It's not your run-of-the-mill scam – if there is even such a thing anymore. It starts out with a fake text, just like many scams do these days, but surprisingly morphs further into crooks even showing ...

Ghost tapping tries to exploit tap-to-pay to steal your money. The scammer targets physical payment cards and mobile wallets. The scam can be hard to pull off, but scammers persist. Tapping to pay for ...

The tactics used to fight credit card scams are getting more sophisticated all the time. Unfortunately, so are the tactics used by credit card scammers. More than 2.3 million cases of fraud and ...

If you received gift cards over the holidays, don't throw them in a drawer and forget about them. While many gift card scams involve thieves demanding payments—for everything from taxes and fines owed ...

ALERT, A WARNING TONIGHT FOR THOSE LOOKING TO SELL GIFT CARDS ONLINE. THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU IS INFORMING CONSUMERS OF A SCAM CALLED GIFT CARD DRAINING. WESH 2’S DAVID JONES SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM, ...

The hit: Once a cashier activates the card for a unknowing buyer, the crook drains it fast—often before it’s even used Avoid it: Check the PIN/scratch area for tampering, grab from the back, pay with ...

Are gift cards on your holiday shopping list? Beware, there’s a new scam where the balance on cards you buy may disappear before it can be used. It’s called gift card draining. According to a news ...

Fairfax County Police and the U.S. Secret Service found 20 credit card skimming devices during a countywide detection operation.(Courtesy Fairfax County Police) Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are ...

Debit cards ranked as the top payment method for both attempted fraud and actual dollar losses in 2024. Consumers increasingly must realize that con artists are often impersonating banks, government ...