Is mobile banking safe? That’s a common question.

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Do you know that hijacking or sniping domain names is becoming a business and you need to take precautions?

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You have probably heard the news. Retailers can charge up to four percent extra when you buy something with a credit card.

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You want to buy a pricey item but cash flow is tight. You are offered a deferred-interest promotion. Minimal payments or no payments -- and no interest for a year. What should you do?

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A person comes to your door selling magazines and you order them for $49.99. After you think about it, you decide you want to cancel that order.

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This Sunday, Jan. 9, at 8 p.m. EST "Dateline NBC" presents a compelling new feature, "The Hansen Files."

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Global fast-food chain McDonalds was subject to an attack by hackers who stole email addresses and phone numbers of many of their consumers.

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Phones for Soldiers, with the tag line “Help Our Troops Call Home!”? I received one, too, and wondered how that organization would actually use the phones: Would they sell them and make money to pay for the overseas calls by soldiers, install service on the phones and give them to a platoon, or give the soldiers the phones when theirs break?

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While you’re getting your holiday happenings lined up, scam artists near and far are working as fast as Santa’s elves to unleash a plethora of scams designed to separate you from your spending money or to install malware on your computer.

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Fly-by-night franchisors can turn people wanting to go into business for themselves into scam victims.

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Choosing a financial planner requires research, especially when it comes to determining what expertise the planner has and how the planner is being compensated

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Financial advisors and estate planners frequently use free lunch or dinner invitations to generate business. Most invitations come from legitimate businesses offering legitimate financial services. Nonetheless, caution is in order if you decide to accept one of these lunch or dinner invitations.

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The Better Business Bureau has heard of almost every scam. The scam described below has gone on for years, using almost identical messages and money amounts. Similar to the famous "grandparent scam," where the scammer wants a would-be victim to think their help is urgently needed by a grandchild, this scam seeks to convince recipients of an e-mail message that they have a friend or family member who needs their immediate help.

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Scammers often post car ads on AutoTrader.com, Craigslist,and newspaper online classified ads, showing pictures and VIN numbers for cars the scammers don't own. The price usually sounds too good to be true. It is.

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Past surveys have shown that approximately 25% of credit reports contain errors serious enough to lead to a denial of credit.

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Essentially, Martin confirms all our worst fears about “Road Show” jewelry-buying operations: they’re not going to give you the amount of money you should be getting for your gold, jewelry, or collectible currency. Eventually, Martin gets to the mechanics of just how these companies tend to work:

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Consumers who are behind on mortgage payments are at risk of being taken advantage of by unscrupulous "loan modification specialists" or "mortgage foreclosure consultants." BBB can help you find legitimate advice and information and avoid being ripped off.

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Charlie Mattingly

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Consumers frequently complain to the Better Business Bureau after accepting a "free trial offer" and finding monthly charges on their credit card bill. This happens when the "free trial" includes a negative option feature, meaning the consumer is automatically enrolled as a paying customer unless the enrollment is cancelled soon after accepting the "free trial"

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Bad debt, especially mortgages that involved monthly payments that are even less than the accrued interest, continue to but a burden on the American economy.

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