phishing

Afraid of Catfishing? A New Tool Is Trying to Make the Internet Safer

Anyone who’s read oddly positive online reviews or happened on Twitter users with suspiciously large followings knows that the Internet is full of fakes....
infected computer

Careful! Those zip files in your inbox can zap your computer

You’re busy, so I’ll say this fast and loud: DON’T OPEN UNEXPECTED ZIP FILES THAT ARRIVE AS EMAIL ATTACHMENTS. Suddenly, there are a lot...
Holiday scam

You Have Just 100 Days to Plan for Holiday Scams

Whether you are hoping we can “Make America Great Again,” working tirelessly for those who say that we are “Stronger Together,” or simply trying...
student loan debt

This For-Profit School Is Forgiving $23.5 Million in Student Loan Debt in CFPB Settlement

A for-profit school that allegedly told students their loans would only cost $25 per month to repay must now forgive those loans, federal regulators...
credit fraud

Wells Fargo Fined $185 Million Over Fake Credit Card & Deposit Accounts

Thousands of Wells Fargo bank employees seeking sales bonuses participated in a scheme that led to the opening of roughly 2 million unauthorized accounts,...
cyber sharks

Why College Freshmen Are Chum for the Cyber Sharks

Identity theft and countless other scams are often among the first life lessons learned by newly minted college students. As summer draws to a...
Scam Alert

Beware: Scammers May Be Posing as Your Realtor

There’s a scam afoot, or, shall we say, a-wire that prospective homebuyers may want to be on the lookout for, and it happens like this: You’re...
student loan debt

The Weird Way Missing a Student Loan Payment Can Absolutely Destroy Your Credit

If you have student loans and have looked at your credit reports, you might’ve noticed there are multiple entries for your loans. That’s because each...
selling personal data

Companies say they won’t share your personal data … but then they do

Another day, another reminder that companies don’t really have to abide by promises to not share your personal information. They have a big “but”...
puppy scam

Look! An Adorable Puppy … Nope. Scam.

A California woman recently almost fell victim to a nasty scam on eBay when she was looking for an Old English Sheepdog puppy. Chalk it...