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A lot has happened in the last five years. Technology has changed significantly, scammers’ tactics have been updated, but one thing hasn’t changed much. I recently noticed a huge uptick in hits for my post about the Vast Platinum Credit Card. To my surprise, this is still one of the worst credit cards for bad […]
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Ten years ago this month, I wrote a scam tip about the Walmart check scam. It’s hard to believe, but that’s still one of my most popular scam tips. The problem with that old post is that it is dated—scammers have new tricks up their sleeves, technologies have changed, etc. So, this month’s scam tip […]
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Slam the Scam Day will be here on March 7, and we have the perfect way to celebrate: by learning how to protect yourself from fraudsters! Get ready with these 5 tips on how to spot Social Security scams and shut them down. You probably know that scammers target vulnerable populations such as seniors or […]
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January was a sobering month for us here in Southern California. Climate change, once again, reared its ugly head and devasted the Los Angeles area with wildfires that surrounded the entire metropolitan area. Rather than focusing on a romance scam, which was my original intent, this month’s scam tip looks at disaster scams because these […]
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Welcome to the May edition of The Snitch! On May 16, the next Seaside Cove Bed & Breakfast Mystery will be available. For those of you who like to read paperbacks, Dead Men Need No Reservations will be available in both print and Kindle formats. I’ve written about the puppy scam before, but this one […]
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It was a calm day when we visited Haleiwa Beach Park during our last trip to Oahu. It had been years since we’d been up to the North Shore, and we only had one day to explore. At the time, I was working on North Shore Nanny and needed a refresher on this little sleepy […]
