Phil Swan explains how criminals have their eye on your financial accounts – and they want access!
Account takeovers happen when the wrong people dig up enough of the right private information about you to gain access to your checking or savings account.
Here are a few tips:
1. Don’t fall for fake information requests
2. Use safe passwords.
3. Think twice about what you share on social media.
4. Be careful when banking or making purchases from public computers – and make sure you always sign out of any account you’re using.
Listen above for more!
(Fraud expert Phil Swan in the KFGO studios)
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