The 6-Digit Code That Can Drain Your Retirement Account (And How to Stop It)

Podcast: Stay Wealthy Retirement Podcast · Taylor Schulte, CFP®

Opublikowano: 2026-04-16

According to the FBI, Americans lost nearly $21 billion to cyber-enabled fraud last year—a 26% increase from the year before. And the single largest category? Investment-related fraud, with more than $8.6 billion in losses. But what's most unsettling isn't the scale... it's how simple some of these scams really are. A retired couple recently lost thousands of dollars from their IRA after a scammer tricked them into sharing a single six-digit verification code over the phone. No hacking. No stolen password. Just one text message and one phone call. In this epi...