American Consumers Lose $10B Fraud
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Federal Trade Commission data shows American consumers lost more than $10 billion to fraud in 2023 .
As technology advances, so do the tactics scammers use to exploit unsuspecting victims.
With AI-driven impersonation scams, fraudsters use artificial intelligence to create highly realistic fake audio or video messages.
If you’re asked to set up security questions when you create an account online, don’t use obvious answers.
Instead, Nicoletti recommends using unrelated answers to make it harder to guess.
For added security, you'll also want to enable two -step verification on important accounts.
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