How to Avoid Telemarketing Scams
How to Avoid Telemarketing Scams
Offers of amazing
investments and too-good-to-be-true offers are warning signs of
telephone fraud. According to the Federal Trade Commission,
telemarketing fraud now costs Americans at least $40 billion a
year.
Some of the most common scams include:
Prize offers:
The National Fraud Information Center lists prize or sweepstakes
offers as the number one telemarketing scam. Usually you have to
do something to get your free prize, such as buy products you
don