Tag "Protect your identity"

Fight Back Against Identity Theft

Victims of identity theft rise each year, and right now more than 17 million Americans are effected. This past summer, the Democratic National Committee’s computer network was hacked, and just last month Yahoo disclosed that hackers stole information from at least

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Do You Have to Respond to Fraud Alerts on Your Credit Card?

Several credit cards offer a variety of security options to better protect your finances, one of these includes a security alert notifying you that someone might have stolen your credit card. Whether you got the bad news via text, email or

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Protect Your Money from Scammers

Financial advice can be like Longfellow’s little girl with the curl. It can be very, very good — but when it’s bad, it’s horrid. And in some cases, bad advice leads not just to a loss of money, but also to

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12 Types of Fraud to Watch For

Fraud is a word no financial advisor wants to hear. Advisors may unwittingly abet a fraudulent scheme that victimizes their clients, or they may allow it to occur by not taking more diligent proactive safeguards. RELATED: Fake Confirmation Emails Contain Malware

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