Apr 04 2022
If you’re an older adult who’s just ventured into online dating, the prospect of romantic companionship can be exciting. But when it comes to using dating apps and sites, it’s important to act with caution. Otherwise, you just might get tangled up with the wrong person and find yourself the victim of a sweetheart scam. …
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Jun 04 2019
Research shows that 8 in 10 Americans shop online, and the dominance of online retail means nearly anything can be bought online, sometimes at discounts that seem too good to be true. Nearly anything available online can be counterfeited, and research also shows that 1 in 4 people have bought something online that was counterfeit. …
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Mar 05 2019
Last month, Better Business Bureau issued an in-depth investigative study on romance scams. As detailed in the study, romance scammers typically contact their victims through dating websites, apps or social media, often using fake profiles and event stolen credit card information. Using these false identities, scammers may spend months grooming their victims, building what the …
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Feb 05 2019
The New Year means the start of tax season. Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission is warning people to be on the lookout for suspicious calls that claim to be from the Social Security Administration. Scammers are ramping up their efforts to steal Social Security numbers to use in filing fraudulent tax returns. …
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Apr 10 2018
New Medicare cards will be sent to recipients between April 2018 to April 2019, says AMAC ‘It won’t be a foolproof precaution, but it will go a long way toward protecting your identities’ Medicare has long been a lucrative target for fraudsters. In fact, Medicare fraud costs taxpayers tens of billions of dollars each year. …
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Jan 30 2018
By Cary Steven Johnson, Director: Crime Prevention, First Judicial District Attorney’s Office Good news for people who may have been a victim of a scam and wired money to complete the scam via Western Union money transfer services; the Federal Trade Commission has reached a financial settlement with Western Union for failing to warn and …
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Sep 07 2017
The Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers about a flood insurance scam targeting those that have been affected by Hurricane Harvey. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), homeowners and renters are getting fraudulent robocalls telling them their flood premiums are past due. Don’t respond to these robocalls. If you have flood insurance and …
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Jul 03 2017
Today’s cyber hackers are going after more than just computers. They are going after the “Internet of Things” (IoT)- everyday objects that connect to the internet to send and receive data. Smart televisions, smartphones, tablets, cameras, household appliances, home entertainment systems, lights and wearable health devices are all IoT’s. Their overall goal is to make …
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Sep 07 2016
BBB is often the first place people turn to when they have been victimized by a scam artist. We know one thing, scammers try a variety of payment methods to get people to turn over their hard earned money. First it was wire transfers and then it was prepaid debit cards. Their latest method? iTunes …
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May 16 2016
Raise your hand if you’ve received a call out of the blue informing you that a virus or other malady has been identified on your computer. Now raise your hand (it’s OK, no one can see) if you’ve become a victim of what is known as the tech support scam. The tech support scam is …
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Apr 18 2016
It’s one thing to spend a few dollars once in a blue moon when the Powerball prize is almost a billion dollars, but it’s a whole other matter to spend a few dollars, and then a few more and then maybe a lot more to enter nefarious sweepstakes and foreign lotteries on a regular basis. …
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