Four Smart Ways to Keep Scammers on the Naughty List

 

The holidays bring family, festivities, and a lot of shopping, and scammers take advantage of this.  As people rush to buy gifts, travel to see family, and donate to charities, fraud attempts spike this time of year.  According to the FBI, holiday scams are costly. Fake stores, non-delivery schemes, and payment fraud cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

The good news?  A few simple precautions can not only protect your money but provide you with peace of mind. This helps to ensure your holiday season is filled with joy, not fraud.  Here are four common holiday scams to watch for and how to avoid them.

 

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Recognize Red Flags and Respond to Scams with Confidence

Scam calls, texts, and emails (often referred to as "phishing"), are rapidly increasing and becoming more sophisticated. Scammers often impersonate trusted financial institutions to steal authentication codes and member credentials.  Staying vigilant is key to protecting your accounts, even for the most careful among us.

Below, we will give you a breakdown on how the most common scams work, red flags to look out for, a step-by-step response plan, and introduce you to Logix's Fraud Risk Meter, to ensure you can better understand and manage your personal scam risk and protect yourself.

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Protect Yourself from Scams After Wildfires

 

The recent wildfires in our community have left many members dealing with significant financial hardship and in need of assistance to recover. Unfortunately, times of crisis also attract scammers who aim to exploit disaster survivors. At Logix, we want to ensure you have the resources to avoid scams and access legitimate assistance.

Here’s how you can protect yourself and your family from fraud while recovering from wildfire damage:

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How Impersonation Scams Work

I Thought I Was Saving My Daughter, But I Was Being Scammed

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How Scammers Use Social Engineering to Steal Money

As digital payment scams become more prevalent, they are also more sophisticated, making them harder to detect. Scammers employ what is known as “social engineering” to manipulate people into revealing sensitive information. It’s all about the psychology of persuasion. These scammers take advantage of human nature, aiming to lower your defenses so you’ll act on impulse rather than reason.

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