COVID phone scams abound
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Thieves and scammers will do nearly anything to help us part with our dollars. In the latest one, as I write this, the thieves want to help me get the free COVID ... Continue Reading →
Punishment doesn’t fit the crimes
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One year ago, a federal grand jury indicted a Virginia woman for a whole raft of scams and fraud against veterans. Most disheartening is the fact that she was ... Continue Reading →
More and more scams aim at seniors
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Most scams keep repeating year after year. After all, the scammers are making big money doing those Nigerian grandson/auto-warranty scams, so why would they drop ... Continue Reading →
Watch out for these two new scams
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They never stop. Scammers are continually busy, and so must we be to stay one step ahead of them. Here are two more scams they’re trying to foist on us.
If ... Continue Reading →
Florida sees many VA scams
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What’s going on in Florida? It appears more criminals are operating there than in other areas of the country.
One criminal near Tampa worked at the Department ... Continue Reading →
If Social Security calls … hang up!
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Thieves are continuing to target seniors where we’re most vulnerable. Most common is the Social Security scam.
Annoyingly enough, I received one of these ... Continue Reading →
Online Lotharios’ only love is money
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Think you’re immune from getting scammed in an online romance? Think again.
Authorities recently charged 80 people with running scams around the world designed ... Continue Reading →
AARP offers free scam alert map
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The scammers sure have been busy. Is there no end to their creativity?
The AARP is helping us fight back, however, with its Fraud Watch Network’s free Scam ... Continue Reading →
Senior$afe act lets banks call the cops
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Congress took a big step last year to protect our financial interests. The Senior$afe Act gives immunity to bank employees who call the authorities ... Continue Reading →
I’m calling from the help desk …
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By JUSTIN GOLDEN
There has been an increase in the number and frequency of scams from people contacting you, either by telephone or by inserting phony error messages on ... Continue Reading →
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