How Credit Cards Get Cloned Without You Realizing It
When you are at an ATM don't let anyone get close to you.
Scams
Consumers Lost $8.8 Billion to Fraud Last Year
Investment fraud topped the list of scams reported to the feds in 2022.
The Lies Romance Scammers Tell
They're not little white lies. The lies that romance scammers tell their victims are big, ugly and expensive. The Federal Trade Commission estimates that in 2022 alone, 70,000 consumers lost $1.3 billion to romance scammers.
The FTC extracted those estimates from their new data spotlight, which
Four Red Flags that Spell 'Scam'
Fraudulent schemes directed at consumers, known popularly as “scams,” seem to increase every year. In the first half of 2022 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received 793,000 complaints about scams, with about 27% resulting in financial losses of $3.56 billion.
Trying to warn consumers about every scam is
Fake Government Web Sites Charge Big Bucks for Bogus Info
Whatever you may think of complaints about supposedly “fake news,” there’s no arguing that fake government websites defraud consumers to the tune of millions of dollars and, in the process, often steal vital personal data while dispensing bogus information.
Take the case of On Point Global, recently ordered to
Amazon Sues Sites Over Fake Product Reviews
Amazon has filed lawsuits against two websites that it accuses of orchestrating fake reviews in return for money and free products. The suit charges that AppSally and Rebatest are misleading shoppers by promoting fake reviews on Amazon, eBay, Walmart and Etsy.
“Fake review brokers attempt to profit by deceiving unknowing
Feds Eye 'Money-Making Opportunities' That Turn into Debt Traps
Everybody would like to make more money. But what look like can’t-miss opportunities from well-known companies often turn out to be money-makers for the company but not for the hapless consumers who fall for them.
If this sounds like we’re talking about multilevel marketing platforms, gig jobs and