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If someone you don’t know sends you a check and asks for money back, that’s a scam. But what if you’re a small business owner and someone “overpays” you and asks you to refund the balance?
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Fake offers for secret shopper jobs
Did you get an offer to be a secret shopper for a well-known company?
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If someone you don’t know sends you a check and asks for money back, that’s a scam.