Watch Out for Catfishing Catfishing is when someone presents themselves online as someone else to trick people into befriending them and giving them money. They may take months to establish a friendship or an online dating relationship. Then they’ll make innocent requests, like asking for help covering a medical bill, or telling you they’re having […]
You might be able to get your money back after you’ve been scammed. What you should do, and whether you’ll get a refund, depends on what happened. If there’s an unknown payment from your account Contact your bank immediately if: there’s a payment from your bank account you don’t recognise – this is known as […]
Scamming is rampant. More than 40,000 people filed scam reports with the Better Business Bureau in 2022, and the median reported dollar loss was $171, according to that year’s BBB Scam Tracker Risk Report. A lot of those scams are targeting your bank accounts. And though federal law limits liability for credit card fraud, it’s not […]
It’s no secret that digital fraud attempts targeting online payment and financial accounts have jumped in the past two years, exacerbated by pandemic woes and a growth in e-commerce and digital financial services usage. However, a recent study underscores that cybercriminals are also worming their way to ill-gotten gains by targeting shipping, mining consumer and […]
If you think you’ve been scammed or there’s been an attempt to scam you, there are ways you can fight back. Keep a paper trail Nitzsche recommends keeping records of all communication with the collectors. Takes notes on the date and time of every phone call, save emails and texts and gather letters and any […]
If you’re worried about becoming a victim of debt collector scams, here’s how you can protect yourself, your bank account and your personal information: Contact your creditor Track the source of the debt by reaching out to your creditor to see if it has any information about the debt in question. If the company that […]