The Best Ways to Protect Your Kids From Online Scams
Many resources exist to help educate adults on protecting themselves from online scams, identity theft, and other nefarious schemes. They also help safeguard the under-18 set—but as any parent of…
How to Get Money Back From a Gift Card Scam
According to the FTC, nearly 40,000 consumers used gift cards to pay scammers in 2021 alone. If you’ve been the victim of one of these confidence traps, whether it’s a…
This ATM Scam Is Masquerading As an Act of Kindness
Taking money out of an ATM can be a fairly nerve-wracking thing to do depending on where you are and what time of the day or night it is. Having…
Don’t Get Scammed Buying Gift Cards This Year
Photo: Sheila Fitzgerald (Shutterstock) We are in peak gift-card-buying season as the holidays rapidly approach—which means that scammers are also in their peak season of trying to trick us into…
13 Persistent Online Scams (and How to Avoid Them)
Photo: nito (Shutterstock) This insidious scam targets mostly horny dudes. The criminal poses as a woman online, strikes up a conversation with one of the aforementioned horny dudes, and requests…
Avoid This New Travel Site Scam
Photo: ImYanis (Shutterstock) Where we go, scammers follow. The latest example exploits our booming post-lockdown interest in travel, as grifters have set up fake travel sites to steal your personal…
Beware of These Creative Online Dating Scams
Photo: Jakub Krechowicz (Shutterstock) Both the Better Business Bureau and the FBI are warning people about romance scams, which are expected to remain an elevated threat leading up to Valentine’s…