Don’t fall victim to an IRS tax scam. Yes, we all get phone calls from telemarketers, fundraisers, creditors etc. Sometimes, there is a legitimate reason why a caller is asking for money, but increasingly often, consumers are receiving calls from scammers pretending to be from a legitimate org...

Fraudsters take advantage of holiday cheer It’s hard to put an exact dollar figure on how much consumers lose from scams, but, according to one report, the Federal Trade Commission estimated that there were nearly 49 million individual annual fraud transactions with an average loss of $60 -- total...

Consumers use their credit cards frequently during the holiday season, and that means that this time of year also brings credit card scams.