Fraud Red Flags

A letter indicating you are a “winner” when you didn’t enter a contest
Unexpected credit cards or account statements, or collection calls or letters about purchases you didn’t make
Denials of credit for no apparent reason, or significant, unexplained changes in your credit score
Requests for money to be wired to an unknown third party by a new “friend” or to a country other than where the requestor is located
An urgent or outrageous reason for needing money — for example, “I need money to get my oil tanker through customs”
Requests for personal information in a situation that usually wouldn’t require this disclosure
Requests for cash-only donations, or unfamiliar charities that spring up after a natural disaster
Notification of an inheritance from an unknown relative
A request to pay money in order to get money, or a required upfront payment of fees or maintenance costs
A check made out for more than you were expecting, especially if the payer then asked you to wire back a portion of the proceeds
Telephone calls from government agencies requesting a payment
Items that sell online for far below their suggested retail price
High pay for performing simple tasks from home
An email containing spelling errors, bad grammar or a link that appears unrelated to the sender

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