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The Facebook debacle and what to do about it

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The Facebook debacle What happened with Facebook sucks. It’s never a good thing when a company suffers a data breach, but when you’re a social media behemoth like Facebook, having someone obtain the data of fifty million customers is a disaster for everyone. Many people closed their Facebook accounts right after the breach was announced. […]

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Identity theft resources — where does a victim begin?

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Identity theft resources — where does a victim begin? If you’ve ever been the victim of identity theft, you know how lonely it can feel. Someone has taken away your most personal information. For financial identity theft, bill collectors start knocking on the door. Past due notices turn up in the mail. And, lawyers begin […]

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Five tips to avoid the new Medicare card scams

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Five tips to avoid the new Medicare card scams Perhaps you haven’t heard, but starting in April 2018, Medicare will issue new cards to all Medicare recipients. The new cards will no longer use Social Security numbers. Instead, members will be identified by a unique, eleven-character ID composed of numbers and letters. The reasoning is […]

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Tips for dealing with the Western Union Remission settlement

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The Western Union remission settlement between the Department of Justice and Western Union has benefits for victims. However, there are limitations to the settlement and victims of scams may not get all their money back.

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Ho, Ho, Oh No! Santa scams are back!

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Ho! Ho! Ho! I’m sad to say it’s time for the Santa scams to make their return. In fact, the first Naughty List candidate landed in my mailbox on November 17. It was a sad excuse for a scam. This particular bad boy or girl deserves coal in their stocking for sure! **********************************************************.  Make Christmas […]

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Fake news email scam growing in popularity

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The year 2017 has been one for the record books. We’ve seen a dark-horse candidate elected to the presidency, venerated news reporters accused of purveying fake news, and social media rise in importance as the source of news for millions. Indeed, 2017 may well be remembered as the year of fake news. But, sneaking up […]

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McKenna’s take on the Franklin Law email scare

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Just in case you weren’t aware, October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The basic principles behind staying safe online are to stop and think before you connect. Cyber safety is really a matter of being aware of the constant bombardment of information we’ve come to know as the online experience. In a way, it’s […]

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What you need to do about the Equifax data breach

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The past few years have been filled with news about data breaches. This constant bombardment makes it easy to become complacent about yet another. However, on July 29, 2017, Equifax discovered their US website had been compromised. Information for 143 million people may have been stolen. That’s 44% of the population. With almost one of […]

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iTunes Gift Card scams are still being used

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iTunes Gift Card scams are still being used Last month I heard from one of my readers about a scam he’d fallen for. Apparently, he’d been tricked into paying for something using an iTunes gift card. The lesson cost him $600—a stiff price to pay for letting his guard down for a few minutes. iTunes […]

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Hackers are everywhere — vigilance is key to security

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We hear lots of news these days about hackers, cyberterrorism, data breaches, and more. A hot topic right now involves questions about our last election. Was it tampered with by Russia? Someone else? These are pretty broad questions, but at a personal level, what does all this talk about hackers really mean? I’ve just spent […]

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