Identity Theft Awareness Week puts a spotlight on one of the fastest-growing cybercrime problems worldwide. As more of daily life moves online, personal data has become a high-value target, and criminals are getting better at exploiting it quietly and at scale. From large-scale data breaches to highly personalized phishing messages, identity theft today rarely looks dramatic […]
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Holiday Scams to Watch Out for This Season
The holiday season is a time for celebrating with those closest to you, but it’s also prime time for holiday scams. Unfortunately, fraudsters ramp up their efforts at this time of year to exploit holiday cheer for financial gain, so it’s important to stay alert and protect yourself from falling victim to a scam. Here […]
Read MoreFCC Warns of Back-to-School Scams Targeting Students & Families
As students return to school this fall, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is cautioning families about a growing wave of back-to-school scams. Common tactics include fraudulent scholarship offers, fake student loan forgiveness programs, and even the use of AI-generated “deepfake” voice scams designed to impersonate students or school officials. These scams are aimed at tricking […]
Read MoreWatch Out for Student Loan Repayment Scams
This past June, the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for qualified borrowers. As a result, millions of student loan borrowers are scheduled to start paying back their loans in October after a three-and-a-half-year reprieve. Fraudsters and scam artists have already begun to prey […]
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