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June 17, 2008 Archives

Take steps to protect credit card information when donating to charities

Connie Prater | June 17, 2008 | Protecting yourself

Tags: credit card, fraud, identity theft

It's sad, but the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning consumers about the potential for scam artists to solicit donations for recent tornado and flood victims. The scammers may call you pretending to work for a legitimate charitable organization, but...

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