Once the scammer gets the few hundred dollars, there's always a request for more money and more. To reach the AARP Fraud Watch Network, call the toll-free number 87. Scam victims may call the FTC Consumer Response Center at 87, which is toll free. As part of this new service, the consumer also receives some advice on what to do when it comes to a particular problem. The Federal Trade Commission has launched a new website - - where consumers can report a scam whether they have lost money or not. One scam report to the AARP in May from consumers in the Grand Rapids metro area claimed that fraudsters wanted $3,000 in bitcoin payments in the next 24 hours or else an embarrassing sex-video would be posted on Facebook. It might be another version of the sextortion scam that I wrote about back in 2018 where scammers threatened you by claiming to expose your porn habits. Victims, she said, can be in their 30s or 40s or their 60s or 70s. Nofziger, though, has talked with several victims who have called the AARP Fraud Watch Network hotline to talk about this nude photo scam, which she says has been on the rise since the fall. It's far easier, after all, to admit that you fell for the old Microsoft tech support scam or the scammer who threatened to arrest you at home if you didn't put money on gift cards to pay your taxes. "It's happening a lot and people don't want to talk about it," Nofziger said. What online lovers don't want you to discover The first line of defense is not to play along when someone you've been chatting with online - and never is available to meet in person - asks you to send a photo that you'd never want to show up anywhere else.
They're just out for quick kicks - and cash. If you don't give in easily, they're going to dump you faster than that bad date in high school.