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New online shopping email scam

New online shopping email scam

A new email scam is out there--this time involving Amazon and other e-tailers. Clark tips you off...so no one rips you off!

Credit card malware scam at retail, restaurants

Credit card malware scam at retail, restaurants

The next time you swipe your plastic at a merchant, remotely installed criminal malware could be stealing your credit or debit card number. These two tips will protect you.

Lead Generation scheme coming to your mailbox

Lead Generation scheme coming to your mailbox

Have you gotten an envelope in your mailbox recently promising easy money? Clark has, and you might get one too. Here's why you need to watch out.

New danger for Skype users

If you're one of the many hundreds of millions of Skype users, there's a new virus you need to know about. Beware of a message that shows up saying something to the effect of, 'lol is this your new profile pic?' If you click on it, you will download a ...

Banks fight email spoofing scams

Banks fight email spoofing scams

Your bank could soon be trying an unusual strategy to fight back against all the online scammers impersonating them in cyberspace.

A utility bill scam to watch out for

A utility bill scam to watch out for

Summer is here and your electric bill is probably higher than usual. That's left a lot of people open to the idea of a federal program that could help pay a portion of your bill. But is it on the up and up?

ClarkHoward.com and The Clark Howard Show offer more money-saving advice for consumers

Fake government websites set up to trick confused consumers

RIP-OFF ALERT: The next time you need to go online to renew a driver's license or to download some other kind of government form, how can you be sure the website you're at is the official government site? I read a report in The Charlotte Observer  about fake websites that ...

The "Free Wifi" scam alert

The "Free Wifi" scam alert

So you're at a hotel that charges for wifi access. Yet you find a free wifi option branded with the hotel's logo or tagline when you go on your laptop or tablet. What happens next isn't funny…

Listen to The Clark Howard Show and visit ClarkHoward.com for more privacy tips.

Automated viruses plague online banking

RIP-OFF ALERT: Newly sophisticated Trojan horse viruses developed in Europe are expected to pose a threat to anyone who does online banking here in the United States. Criminal rings out of Eastern Europe are bringing a new level of threat to web users who encounter the common SpyEye and Zeus ...

How to outsmart email "phishing" scams

"Phishing" scams have become a real problem in recent years. Phishing is when you receive an email from a company, requesting more information on your account, or indicating there was a problem with a recent purchase, etc. But in reality, the email is just a cleverly disguised scam, designed to ...

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