An ounce of prevention can go a long way into keeping you safe from scams. Don’t share numbers or passwords for accounts, credit/debit cards, or Social Security. Avoid clicking on links or scanning QR codes. These can take you to scammers’ malicious websites or give them access to you...
For this reason, after receiving your updated credit reports, check to see what actions were taken. If you still have erroneous information listed on your credit report, you need to start the entire process over again. At this point, take stronger action both with the original creditor and wi...
Consumers are targeted every day for identity theft, check fraud, online fraud through email and Internet scams, elder financial abuse and more. Criminals are constantly developing new schemes to commit identity theft and fraud. Here are some resources available to provide you with information and ...
Bev O'Shea is a freelance writer and a former NerdWallet staff member who specializes in consumer credit, scams and identity theft. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, MarketWatch and elsewhere. See full bio. Helpful resources Rental Credit Check: What to Expect...
(phishing-report@us-cert.gov) to which you are encouraged to send information about phishing attacks. Similarly, the Internal Revenue Service has its own thoroughphishing and fraud page– filled with information about how citizens should react to tax-related scams. These are U.S.-specific ...
Bev O'Shea is a freelance writer and a former NerdWallet staff member who specializes in consumer credit, scams and identity theft. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, MarketWatch and elsewhere. See full bio. On a similar note... Rental Credit Check: What to...
Credit card number Telephone number Medical record number Phishing/malware Pyramid schemes Prolific scams (employment, investment, lending, real estate, sales, tech support, travel, debt relief, etc.) Please note that Docusign doesn't access envelope contents, even if authorized by the customer or...
The Thai cabinet has approved a draft amendment of the Emergency Decree on Measures for the Prevention and Suppression of Technological Crimes as proposed by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society to strengthen measures against technological crimes, particularly targeting call center sca...
Beware of EITC Scams and Frauds Scams that create fictitious qualifying children or inflate income levels to get the maximum EITC could leave taxpayers with a penalty. If an EITC claim was reduced or denied after tax year 1996 for any reason other than a mathematical or clerical error, taxpayer...
As I washed the scum of the day off of me tonight in water that isn’t drinkable, I saw my bracelet and thought again of her. I’d been angry earlier. My phone now rings almost hourly with new scams from people pretending to be contractors that must be preying on people in our zip...