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The 12 essential steps to keep your season bright and scam-freeThe holidays should be full of joy—not fraud alerts and frantic phone calls.Find your final checklist to stay safe through the season below. Your scam-free holiday checklist 1. Slow down. Never act under pressure. 2. Verify everything. Independently through …

Scammers want you panicking.Scammers rely on one major strategy: manufactured urgency. If they can get you to react emotionally, you stop thinking logically—and that's when mistakes happen. A typical urgent scam message:“Your account will be closed in 1 hour!”“A package is being returned!”“Your device is infected!”“Your …

Because “password123” is the gift scammers love the most.Scammers thrive on predictable, reused, or outdated passwords. The holidays bring increased online shopping, more accounts being created, and more sign-ins from devices you’re not used to. And all of this means more opportunities for scammers to break in.  A …

When the voice sounds real… but the danger is too.Voice-cloning scams have absolutely skyrocketed, especially around the holidays. Scammers now use AI to clone voices from social media videos, voicemails, interviews and anything else they can find. In seconds, they can make a voice sample say anything they want.  A …

When the number looks real… but the caller isn’tIf you only read ONE Fraudmas article this year, make it this one. Scammers have gotten very good at pretending to be your financial institution, especially around the holidays when people feel rushed and financially stressed.Using spoofing technology, scammers can make your caller ID say anything, …