Spear phishing scammers want more from you For more information visit the FTC website here “I’m calling from [pick any bank]. Someone’s been using your debit card ending in 2345 at [pick any retailer]. I’ll need to verify your Social…
With the summer travel season in high gear, the FTC is warning drivers about skimming scams at the pump. (Full Story found here.) Skimmers are illegal card readers attached to payment terminals. These card readers grab data off a credit…
Free credit freezes are coming soon Looking for stronger ways to protect your credit? Thanks to a new federal law, soon you can get free credit freezes and year-long fraud alerts. Here’s what to look forward to when the law…
Don’t pay fees to company that promise to lower your car payment or stop a repossession. This is almost always a scam. Never pay upfront for a service like this and make sure to talk to the lender during the…
March 17, 2017 by Lisa Lake Consumer Education Specialist, FTC Scammers know how to design phony checks to make them look legitimate. In fact, the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ just released a list of the most “risky” scams, based…
By storing your card’s data on a chip, your account information can be changed dynamically with every use. This is a big advance from magnetic-stripe cards. Chip cards protect against fraud resulting from counterfeit, lost and stolen cards by providing…
