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Last weekʻs tip was Collection agency contacts and tips to deal with them. That post discussed how to deal with collection agencies when the contact relates to a bill you incurred. What about those times when the bill doesn’t belong to you? Many years ago, I was contacted by a collection agency about an unpaid […]
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Having a collection agency contact you is almost an inevitable fact of life. Even if you always pay your debts on time, there’s no guarantee someone else won’t steal your identity and litter your credit record with unpaid bills in your name. In this era of massive data breaches, the question isn’t how to avoid […]
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The Medigap insurance scam is simply another example of spam intended to lure those in need of a service into a financial trap. Within the past week alone, I’ve received about fifty of these emails and they all follow a similar pattern. Medigap Coverage Information for my email address listed. Due to the Healthcare Reform […]
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The Better Business Bureau (bbb.org) recently reported on an old scam with a new twist. Let’s call it the “Nanny Scam.” How the Nanny Scam works Craigslist would be a good place for this to begin. The other option would be an email from someone claiming to be a recruiter. The recruiter will claim that there’s […]
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I focus on a lot of email scams, but there are still plenty of scams run by mail and phone. The Walmart check scam (or, as it’s sometimes called, the Warrant Scam) is labor intensive for fraudsters, but can be very lucrative. Jeri…
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With summer just around the corner, last-minute vacation rental deals are going to be at the top of many vacationers’ lists. Our desire to find a vacation rental deal opens the door for con artists to run vacation rental scams by…
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Background check email spam is a huge problem. On average, I receive 7-10 of these emails every single day. That fact alone is enough to have me concerned—not because I’m worried about someone checking the public records…
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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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A fraudulent phone call about fraud on an account? This week’s scam tip seems almost too bizarre to be true, but in a recent blog post by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Alvaro Puig, Consumer Education…
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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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The story of Thanksgiving is well known. Members of the Wampanoag tribe and the Pilgrims came together in 1621 to give thanks. More than 400 years later, the celebration is still going on, but now, it’s also an out-of-this-world event. Join me for a dive into Thanksgiving in space and how our astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving while orbiting Earth
