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Online reviews might help you decide what to buy or what company to hire. You should be able to trust that these reviews reflect the honest opinions of people who actually used a product or service. Unfortunately, some reviews are fake, deceptive, or manipulated — and that hurts both people and honest companies.

Use two-factor authentication to protect your accounts from hackers.

How to report suspicious online reviews across some popular websites.

Tech support scammers want you to pay them to fix a non-existent computer problem. Learn how to avoid and report tech support scams.

Reverse mortgages let you cash in on the equity in your home: these mortgages can have serious implications.

Signing over your disability settlement payments to raise cash fast can hurt your finances in the long run. You may end up without enough money to live on. 

Romance scammers create fake profiles on dating sites and apps or contact you through popular social media sites like Instagram or Facebook. The scammers strike up a relationship with you to build up trust, sometimes talking or chatting several times a day. Then, they make up a story and ask for money. Learn how to avoid romance scams.

Scammers use rental listings to get you to pay in advance for a place to live or vacation.

Steps that can help protect your internet-connected devices.

Before you trade in, sell, give away, or recycle your phone, remove your personal information.

How to remove your personal information from your computer so it doesn’t end up in the hands of an identity thief.

Find out what to do if you paid someone you think is a scammer, or if you gave a scammer your personal information or access to your computer or phone.

Four steps to protect your phone from hackers.

Learn how people search sites work and how to ask them to stop selling your information.

Find out what you can do about unwanted text messages and how to report them.