Credit card fraud is a form of identity theft that happens when credit card account information is stolen and used to make unauthorized purchases. Card skimming and phishing scams are common ways to ...

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Credit cards and banking specialist Jenn Underwood brings over 16 years of personal finance experience to the table. After a decade of teaching courses in banking, debt reduction, budgeting and credit ...

Debit cards are as vulnerable to theft as credit cards and offer limited fraud protection. Depending on how soon you report the fraud, you could be responsible for up to $50 in unauthorized ...

Credit card fraud has been on the rise in recent years. The Federal Trade Commission’s most recent database indicates that 416,582 cases of credit card fraud were reported in 2024, making it one of ...

Credit card fraud isn’t always a one-time occurrence — sometimes, an instance of fraud is part of a repeated fraud pattern. As credit card fraud continues to rise, cardholders are an important line of ...

According to the latest Consumer Sentinel from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), about one in five Americans have lost ...

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