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You Better Took Out for Holiday Scams!

During the holiday season scammer looking for last minute shopping deals. The Denver Division FBI remind the shopper that say vigilant from those who stealing your personal information. According to FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center in 2018 more than $4.5 million victims lost through the internet scams. All ages of people are having been scams victims but most of them are old ages over 60. For all holiday shopper remember the following scams during holiday.

· Smartphone App Scams: Some mobile apps offered you free games actually most of the

are built for to steal your identity. So before downloading free games from unsourced costumer must review the company product.

· Gift Card Scams: during the holiday if someone ask to purchase the gift card consumer

should be careful with them. In this kind of scams, consumer will receive a fake phone call, fake text and fake email to purchase gift card for personal occasion and business-related function. When use the gift card to purchase a goods or something else. It may not legitimate. Most of these incidents happen through wire transfer payment.

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Tech Tuesday -- Holiday Travel

During the school holiday kid are getting out from the school and packing their bags for big trip. In this time no one want to think and talk about cyber security. But while you are traveling, we have a few safe tips.

· While you are away from home don’t connect your computer, smartphone and other

devise to any auto free wireless. The bad actors can easily access to your pins and password and take control of your camera and contacts.

· If you are in public such is hotel and airport and need a hotspot, make sure to

Conform the name of the network and login procedure.

· If you are really needed to use unsecure hotspot don’t do anything sensitive like login to

your bank accounts. A hack would love to steal you bank ID and password.

· The better option and secure to use your personal phone hotspot.

· Disable your location on all your devices including social media and cellphone camera

because it tells that where you are.

· Finally, it is really hard to not shearing you felling world but are you really want to tell

people that you and your family are away from? If you are rally victimized by cyber security fraud, make sure report it to FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center or call FBI office.

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