Jan 22, 2024 | Fraud Prevention
Identify and Defend Against Military Scams Being away from home on a deployment is a challenging time for military members and their families, and some people try to take advantage of these situations, making things even more stressful. A military scam begins when a...
Dec 5, 2023 | Fraud Prevention
Easy Money or Money Mule? A money mule acts as a layer of distance between a scammer and their victims by handling stolen funds on behalf of someone else, either knowingly or unknowingly. Money mules make a scam harder to trace and the money harder to find. ...
Nov 9, 2023 | Fraud Prevention
How to Determine if a Donation Appeal is for Real – or a Scam Charitable donations are a great way to make an impact on the causes you care about. But when tragedy strikes, scammers may prey on the generosity of those trying to support the victims. Scammers request...
Oct 3, 2023 | Fraud Prevention
Send Yourself Money? That’s a Big Red Flag Scammers are always creating new ways to steal your money. One of the recent scams utilizing peer-to-peer payment services is what’s known as the “Pay Yourself Scam.” The gist of the scam is that someone pretending to be a...
Sep 13, 2023 | Fraud Prevention
Protect Your Savings from Investment Scams We all dream of financial success, but when it comes to investing, we have to be cautious. Scammers will tout a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that will earn high returns with little to no chance of loss. These investment...
Aug 10, 2023 | Fraud Prevention
Protect Your Small Business from Payment Scams It is often assumed that payment scams only happen to individuals, but small businesses are also frequent targets for scammers. These maneuvers can often go unnoticed because the scam is embedded within typical business...
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