The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has a warning for the public: When an offer appears too good to be true, that is probably the case. One scheme that fits this description is reshipping fraud, a type of scam that often lures in unsuspecting participants by...
The holiday shopping season is kicking into high gear with retailers working aggressively to entice customers with deals and discounts. Fraudsters, sadly, are also taking notice and are looking to take advantage of heightened retail activity to steal data and goods. The expansion of EMV...
December 17, 2019
Criminals get into the holiday spirit, too. For instance, they know how to talk in friendly, polite terms to overworked and often-frustrated customer service representatives — to gain such advantages as having purchased items redirected to their own addresses, rather than to the customers who supplied their payment information. Such a scam promises to play […]
