credit card fraud
Scam Alert: Watch Out for $9.84 Charges on Your Credit Card Statement
Do you check your credit card statements regularly? If not, you are the type of victim that these credit card scammers are looking for. Scammers are banking on the fact that most consumers don’t check their credit card statements regularly or that carefully. This new con places unexplainable charges of $9.84 on your monthly credit […]
Scammers Impersonate Police with Spoofed Caller ID
Scammers have a new disguise just in time for Halloween. Con artists are taking advantage of caller ID spoofing technology to pose as local sheriff’s offices. They are calling residents and demanding they pay nonexistent fines. How the Scam Works: The phone rings. Caller ID says the number is the local sheriff’s office, so you […]
Celebrate National Consumer Protection Week
March 4th through 10th is National Consumer Protection Week in the United States. As a nationwide campaign, federal, state, and local governments come together to encourage consumers to get informed about protecting their finances. Whether its identity theft or financial fraud, the impact scams can have on the safety and security of your financial […]
Alarming Study Shows that Some Banks Don’t Do Enough to Safeguard Your Information
In the wake of a hacking attack that exposed some of the personal and financial information for hundreds of thousands of customers at the one of the largest lenders in the U.S., a new study shows that many institutions don’t do enough to protect borrowers from fraudulent credit card debt. The study, conducted by Javelin […]