Each year, hundreds of thousands of seniors in the U.S. fall victim to fraud. Since they’re more likely to have savings and their oft more trusting and polite natures, they make attractive targets to scammers.

Peer-to-peer transfers have revolutionized the way we handle our money. We no longer need to carry around much cash, or stress over how to pay our friends and family back for meals. For the most part, using apps like Venmo and CashApp is overwhelmingly safe, but that doesn’t mean that fraudsters

Investments are almost always a profitable part of saving. Everyone wants more money, and one of the easiest ways to get it is through passive income. But this means that scammers might attempt to swindle your potential gain into their own.

Banking in the modern day means using technology. Everything from how you pay your bills to your phone’s mobile wallet are automated systems with access to your routing and account numbers, plus other important financial information.

When your phone rings, do you even bother to answer? Probably not unless you recognize the number. If an unknown caller comes across your screen, chances are you’ll send it straight to voicemail.

The FBI reports that cases of confidence fraud have risen dramatically in recent years. Confidence fraud occurs when a scam-artist gains the trust of an unsuspecting victim with the intent to defraud them. One of the most common methods of this type of fraud is through online relationships.

Quick cash schemes happen when a victim pays money in anticipation of receiving something in return—typically a loan, gift or investment—and once they've paid up, they receive little or nothing in return.