by Carrie Kerskie | May 4, 2022 | Assets, Fraud and Scams, Podcast
Two-factor authentication was created to protect your online accounts against cyber criminals. In this article, I’ll share with you a new scam that uses 2FA codes to gain access to your financial accounts. What you’ll learn: What is 2FA or MFA How this scam works Two...
by Carrie Kerskie | Mar 29, 2022 | Cyber Threats, Devices, Podcast, Privacy Tips & Tricks
Search engines allow us to browse the internet for just about anything and everything you can think of. All you have to do is type in a word or two, the name of a product, or a question, and then the search engine shows you millions of results to help you find...
by Carrie Kerskie | Mar 15, 2022 | Assets, Financial Identity Theft, Fraud and Scams, Government Benefits Theft, Podcast, Tax Related
Following up last week’s episode about 1099 fraud and staying on the topic of scams this tax season, Carrie interviews Ron Loecker, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigations. Ron answers some of Carrie’s questions and gives some tips to help you...
by Carrie Kerskie | Feb 22, 2022 | Devices, Financial Identity Theft, Fraud and Scams, Identity Theft, Phone/Text, Podcast, Privacy Tips & Tricks
Recently, Carrie received a call from someone worried that their mobile phone number was hacked. Out of fear, and some bad advice, they made some drastic changes on their own to protect their information. What they did not only gave the bad guys more control but...
by Carrie Kerskie | Feb 21, 2022 | Identity, Privacy Tips & Tricks
At my last speaking engagement I was talking about the importance of having various username and passwords when a woman said “Oh that’s just too much work.” Unfortunately, that was not the first time I have heard those words from an audience member. ...
