Credit Card Fraud

Debit cards and credit cards seem like equally good payment options, but there is one critical difference: How unauthorized charges are handled. If... Read more

Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor were hit by a data breach, and 5 million credit card numbers could have been stolen. Find out how to protect... Read more

The recent Orbitz credit card data breach could affect 880,000 people. Here's how to find out if you're affected and what you can do to protect... Read more

Millennials are tech-savvy, but they're regular victims of online scams. Here are six things you can do to protect yourself against... Read more

Identity theft is sadly only becoming more prevalent. In 2016, $16 billion was stolen from 15.4 million U.S. consumers, according to Javelin... Read more

In the summer of 2009, I spent six weeks in Fiji working with a nonprofit organization. Between working in villages during the week and frequenting... Read more

Falling victim to identity theft can be a terrible experience. But imagine how much worse you might feel if you found out you made it possible.... Read more

Last year, I spent $300 on a set of online courses to learn how to analyze Excel data. The problem? Despite the name and description, the courses... Read more

Financial institutions do their best to combat fraud, but discovering it can take months sometimes. In some cases, you might find out fraud has been... Read more

Bad credit can cost you by way of high interest rates and higher insurance premiums. It can delay dreams of buying a house or starting a business.... Read more

Sometimes it seems like not a day goes by without hearing about another data breach. Data hackers can hit retail stores, hospitals, even universities... Read more

Credit card fraud is scarily common — don't make yourself an easy target. See 8 clever tips for effective credit card fraud... Read more