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How to Avoid Falling for Skimming Scams This Holiday
Tis the season for giving—and taking! Be wary of skimming scams over the festive period. Here's how to avoid falling victim.
7 Ways a Criminal Can Use a Credit Card Skimmer Against You
Even with security chips and advanced biometric features in place, credit card data can be stolen through stealthy credit card skimmers.
What Is Shoulder Surfing and How Do You Prevent It?
This in-person form of attack can compromise you when you're at an ATM, on your laptop, smartphone, or even entering a secure building. Here's why.
What Is a Chip Card and Why Did My Bank Send One?
Has your bank sent you a new card without you requesting one? It might be a chip card, which offers better security for you and your bank.
What Are Card Skimmers and How Do You Spot Them?
Here's why you might be risking your privacy and financial security when you swipe your credit or debit card.
Top 10 Ways to Stay Safe From Scams This Holiday Season
It's hard to know what scams are out there, but in the holiday season, the scammers are trying even harder to empty your wallet. So what should you look out for?
3 Danger Signs to Look for Each Time You Use an ATM
Taking a few moments before popping your card into the ATM slot to withdraw money could be the difference between spotting it has been tampered with, and becoming penniless. But what should you look for?
Here Are 6 Pieces of Paper You Should Always Shred
We know that important documents must be shredded, but complacency is easy: 'it doesn't really matter.' But should you go to extremes and destroy all records? Which documents do you really need to shred?
These 7 News Reports Prove ATM Fraud Can Hit At Any Time
We often go into auto-pilot while using ATMs, but in Europe alone, cash point fraud increased by 15% in the first six months of 2015. These news stories prove ATM fraud can strike at any time…
How Scammers Can Use ATMs To Clean You Out
That ATM in the wall of your local bank might look like an easy way to get some cash, but you need to make sure that the scammers didn't get there first.