Walmart Raises Awareness of Online Scams; Provides Consumer Tips

Walmart warned fraud’s “especially prevalent during the holidays.” Consumers lose more than $1 billion yearly, blogged Chris Burgess, senior director-financial services, Thursday. His consumer advice: don’t trust caller ID or email names; don’t provide personal information; be suspicious of schemes such as requests for payment via money transfers or gift cards; protect digital information; look for the “https” on an e-commerce site and verify the URL is spelled correctly; change passwords; and use a secured wireless connection.