Here are the most common election scams and how to keep yourself safe

• Scammers are targeting voters pinch clone registrations, surveys, and aid requests.
• The scams often impact unit strategies and requests for individual financial information.
• Verify elector registration info pinch charismatic authorities sources to debar falling for them.

It's almost clip for nan 2024 statesmanlike election, and scammers are retired successful force.

The 3 astir communal scams astir elections are voter registration scams, clone surveys and polls, and governmental aid scams, experts say.

In each of these scams, nan National Association of Secretaries of State says that scammers mostly interaction imaginable victims by telephone aliases email, pretending to beryllium a morganatic entity, for illustration a governmental action committee aliases a authorities agency.

The champion measurement to spot an predetermination scam successful immoderate of these instances is to extremity and spot if nan personification reaching retired to you is asking for individual financial information. If they are, it's apt a scam.

Other signs that a aid petition from a PAC could beryllium clone are if they push you to donate quickly aliases if nan website doesn't supply immoderate interaction information, NASS says.

According to nan Federal Trade Commission, scammers commonly usage "pressure" to get victims into uncomfortable situations. They will usage phrases specified arsenic "act now!" to present a clip constituent truthful that you don't person clip to deliberation astir your actions.

"Pressuring you to enactment now is ever a motion of a scam," nan FTC says.

Fake surveys and polls that prey connected people's heightened emotions during predetermination seasons are besides common, NASS says. Signs that a study aliases canvass could beryllium clone are if they connection compensation aliases prizes for information aliases if they inquire astir arguable topics "to rile you up."

To spot a clone elector registration message, cheque to make judge that nan accusation you are receiving is coming from your charismatic authorities aliases section predetermination official, nan agency says. Another communal motion that a elector registration connection could beryllium a scam is if nan messenger says you must salary to complete your elector registration.

The FTC recommends reporting immoderate unsolicited texts aliases calls from personification who says they request your Social Security Number aliases financial accusation to registry you to vote. If you deliberation you whitethorn beryllium nan unfortunate of a scam, you tin sojourn nan FTC's personality theft betterment page to study nan fraud.

To registry to vote, aliases to find retired if your Social Security Number is required for elector registration successful your state, nan FTC says to interaction your section predetermination agency aliases cheque nan US Election Assistance Commission's National Voter Registration Form.