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‘Tis the Season for Fraud: How to Keep Your Holidays Scam-Free

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Over 800,000 reports were received by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in 2022, representing $10.2 If you made payment using your checking or savings account and routing number, your financial institution may encourage you to close your account and open a new one. billion reported in 2021.

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10 Tips to Protect Your Personal Information

Center for Payments

A frightening development in identity theft crimes is the use of a child’s name and identity to open bank accounts and credit cards, apply for government benefits and more. Sources: Freedom-ID.com, Consumer.Georgia.gov, NerdWallet.com The post 10 Tips to Protect Your Personal Information appeared first on Center for Payments.