Imagine your credit card being used for purchases, but without any alerts on your phone or suspicious activity on your banking app. A new scam known as Ghost Tap fraud is taking credit card theft to a ...

How to avoid this scam Always cover the keypad when you enter your personal identification number (PIN) at ATMs, gas stations and retail outlets. “Test” the card reader by tugging on it and ...

During a two-day operation in South Florida, agents visited hundreds of locations and discovered several credit card skimmers ...

5. Major data breaches Large institutions, including banks and retail businesses, can be susceptible to targeted data breaches that put your credit card information and other personal details at ...

Run your debit card as a credit card. If that isn't an option, cover the keypad when you enter your PIN, as the skimming scams may involve the use of pinhole cameras to record PINs.

New York startup Casap has raised $25 million in new funding to help banks tackle the thorny problem of credit and debit card ...

The scary part about this scam is that the crooks already have your entire credit card number, making it seem very convincing. Here is how it works.

Approximately 60% of US credit card holders have been victimized by fraud, and 45% have experienced fraud multiple times, according to Security.org.

Credit card fraud and identity theft both involve unauthorized use of your financial information, but identity theft can have longer-lasting effects.

According to Chicago police data analyzed by the Tribune, there were 2,537 reported cases of credit card fraud in 2024. Only 17 of those cases resulted in an arrest.

(WHTM) — Midstate police are alerting citizens of a credit card/Visa scam that is spreading across the country and into Central Pennsylvania. According to the Quarryville Borough Police ...

Other potential charges, under long-established laws, would include theft, fraud and credit card fraud. The Post has been cooperating in the investigation, Phillips said.