NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tap to pay has become one of the most convenient ways to make purchases for consumers and also the target of scammers across the country.

The Better Business Bureau issued a warning as scams like this surge nationwide, including, in Middle Tennessee.

“This is not a scam to take lightly,” Robyn Householder, who is the CEO of the BBB of Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky, said. “The average loss is between $500 and $1,000, that’s a lot of money for someone to lose with one tap.”

They are calling it ghost tapping and the way it works is a person get in close contact with you and use a skimming device to steal card data.

Householder says there area few simple things consumers can do to protect themselves.

“You wanna have real time access to knowing when a cha

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