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Avoid Scams Disguised As Enticing Offers
Learn To Recognize and Avoid Scams Disguised as Enticing Offers

By Dana Anspach, About.com

Every year people fall victim to offers that sound just too good to be true. The best way to avoid such scams is to raise your own level of awareness.

Visit Looks To Good To Be True to read victim stories and check consumer alerts. Reading other’s stories will help you recognize and avoid scams when you are approached; whether it be by e-mail, phone, mail, or in person.

If you’ve been a victim of fraud, you can also share your experience, helping others to avoid similar scams.

Start by visiting any of the following sections of Looks Too Good To Be True:

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