Scams during the holiday season are growing increasingly more common. They are also becoming more realistic, using tactics like phone calls with cloned voices of loved ones saying they are in trouble ...

Popular holiday scams include fake delivery notifications, gift card scams, charity scams and more. Scams seem to be getting more and more convincing each year, but learning to spot the signs can help ...

Credit card debt is a growing problem for many Americans. Credit card balances increased by $27 billion in the second quarter of 2024 and are up almost 6% compared to a year ago. If you're one of the ...

As we head into the rush of the holiday season, it can be easy to pay less attention to certain details like ads promoting excessive discounts, unusual web addresses and text messages about ...

While scam artists target anyone and everyone they can if they believe there's a potential for a payoff, they sadly most often focus heavily on senior citizens. Why? That's because many retirees have ...

With more than 434 million users and counting, PayPal is an attractive target for scammers. Many online scams that involve payment apps—including Cash App, Venmo, and Zelle—bank on the fact that users ...

Cash App is a mobile peer-to-peer (P2P) payments app that has taken the world by storm in recent years. The bad news? It’s popular with scammers, too. Fraud is on the rise, with the Federal Trade ...