Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South Randy Hutchinson gives weekly advice about how to protect assets and avoid scams.

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), its Consumer Sentinel Network received almost 6.5 million reports in 2024 — 40% of which were for fraud and 18% were for identity theft. Indeed, ...

You probably know that you can place a fraud alert on your credit reports – but did you know there are three different types of fraud alerts that you can apply? A fraud alert obligates potential ...

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Make sure to freeze your credit on all three credit bureau sites. “In order to effectively freeze one’s credit, it is ...

Two Washington women pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $229,000 through identity theft using stolen mail. Learn how to ...

Identity thieves count on you ignoring small clues like a $4 charge or a missing bill. Spot these six quiet signs before fraud damages your finances.

We get them so often, it’s easy to mistake them for junk mail: Those “notice of data security incident” letters, ominously informing us that our personal information has been stolen from a company ...