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Holiday Charity Scams
The Better Business Bureau offers tips and advice for consumers to avoid fraudulent practices during the holiday season, more specifically holiday charity scams. Today’s topic: Holiday giving to charities RELATED: Tricky Holiday Scams to Avoid The concern: With the holidays approaching,
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Identity Theft Resource Center Reveals USPS Scam
Individuals around the country have reported receiving fraudulent messages from the US Post Office and other shipping companies. RELATED: Holiday Shopping Online Identity Theft Who Is It Targeting: Postal service customers What Is It: Shipping scam with an embedded malware link
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Cyber Monday Scams
Cyber Monday allows online shoppers to breeze through their holiday shopping list this year with the click of a mouse or the tap of a finger on a smartphone screen, unfortunately that also allows scam artists to breeze through your personal identity
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US Department of Housing and Urban Development Data Breach
A Fargo, North Dakota woman received a letter from public housing saying she was at risk of identity theft. It was a result of a US Department of Housing and Urban Development data breach and now she’s worried for her
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Holiday Shopping Online Identity Theft
New LifeLock Survey Shows That a Third of Americans Are Planning to Do All or Most of Their Holiday Shopping Online, but Are Still Concerned about Identity Theft 80 percent of Americans plan to do at least some holiday shopping
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Medical Identity Theft Warned by BBB
The Better Business Bureau is warning residents about medical identity theft. The BBB said medical identity theft happens when someone steals your personal information in order to obtain medical care, buy drugs or submit fake billings to Medicare in your name, according to
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Cyber Scams to Avoid
Internet scams used to be more obvious, like you could spot the bad guy a mile away and you were probably more amused than afraid. Remember the Nigerian prince who insisted you were due an inheritance, if you’d send in your
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Southwest Facebook Scam
When a tempting offer is dressed up with an official logo and endorsements from friends, it’s all too easy to forget the telltale warning signs of a scam. Right now an enticing scam is circulating on Facebook promising travelers a
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Top 5 Veteran Scams
Besides elderly fraud, scams targeting veterans are really the tip of the iceberg. Men and women who have proudly served our country are constant targets for scam artists. Swindlers target vets because they know they are drawing guaranteed benefits. While
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Suspected Online Scam
Recently a Flagstaff man reported a suspected con involving an online truck ad. According to the police report, the man contacted the Flagstaff Police Department at about 4:30 p.m. Nov. 3 claiming he had been scammed. He told officers he
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