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Understanding Elderly Scams: What to Look Out For

Understanding Elderly Scams: What to Look Out For

Scammers have never let a good crisis go to waste. Scams that target the elderly have spiked throughout the COVID pandemic, including phone fraud and online romance schemes, preying on their heightened fears and vulnerabilities. While COVID-related scams have been on...
Bank Safely: Protect Yourself From QR Code Scams

Bank Safely: Protect Yourself From QR Code Scams

How Hackers Exploit QR Codes QR codes—those square blocks of black and white pixels—have become ubiquitous, appearing on everything from restaurant menus to store products and mall posters. They provide a low-cost, easy way for businesses to link consumers to...
Using QR Codes Securely: A Guide from Alpine Bank

Using QR Codes Securely: A Guide from Alpine Bank

The use of QR codes over the past year and a half has made life easier for people, and it’s getting harder to avoid them as restaurants use them for touch-free menus and they’re found in numerous other business applications. But as we have learned with...
Recognize IRS Tax Scams

Recognize IRS Tax Scams

No one wants to be on the wrong side of the IRS. That is why, in the months leading up to the May 17 extended tax filing deadline every year, scammers come out in full force to take advantage of the worries and fears of American taxpayers. Tax scammers utilize three...
Defend Against Digital Fraud

Defend Against Digital Fraud

Digital fraud is not only on the rise, it is accelerating and growing more sophisticated. While consumers are benefiting from the rise of e-commerce, mobile payments and computer power, so too are criminals, who can more easily take advantage of their vulnerabilities....