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Fuel Scams: Rising Prices Attract Fraudsters

Fuel Scams: Rising Prices Attract Fraudsters

Rising fuel prices attract scammers. Fake vouchers, free cards, discounted websites and miracle products: learn to spot the traps and respond.

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AI-Generated Fake Customer Reviews: How They Manipulate Your Purchases

AI-Generated Fake Customer Reviews: How They Manipulate Your Purchases

AI-generated customer reviews can create a false impression of popularity and influence your purchases. Discover the warning signs and useful checks to carry out before paying.

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The Most Common PayPal Scams: Traps to Avoid

The Most Common PayPal Scams: Traps to Avoid

PayPal scams exploit trust, urgency and fake payments. Here are the common traps to recognise before sending money or a parcel.

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Forced Approval: The Scam That Makes You Authorise the Transfer

Forced Approval: The Scam That Makes You Authorise the Transfer

Forced approval pushes a victim to confirm a banking or identity operation themselves under the pretext of blocking it. Here is how to recognise the trap and react.

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Fraud-as-a-Service: Scam Kits Without Advanced Expertise

Fraud-as-a-Service: Scam Kits Without Advanced Expertise

Fraud-as-a-service makes some scams more credible and faster to launch. Here is how these kits work, their limitations and the useful reflexes for protecting yourself.

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Online Ticketing: Spot Fake Tickets Before Paying

Online Ticketing: Spot Fake Tickets Before Paying

Fake websites, duplicated tickets, pushy sellers: learn to recognise online ticketing scams, buy more cautiously and react if you have already paid.

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Fake Online Fundraisers: Using Emotion as Bait for Donations

Fake Online Fundraisers: Using Emotion as Bait for Donations

Fake fundraisers exploit emotion, tragedies and current events to divert donations. Here are the signs to spot and the checks to make before contributing.

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Deceptive Online Commercial Practices: the Boom to Watch

Deceptive Online Commercial Practices: the Boom to Watch

Fictitious strikethrough prices, hidden fees, misleading interfaces or fake reviews: abusive online commercial practices are progressing and require simple checks before any payment.

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Surprise International Inheritance: Recognising the Scam Before Paying

Surprise International Inheritance: Recognising the Scam Before Paying

An unexpected inheritance from abroad may hide a scam. Here are the warning signs, the requests to refuse and the right reflexes to avoid payments and data theft.

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Scams Targeting Seniors: Current Traps and the Right Reflexes

Scams Targeting Seniors: Current Traps and the Right Reflexes

Older people are regularly targeted by scams that play on urgency, trust and the fear of losing money. Fake relatives, fake bank advisers, fraudulent SMS messages, fake technical support or doorstep visitors: the scenarios evolve, but some simple reflexes can often defeat them.

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