Psycho Bunny To The Rescue (in a $10,000 Fraud Case)

After gaining control of her phone, hackers ripped off Avery Hartmans for $10,000.

Even worse, her credit card company didn’t believe the charges were fraudulent. Three weeks shy of her wedding, she was saddled with $9,778.24 in debt.

This interactive retelling of her ordeal is an awesome way to introduce people to the reality of organized crime attacking ordinary consumers through SIM swapping and physical theft of credit cards.

You don’t have to be “somebody special” to wind up on the receiving end of digital fraud.

And half of all victims of identity theft wind up being victimized again.

This is a great read, and the interactive pieces make the story even more engaging.

Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/credit-card-phone-theft-sim-swap-identity-theft-investigation-2023-4

Don’t let the 2023 date on this article fool you. It’s more relevant now than it was even then. Last year, 62 million Americans had fraudulent charges on their credit or debit cards, and 92% of unauthorized transactions involve credit cards that weren’t lost or physically stolen. Last year’s total: $6.2 billion.

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