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Government organizations have set up online fraud reporting websites to raise awareness about online scams and make it easier for victims to report online fraud.

Our list focuses on the scams that you could avoid, those reported to the CFR, FTC, Fraud.org and BBB (Better Business Bureau). For detailed explanations of each scam, how to report a scammer and how to protect yourself, click on the blue titles below for more information!

Browse and view scams reported to the BBB. Search BBB's database of reported scams and share scams with others to help protect you from existing schemes.

Key takeaways It’s important to understand criminals’ latest tactics as AI makes fraud harder to spot. Recovery scams involve criminals targeting victims, promising to help them recoup their losses. Employment scams, romance scams, and sextortion are among the other schemes to watch for.

Scams have evolved from poorly written emails to complex emotional and technological frauds. Below, we review the most widespread and dangerous ones in existence today.

Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".

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