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Help Unwillingly Involved in Fraud
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Sadly many younger people are very naive when it comes to fraud, and fraud can fool even the most careful people!
What we need is more resources to detect and convict the fraudsters, and decent prison sentences too. I wont hold my breath sadly.0 -
Some banks are putting fraud information links in their web portals. It is definitely more education needed. The old adage "if it seems too good to be true, it probably is" comes to mind. Fraudsters can be very convincing and in todays always-on instant results it can be easier to be fooled as less time to reflect on it (hence banks also promoting "take 5" ).dealer_wins wrote: »Sadly many younger people are very naive when it comes to fraud, and fraud can fool even the most careful people!
What we need is more resources to detect and convict the fraudsters, and decent prison sentences too. I wont hold my breath sadly.0
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