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Donate Safely This Memorial Day: Spot & Avoid Veteran Charity Scams

This Memorial Day, honor those who served by making sure your generosity lands in the right hands. Learn the simple checks and red-flag warnings that protect you from fraudulent veteran charities—so your donation truly supports the heroes you’re saluting.

Job Scams via Text Message Are Surging in 2025 — Here’s What You Need to Know

In 2025, scammers are increasingly targeting job seekers through unsolicited text messages, offering too-good-to-be-true remote job opportunities. These scams often lead to financial loss, identity theft, or both. As more people search for flexible work online, these tactics are becoming more sophisticated and widespread. This post explores how these scams work, real-world examples, and steps you can take to protect yourself.

Beware: Bitcoin ATM Scams are Rapidly Rising – How to Protect Yourself

Bitcoin ATMs (BTMs), convenient machines designed for easy cryptocurrency transactions, have unfortunately become the latest tool scammers are exploiting to defraud unsuspecting victims.

AI Scammers Are Getting Smarter in 2025: Here’s How to Stay Safe

In 2025, AI-driven fraud has reached new heights, leaving many unsuspecting victims in its wake. Here’s what you need to know to stay one step ahead.

NFT Scams: How to Avoid Falling Victim

NFT Scams: How to Avoid Falling Victim

If you Google “NFT scams,” the results will likely lead you down a rabbit hole filled with, in some cases, actual cartoon rabbits. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have exploded into a multibillion-dollar sector of the crypto industry in the last 12 months alone. Top...

“Waiting package” Phishing Scam

“Waiting package” Phishing Scam

Phishing scams can be hard to spot. For example, we’ve been hearing about one where people get a text message saying that there’s a package waiting for them, and asking them to click a link to learn more. Sounds innocent enough, right? Unfortunately not. The messages...

GoDaddy Phishing Scam

GoDaddy Phishing Scam

Be sure to watch out for Russian phishing scams. This one in particular has sent fake invoices to an administrative email address through PayPal (as seen in screenshot) and also sent through the postal service. They most likely get your information from somewhere in...

How to avoid charity scams

How to avoid charity scams

When you decide to support a cause you care about, you want your donation to count. Doing some research and planning your giving can help ensure your donations get where they’ll do good. Here are tips to help you plan your donation– and avoid scams.  Do some...

Fake COVID Testing Sites

Fake COVID Testing Sites

You probably know that COVID-19 tests are in short supply. But did you know there’s no shortage of scammers setting up fake COVID-19 testing sites to cash in on the crisis?  The fake sites can look real, with legitimate-looking signs, tents, hazmat suits, and...

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