Business email compromise (BEC)—also known as email account compromise (EAC)—is one of the most financially damaging online crimes. It exploits the fact that so many of us rely on email to conduct business—both personal and professional. In a BEC scam, criminals send an email message that appears to come from a known source making a legitimate request.

Investment or business fraud schemes will try to lure you in with the promise of low- or no-risk investments. Scammers often ask for upfront cash in exchange for guaranteed future returns. There is no such thing as a guaranteed return on investment. It's a scam.

NFTs have had a surge of publicity in the last year, and like everything else that’s popular, scammers target NFTs. NFT scams seen extend from forms of investment frauds, where the NFTs don’t exist or are rug pulls, to forms of flipping, such as having the prices artificially inflated.