 TITLE: What Is Account Takeover Fraud and How Can You Prevent It? CONTENT: Account takeover fraud occurs when cybercriminals gain access to your online accounts and use them to withdraw money, make purchases or extract information they can sell or use to access your other accounts. Potential targets of account takeover fraud include social media and email accounts, as well as those you use to shop or handle bank and credit card transactions. During the pandemic, there's been an uptick in government benefits, such as unemployment payments, involved in account takeover fraud—a good example of the opportunistic thinking that drives this trend. END