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Solar email scams have become annoyingly common. The graphic shown was used in many of the emails I received urging me to go solar. I’m a strong proponent of solar as an energy source. What I dislike are the attempts to defraud consumers …
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In last week’s edition of my monthly newsletter, “The Snitch,” I discussed three tips to help avoid visiting or providing information on a fake website. In addition to fraudulent commercial websites, scammers…
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Are the emails offering you ways to boost your brain power for real? Or, are they nothing more than BS? Let’s take a close look at a couple of the ones I received this week. The first one had the subject “Discover Magazine: Billionaires Rely on the Brain Booster, Free-Delivery Expires Today.” Sounds like a […]
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Email inboxes are receiving a barrage of mail encouraging consumers to monitor their credit. The emails may offer a link to one of the three credit bureaus: Experian, Equifax, or…
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Nearly everyone knows the deep voice of actor Alan Thicke. Now in his late 60s, the actor many of us loved on the TV sitcom Growing Pains has become the pitch man for a tax…
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A large number of emails have been floating around the internet offering up Russian brides. With all that activity, one might think we were going through another California gold rush. The…
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Dieting options are all the rage. The emails about various celebrities who have lost weight (and usually gained it back) are inundating email inboxes. Whether we’re…
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The recent news that the personal information of 80 million Anthem Blue Cross members was compromised in a data breach has probably put many of us into…
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Did you receive an email offering you a revolutionary treatment to restore lost hearing? How about an ancient Navajo remedy to solve the problem? Here’s the short…
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This email doesn’t have a logo, which should raise a red flag, but it’s also missing the common typos and grammatical errors. What’s really significant, however, has to do…
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We went to Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park fully intending to walk the loop around the park. We missed the trailhead and ended up sightseeing in a place barely five miles from our home.
