In an era of increasingly sophisticated phishing attempts, verifying the authenticity of an email claiming to be from Chase Bank is crucial to safeguarding one's financial security. Chase, understanding the threats facing its customers, has implemented multiple features in its communications to help di...
A report in 2024 suggested that victims have lost approximately $5 billion worldwide to cryptocurrency-based scams (Chainalysis 2024), mostly involving investment and romance fraud. A number of Hong Kong-based crypto exchanges, such as JPEX and Bitforex, are the subject of investigations for...
Banks have historically resisted calls to reimburse victims of these types of scams, arguing that federal rules only require them to issue refunds for money taken out of customers' bank accounts by hackers, as opposed to fraudulent payments customers are duped into authorizing, the wire service not...
Individuals are not the only victims however. County treasurers and small town financial officers are considered easy prey. In New Mexico, the city of Clovis lost $3.5 million in a prime bank scheme. Victims of a $600 million prime bank fraud involving securities purportedly issued by Banka Bo...
of over 80%. Cybercrime outfits show a preference for impersonating big tech’s biggest names, particularly Facebook and Microsoft. Similarly, they like to pretend to be finance organizations and go after the biggest of those as well: PayPal, Chase Bank and W...
source, like Chase or eBay, that ask people to click on a link leading to a fake, but convincing-looking site. It asks the potential victim to log in and provide some personal information. Once criminals have this information, they can get access to bank accounts or even commit identity...
These are some of the most common scams and frauds involving credit cards in 2022. 1. Identity Theft Identity theft is a type of fraud in which criminals pretend to be you. They borrow your personal information — such as your name and address, credit card information, bank information, Soc...
The wallet had transactions involving Save the Kids token as well as other altcoins Kay had hosted giveaways for, such as Eclipse token, SafeGalaxy, and Titscoin. Due to how the blockchain works, every single transaction, including the wallet addresses, involving these cryptocurrencies are ...
Bank of Ayudhya (Krungsri) ATMs have a zero charge just for a subset of cards, namely VISA Debit Cards. Other cards are charged the usual 150 Baht. These machines are common around Pattaya. Ray points out that asking for a cash advance on a card from a bank teller avoids the Thai ATM...