Fake Check Scams Someone sends you a check or money order, which you are asked to deposit in your account and wire-transfer the sender a portion of the money, minus a nice bonus for you as a “thank ...

The tactics used to fight credit card scams are getting more sophisticated all the time. Unfortunately, so are the tactics used by credit card scammers. More than 2.3 million cases of fraud and ...

Your credit card never leaves your pocket… but somehow, your money does. It’s called Ghost Tapping. A proximity-based scam ...

Fraud alerts are meant to protect you, but everyday credit card habits, travel and spending patterns can trigger them. See ...

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Yep -- got the email a couple of days ago, and it seems my personal info was caught up in a massive bank data breach. Hackers now have access to my full name, address, birthdate, email, phone number - ...

Nascimento, 33, was sentenced to a ten-year prison term for a series of identify theft and computer fraud offenses that ...

Scammers are getting sneakier, so we have to be smarter. Here’s how.