FTC warns of fake online invitation scams ^84.5%

ABC News - 6/6/2026, 9:00 PM

Availability Heuristic 27.3% - Anecdotal 22.6% - Appeal to Emotion 18.1%

Alyssa Williamson was leaving a yoga class in New York when she got an email from a college classmate that looked like an invitation to an alumni event. >> When I clicked on the link, it opened up into a Gmail login. Once I like logged in, it just nothing worked. >> But a few hours later, Alyssa says she started receiving texts from... more