Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.   It is that time of year when scammers are targeting students and parents with everything from fake scholarships, fake job postings and student loan relief come-ons.  Melanie Roller, who heads Retail Bank Fraud for Capital One …

“We continue to see versions of all of those, but I think one of the things that’s a little bit new is the sophistication and the realness of some of these offers.  They have become very, very convincing.  So I would just encourage consumers to take a critical lens, be on the lookout for red flags and know that if an offer feels too good to be true, it probably is.”

The battle continues.    For more info head to CapitalOne.com/stopscams.

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