The following information can assist you safeguard your personal information.

• Debit & credit card security tips
• 10 tips for smart surfing 
• 5 ways to avoid being phished   
• Tips for recognizing e-mail scams
• Telephone scam tips
• Check scam tips
• Counterfeit checks and money orders
• Lottery scams
• Vishing scams
• Smishing scams
• Online banking authentication scams
• Mobile phone security
• Protect yourself online
• Identity protection
• Downsize your wallet
• What to do after your purse or wallet is lost or stolen
• Web browser information
• ATM safety

Links to additional information

• Consumer Action - Federal Citizen Information Center
• Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection
• FBI Fraud Alert (pdf)
• Virginia Department of Emergency Management