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What is vendor fraud and how to protect your business from vendor fraud

What is vendor fraud and how to protect your business from vendor fraud

Vendor fraud is a type of financial abuse that occurs when fraudsters pose as legitimate businesses to trick companies and individuals into paying for services they'll never receive.

What is Automated Clearing House (ACH) Fraud and How Does it Work?

What is Automated Clearing House (ACH) Fraud and How Does it Work?

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Everything You Need to Know About Card-Not-Present Fraud

Everything You Need to Know About Card-Not-Present Fraud

Credit and debit cards are vital for online purchases in today's digital environments, but that doesn't mean they're safe from misuse.

Credit Card Cloning: What Is It , How It Works, and How to Protect Yourself

Credit Card Cloning: What Is It , How It Works, and How to Protect Yourself

Discover a charge on your credit card that you don't recognize. It could be from a card cloning event. Card cloning predominantly affects credit cards, but this phenomenon may also impact some payment platform cards (like those from PayPal or Zelle).

Protect Yourself from Package Delivery Scams: Tips to Identify, Avoid, and Act

Protect Yourself from Package Delivery Scams: Tips to Identify, Avoid, and Act

Package delivery has become an essential element of modern life, with estimates that the global delivery market will generate over $118 billion of growth from 2024 to 2028.

What is a Ticket Scam and How to Spot a Ticket Scammer

What is a Ticket Scam and How to Spot a Ticket Scammer

In 2015 the Better Business Bureau (BBB) received its first Taylor Swift ticket scam report, sent to its online Scam Tracker.

Top Warning Signs of Loan Scams and How To Stay Safe

Top Warning Signs of Loan Scams and How To Stay Safe

When was the last time you needed a loan? How about the last time you bought a car, opened a new credit card, or started the process of debt consolidation?

How Can You Spot a Scholarship Scam Before It’s Too Late?

How Can You Spot a Scholarship Scam Before It’s Too Late?

Secondary education has always been a luxury, but only recently has it become expensive enough to require loans. Thankfully, students looking to avoid indebtedness have some options available—the best of which are scholarships.

What Is Password Salting and How It Keeps Your Information Secure

What Is Password Salting and How It Keeps Your Information Secure

How much thought goes into your passwords? Most internet users today know that they need strong, complex, multi-value characters in their access codes.

Clicked on a Phishing Link? Here’s What to Do Immediately

Clicked on a Phishing Link? Here’s What to Do Immediately

Phishing links are one of the most significant cybersecurity threats to the average person; these links come from malicious actors working to steal sensitive information from their victims. 

Advance Fee Fraud: How It Works, Warning Signs, and Ways to Protect Yourself

Advance Fee Fraud: How It Works, Warning Signs, and Ways to Protect Yourself

Advance fee fraud is among the highest successful fraudulent scams in the world. The scam consists of a victim tricked into paying a "fee" for subsequent services or, under the promise of more significant, later returns (neither of which ever actually appear).

Friendly Fraud Chargebacks: Causes, Impacts, and Effective Solutions

Friendly Fraud Chargebacks: Causes, Impacts, and Effective Solutions

When consumers use their credit cards to purchase goods, their card issuer completes the request. The merchant accepts this payout in exchange for goods or services, and the consumer supposedly "gets what they pay for.

Featured Articles

Top 10 Senior Scams and How to Prevent Them

Top 10 Senior Scams and How to Prevent Them

Senior scams are becoming a major epidemic for two reasons. First, seniors often have a lot of money in the bank from a life of working hard and saving. Read More

4 Most Common Bitcoin Scams

4 Most Common Bitcoin Scams

Scams are creeping into all areas of life these days. Any new type of technology is at risk. Bitcoin scams are on the rise right now because this revolutionary type of currency is becoming a hot topic everywhere. Read More

How to Donate Wisely to Avoid Charity Scams

How to Donate Wisely to Avoid Charity Scams

Americans are generous people who donate some $300 million to charity each year. That figure ensures that charity scams will be around forever. Read More

What is Smishing and How to Defend Against It

What is Smishing and How to Defend Against It

People depend on text messages for much more than sending emojis during boring meetings. People send 13 trillion texts worldwide every day, averaging 13 for each person. Read More

Netflix Email Scams – Here’s What to Do

Netflix Email Scams – Here’s What to Do

Email phishing is one of the most common cyber-crimes, and currently, Netflix subscribers are being targeted with an email scam. Read More

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