association of Bunco Investigators (NABI) is an organization
that assists in the identification, apprehension, and prosecution of
Confidence Crime and certain other Non-Traditional Organized Crime group
suspects. They have put together a
list of the more common scams and cons.
Internet Based Scams
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) was established as a
partnership between the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National
White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) to serve as a means to receive
Internet related criminal complaints and to further research, develop,
and refer the criminal complaints to federal, state, local, or
international law enforcement and/or regulatory agencies. View their
compiled
list of the more common internet related scams.
Another great resource for consumer alerts, tips, and fraud trends is
the website
www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com. This website was developed and is
maintained by a joint federal law enforcement and industry task force.
Funding for the site has been provided by the United States Postal
Inspection Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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