Your credit card never leaves your pocket, but somehow your money does. It’s called Ghost Tapping, a proximity-based scam ...

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 ...

AI tools are making it easier than ever for scammers to defraud consumers. The FBI reports that cybercrime is on the rise, ...

The world is full of con artists. And they’re now using AI to create convincing fake websites, emails, texts, audio, and video for their scams. Fraud losses reported to the Federal Trade Commission ...

More credit card issuers now approve applicants without a Social Security number, giving scammers new ways to commit identity ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — 100% guaranteed. It would be nice to think you could keep yourself safe from all identity theft, but reality is that the scammers' only job is to figure out a new way to get your ...

Americans lose millions to gift card scams every year. Here’s how to protect yourself.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The new Consumer Reports Cyber Readiness Report finds text scam attempts are up by 50%. The fastest growing demographic? Gen Z'ers. "Scammers are trying to rip off young adults. And ...

Ghost tapping scams use small contactless charges to test stolen card details, the BBB warns. Learn to spot unauthorized NFC charges before fraud spreads.