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Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Dead
By Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess · Sep 26, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
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In an era of increasingly sophisticated AI-fueled scams, a retro threat may be lurking in your mailbox.
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