Nuisance and Scam News

The holiday season brings more shopping, deliveries, charitable giving, travel, gift cards, and family communication than almost any other time of year. Scammers understand those patterns too, and they use...

Phone scams used to be easier to dismiss when the caller sounded unprofessional, knew very little about you, or relied on an obviously unrealistic story. Today, that assumption can be...

Phone scams can be difficult for anyone to recognize, but memory loss can introduce additional challenges. An older adult may forget a previous warning about a scam, have difficulty remembering...

An unknown caller does not need your bank password to cause damage. Sometimes a name, date of birth, bank name, family detail, or verification code is enough to help a...

A phone scam safety plan works best when everyone in the household knows exactly what to do before a suspicious call ever happens. Instead of relying on memory or quick...

A scammer does not always begin a phone call by asking for money. Sometimes the conversation starts with harmless sounding questions about your name, address, date of birth, bank, healthcare...