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Test Your Scams and Fraud IQ

How prepared are you to avoid common crimes of the season?

by Sid Kirchheimer, AARP Bulletin, March 29, 2013

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For successful scammers and thieves, every day is April Fools' Day. How prepared are you to avoid common crimes of the season? Take this quiz to find out.

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Sid Kirchheimer is the author of Scam-Proof Your Life, published by AARP Books/Sterling. He writes the Scam Alert column for AARP.

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