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3 tips to avoiding bad charities – wise giving

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, which means the ‘giving season’ is here. And sadly, with the giving season come the scammers. Their scams are more targeted than ever, partially because there are so many worthy causes. Let’s face it, in addition to the traditional charities such as the Red Cross, the American […]

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Health plan scam season is upon us – 3 tips to avoid a scam

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We all know the cost of medical health insurance is sky high, which means during November and open enrollment people are looking at new health plans. It also means we need to be on alert for a health plan scam during our search. One example of a health plan scam is Simple Health, a company […]

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Scam Tip – is your Facebook account secure?

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October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The infographic, “Cyber Safety Starts at Home,” covers the key points to avoiding problems online. One of those points is “Share with Care.” This seems especially timely because the granddaddy of all sharers, Facebook, just revealed a data breach that affected up to ninety million users. Facebook claims to have […]

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Five tips to deal with a phishing email for the Netflix scam

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Netflix users beware, the scammers want your personal information. Netflix has millions of users, so is it any wonder those users have become the target of phishing email scams? The bottom line is, if you receive an email advising you that your payment to Netflix has been declined and that you can remedy the problem […]

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Three tips for your Internet of Things device

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If you’ve bought a “smart device” for your home, you could be helping hackers around the world. The problem began when the first smart devices failed to provide a way to change their default passwords. When the news broke that these devices could be hacked on a massive scale and used in phishing scams, the […]

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The Keto Diet – to Keto or not to Keto?

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The Keto Diet – to Keto or not to Keto? The latest weight-loss craze is the Keto diet. The cool thing about the Keto diet is that it allows you to eat all those guilty pleasures other diets say you must avoid. According to the emails I’ve been seeing, this is a miracle diet. Oh […]

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The grandparent scam

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The Grandparent Scam Even with all the coverage about “the grandparent scam,” the trick still works extremely well. What’s surprising is how often the scammers are successful. I’m not a big fan of Dr. Phil, but he did do good a segment with AARP scam expert Amy Nofziger in which they detailed the grandparent scam, […]

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The Fscore email – the next big thing or the real deal?

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The next big thing The list of data breaches goes on and on. They started relatively small, a single company that would lose a hundred thousand or so credit card numbers and personal information, then grew in size until Equifax was hacked. And just when everyone thought it might not get any worse, along came […]

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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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