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On January 10, 2014, Target released an update with new details about the December data breach in which credit card information for millions of consumers was stolen. Immediately after…
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The January edition of “The Snitch” is out and the feature scam tip involves a twist on the lottery scam. Instead of the scam beginning with you winning the lottery, it’s based on someone else having won and now wanting…
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Tax season is upon us. Yet while it will be weeks before taxpayers receive their tax forms, scammers are already shifting gears to what will likely be this season’s most popular scam—the fraudulent tax man…
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Utility companies across the nation have been issuing warnings to their customers about “utility impostors.” These impostors are con artists who typically contact a customer…
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This is my final Sunday Scam Tip post of the year. For this last post, I wanted to focus on a picture far larger than a single scam. I was fortunate as a child because my parents knew how to live life…
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Unless you’ve been living in a vacuum for the past week, you’ve most likely heard of the Target data breach. With more than 40 million credit cards compromised, there is a tidal wave of…
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We’ve gotten used to shopping for almost anything online. For those in the market for a new pet, there are plenty of options. If you want a specific breed of dog, there are breeder listings, breeders with their own websites…
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Here’s a scam that ranks right near the top in the scary department. It’s called the “Hitman Scam.” Once upon a time, back in the days before text messages, this was an email scam…
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Telephone scams are in full swing across the country with three different types making news in the past 24 hours. These three scams (the hostage scam, utility bill scam, and fake charity, all begin with a telephone call…
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In The Snitch this month, my scam tip is a letter to Santa about Santa scams. Quite frankly, I’d never heard of Santa scams before, but when I did I was appalled. Here’s how it all started. Back in the 1950s, enterprising people…
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These delicate Lifou Island flowers are another of the many tropical sights on Lifou Island. I have no idea what this one is called—I tend to be terrible at remembering plant names! For all I know, these Lifou Island flowers could be a nonnative invasive species that’s considered a weed!
