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It’s a new year. That means it’s also tax season. And more than 23 million people who file taxes will declare unemployment benefits they received. While those benefits helped those who lost their jobs, they were also a boon for scammers.
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Scammers are sending out a letter from Santa email again this year. Are these emails from a legitimate business or not?
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Romance scams have been around a long time, but a new trend is blending romance with the allure of cryptocurrency and fast profits.
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Romance scams have been around a long time, but a new trend is blending romance with the allure of cryptocurrency and fast profits.
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Have you been receiving a ton of emails about this amazing new device that can cool you off, purify the air, and use less energy while doing it? This scam tip dives into the cryocooler claims.
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What do California, Florida, New York, and Texas all have in common? Climate? Nope. Attitudes? Not in this universe. Scams? Bingo! According to the FBI’s 2020 Elder Fraud Report, these four states have the highest incidence of scams against seniors in the country and account for almost one-third of the crimes reported in the US. […]
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Rather than address a specific scam in this month’s tip, I wanted to step back and look at the bigger picture of online security during Covid-19. In my fiction writing, a confluence of events drives my stories, and this scam tip is no different. Two events happened this past week that caused me to think about how to maintain online security during the age of Covid-19.
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For most of us, shopping online has become the way to go during the 2020 holiday season. In our house, we get packages by mail, UPS, FedEx, and Amazon delivery. We’ve also heard how the delivery services are all pushed to their limits. With all that in mind, I wanted to provide this post with 5 tips to avoid package delivery scams.
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Last week I received an email credit card offer for the Vast Platinum Shopping Credit Card. Not having seen a credit card offer in the mail in a long time, I was curious. With a little checking, it became obvious very quickly that the email was a scam using what is, at best, a dubious, […]
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If you like shopping the sales you see on social media, think twice the next time you spot a great deal. On August 3, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported a rise in social media shopping scams. Read on to see how scammers are using social media for shopping scams. Cookies, ads, and social media shopping […]
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The Cabrillo National Monument tide pools are one of those places that the crowds come and go with…well, the tide. We were fortunate to arrive 30 minutes into a .7 foot low tide, which was almost perfect timing. I say ‘almost perfect’ because we, literally, got the last parking space.
