bad actor

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It is important to store documents and passwords — life-insurance policies, bank-account details, mortgage documents, Social Security number, retirement accounts, will and trust documents, etc. — in a safe place beyond the reach of a bad actor.

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You may be able to add an “alert” to your bank account, notifying the bank of any named person, aka bad actor, who should never and will never have access to your account.

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You may be able to add an “alert” to your parents’ bank account, notifying the bank of any named person — AKA bad actor — who should never and will never have access to their account.

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The other problem here, of course, is that your cousin’s estranged husband is, by your account, a bad actor.

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“Romance scams have become the quintessential con, wherein a bad actor manipulates their target into establishing a digital relationship via phone calls, video calls, text messages and more,” Hall said.

From Salon