A D.C. resident narrowly avoided a phone scam as Montgomery County consumer protection officials warn fraudsters are posing as credit card companies.

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 ...

Credit card scams are on the rise as fraudsters target users through phishing, vishing, skimming, fake rewards, public Wi-Fi, ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

person holding a smartphone in one hand, credit card in the other, with a laptop placed in the front - Garun .Prdt/Shutterstock The risks of walking around with your credit card are obvious, but it's ...

Yep -- got the email a couple of days ago, and it seems my personal info was caught up in a massive bank data breach. Hackers now have access to my full name, address, birthdate, email, phone number - ...

A fraud attempt on a never-used debit card reveals a surprising way criminals can exploit card numbers digitally without ...

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The risks of walking around with your credit card are obvious, but it's hard to be aware of all the countless online scams that may target your card. The scammer's objective in both situations is the ...