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Listen and subscribe to Decoding Retirement on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Older adults lost more than $3.4 billion to fraud in 2023, according to the FBI — ...

In the modern era, personal finance scams come in all shapes and sizes, some in remaining old fashion by way of being in person while the majority have migrated to online. For those growing up in the ...

Many companies hire workers in August, September, and October to have some extra help during the holidays. While autumn can be a great time to find some steady work or part-time supplementary income, ...

Something you can be sure of when it comes to scams and swindles is that the methods used to try to part you from your data, your money, or both are constantly changing—which of course makes it more ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - As college students across the country head back to campus, there’s one lesson every student and parent needs to brush up on before move-in day: how to spot a scam. While ...

If you get a text claiming to be from your bank, especially one asking you to act fast, it might be a scam. Chase customers are among the latest targets in a phishing campaign using fake alerts to ...

Your inbox could contain real money—or a trap. I made two fake settlement claim sites in five minutes, and I'm here to tell you how to tell a legit settlement notice site from a data-stealing fake.