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There's really nothing, so I have to immediately change banking info to a new phone when it's lost or stolen. I had to do this recently when I lost my phone.

As I mentioned in another post, hackers impersonated my insurance company demanding money. I almost fell for it, but I decided to check with the real company, and finally, I phone blocked the scammers. But how do these scammers get my info to begin with? Is the company even in on it? I mean...

Reviews are the way to get business on Fiverr, Wyzant (academic tutoring) and other places, but how do we know people aren't just buying reviews and especially, good ones? Note: a mix of good and bad ones might exist to cover-up the scam.

I would do tons of research with Better Business Bureau and other places. And If I was dealing with individuals, not companies, I would need to see strong reviews particularly, but note that reviews can also be a scam

I should at least use 2FA with email for admin accounts for forums and blogs. I did that one time, it wasn't a big deal. But nobody would be interested in hacking my forums except from being fueled by hate. There's no money like in a bank etc..

I'm not saying other methods than what I like don't work, though. I simply don't like the style of other methods.

This is actually a plot to one of Tyler Perry's movies, but seriously, I'm sure it's a real problem. It's when some dream guy cons a girl (or maybe some dream girl cons a guy) just to get the cash and then runs or devilishly says something like "I got you in my corner pocket, lol".

I don't use 2FA because it makes it too much a pain for me to get in. However, though, I do use very strong passwords. Do you figure that's enough? Anyway, though, in regard to banking, there is a lot of 2FA, though and that's good. Things are often run thru my mobile phone.

What might be the danger in this? Well, I'm guessing identity theft and unauthorized withdrawals would be a problem. Anyway, I'm thinking of checking with my bank to make sure withdrawals from bad places don't come up.

This is very despicable and even more when they pretend to be a relative or something. Anyway, if you have elderly relatives, then you should be on guard for them. They can lose a lot via identity theft and other things.

Yeah, always double check with the official phone number of the company. You can't go wrong there.

I bought a directory website once on Flippa and it was some scam. In fact, it was a bunch of criminals bidding on the site to give it "fake value". Has anyone heard of this type of con?

There are a lot of phone checks these days. I wonder how much they prevent fraud. I'd say a lot has been reduced.

Someone posing as me wrote rude messages to other people. Anyway, to prevent this now, I don't open suspicious things along with strong passwords. However, with phone checks, I'd say hacking cases have went down

There is often a guide while you make the password. Note, however, that I make my own difficult passwords. I don't use recommendations cause they're harder to remember.

Did he take a lot? Sorry this happened to you. Did you try to get justice?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/nyc-man-lost-114-000-his-entire-401-k-after-his-physical-check-from-paychex-was-stolen-and-cashed/ar-AA1Kj4qZ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=a5c750223e63400882e58dea4088762f&ei=13 How might this be prevented? Does anyone know any other stories similar to...

I had an auto insurance policy and these criminals impersonated employees working for the company. I almost fell for it, but later I checked the actual company and found out I didn't owe what these fake people said I owed Anyway, I soon blocked those callers and I was amazed they were able to...

I never thought about additional rules. That's good to know.

I've heard of the honeypot method. I've seen a WordPress extension using that. Has anyone on here tried it? I haven't tried it.