Tips to help you and family members avoid increasing fraud and scams

Fraud cost Ohioans more than $135 million last year, and scammers continue to find creative and effective new ways to steal consumers’ money. But there are ways to help avoid it.

Credit card fraud and bank ID theft saw major increases last year. And scammers have been tricking consumers into providing their personal and account information by using bogus texts, emails and phone calls purporting to be representatives of their financial institutions.