Nov 9, 2023 | Fraud Prevention
How to Determine if a Donation Appeal is for Real – or a Scam Charitable donations are a great way to make an impact on the causes you care about. But when tragedy strikes, scammers may prey on the generosity of those trying to support the victims. Scammers request...
Oct 3, 2023 | Fraud Prevention
Send Yourself Money? That’s a Big Red Flag Scammers are always creating new ways to steal your money. One of the recent scams utilizing peer-to-peer payment services is what’s known as the “Pay Yourself Scam.” The gist of the scam is that someone pretending to be a...
Sep 13, 2023 | Fraud Prevention
Protect Your Savings from Investment Scams We all dream of financial success, but when it comes to investing, we have to be cautious. Scammers will tout a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that will earn high returns with little to no chance of loss. These investment...
Aug 10, 2023 | Fraud Prevention
Protect Your Small Business from Payment Scams It is often assumed that payment scams only happen to individuals, but small businesses are also frequent targets for scammers. These maneuvers can often go unnoticed because the scam is embedded within typical business...
Jul 12, 2023 | Fraud Prevention
Threats to Turn Off Water and Power Could Be the Work of Scammers What you need to know about utility scams Many basic necessities rely on utilities we take for granted. And that makes them perfect for a scammer to exploit. Like many other scams, utility scams occur...
Jun 20, 2023 | Fraud Prevention
How Scammers Use Social Engineering to Steal Money … And How You Can Spot Them As scams become more prevalent, they are also more sophisticated, making them harder to detect. Scammers employ what is known as “social engineering” to manipulate people into revealing...
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