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Survey Reveals 11% of Adults Lost Money to a Phone Scam in 2015

Calling victims on the phone to trap them into a scam seems so old school, however in today’s day of technology any scheme is possible.   Apparently scammers hold to the adage “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Because telephone scams, even in

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Protect Yourself From Identity Theft & Related Tax Fraud

Identity theft tops the list of taxpayer concerns for 2016. According to a 2015 Identity Fraud Study, released by Javelin Strategy & Research, show identity thieves stole $16 billion from 12.7 million U.S. consumers in 2014, a new victim every two seconds. Those

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How to Spot Short-Term Loan Con

In a recent article on ABCNews.com, one follower reached out to their team of scam experts to find out if they were being conned on a short-term loan. Find out if you can relate to this similar situation and how you can

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Why 2015 Was Not a Good Year to Fight Against Online Ad Fraud

A loss of $6.3 billion for the advertising industry was on pace to last year by showing digital ads to robots, according to a December 2014 study by White Ops, a fraud detection firm. The study applied some concrete numbers to illustrate a problem that most people in the

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Fraud Prevention In 8 Minutes…Or Less

Online ordering from websites that work in third-parties dealing with food, liquor and dry cleaning might have your money, and your identity, taken the minute you enter personal information. Colin Sims, COO of Delivery.com, recently told MPD CEO Karen Webster, the primary

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How to Avoid WhatsApp Viruses, Scams and Hoaxes

WhatsApp scams are going around and this last one could be the most dangerous yet to unwitting users. Prevent these scam artists from threatening you to download a virus to your phone by detecting some of the WhatsApp scams that you need to delete

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Is Your Landlord a Fraud?

Landlords have access to our most sensitive financial and personal information — never mind our living space — and yet we usually don’t know much about them. While most landlords are reputable and trustworthy, there are some whose behaviors veer

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Report Scams on the Scam Tracker

The Better Business Bureau launched a BBB Scam Tracker in late 2015 to provide consumers in the United States and Canada a place to spot and report scams. It’s another way to do a little extra research if you suspect

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5 Major Hacks of 2015 Year

“Cyber” was a popular word last year and it’s for good reason. It was a year of data breaches and hacks, impacting the public and private sector alike. Congress used some of these incidents to fear-monger and pass fundamentally flawed legislation,

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Tips For a Scam-Free 2016

Start the year with an awareness of the many scams that target your finances and identity and learn what tools are available to help protect you. “Government impostor, computer tech support, and sweepstakes scams were among the major threats for

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