Tap-to-pay charity scam can cost you thousands

ScamSkeptic founder Matt Sanner discusses the growing urgency of protecting vulnerable seniors from AI-powered scams. He shares tips for recognizing high-pressure phone tactics and helping parents avoid fraud on ‘America’s Newsroom.’ Tap to pay has become one of my favorite modern conveniences. I use it all the time. In fact, I rarely need to pull out a physical wallet anymore because contactless payments are accepted in so many places. There's a security advantage, too. Mobile wallets can use tokenization or virtual card numbers, so your actual card number does not need to pass directly to a merchant during a transaction. That makes what's happening with a tap-to-pay charity scam especially frustrating. Criminals are taking a technology designed to make paying easier and using a moment of distraction to turn a small donation into a potentially massi

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