Beware banking fraud. How to beat the scammers.

The sad reality is that there are large number of scammers who are working hard to hack your accounts, obtain your information, and take your money. Far too many are successful but you can take some smart, and logical, steps to reduce your risk of falling prey to a scammer.

Fraudsters are organised and clever and will often choose their targets using information that you have posted or shared online. Some can even see spending habits so will target based on that. They can go to extraordinary lengths to try and convince you they are genuine so we all need to stay one step ahead.

These days, our lives are online and, in our smartphones, so we need to take steps to protect ourselves.

We need to take steps so we don’t become a victim.

In this article I want to give you some useful tips to keep your banking secure and on to avoid the most common financial scams.

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On Your Side columns from The National newspaper – September 2012

In  case you missed any, here are links to all the On Your Side columns from the Personal Finance section of The National newspaper from September 2012.  I don’t post all the column links here every month, but on 8th September my 200th column was published which felt like something of a milestone.

Over the past four years the column has answered hundreds of questions, solved masses of problems, obtained refunds and apologies and even kept people out of jail by intervening in debt issues. I am extremely proud of the work we have done and the good reputation we have built up, not only with our many readers, but also companies in the UAE.

01/09/12      http://tinyurl.com/OnYourSide010912

08/09/12     http://tinyurl.com/OnYourSide080912

15/9/12        http://tinyurl.com/OnYourSide150912

22/09/12     http://tinyurl.com/OnYourSide220912

29/09/12     http://tinyurl.com/OnYourSide290912

 

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