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Heather Wagenhals Explains How to Avoid Vacation Summer Scams on KSAL Radio
Rich Alexander and Jeff Garretson, hosts of The KSAL Morning News Show, interview Heather Wagenhals, Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist and Personal Finance Expert on the topic of vacation hackers. Last year, more than 317 million pieces of malware were
Read MoreCalRecycle Combats Fraud with $55 Million in Annual Deficits
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —For the second time in less than a week, CalRecycle announced a major bust involving people illegally bringing out-of-state containers to California to steal CRV refunds. In February, the agency caught a truck driver hauling 9,280 pounds
Read MoreUnited Bank for Africa ATM Card Scam
Frauds and scams take no holiday off. Even on Mother’s Day Fraudsters and scam artists are busily trying to part you an your money. Here is another example of a scam that we received this morning. The tracking number actually
Read MoreWells Fargo Bankers Take Advantage of Customers Accused of Fraudulent Behavior
Wells Fargo has “victimized” its California customers with illegal bank tactics such as having accounts opened in their names without their permission so employees can reach sales quotas, according to a lawsuit filed by the Los Angeles city attorney. Wells
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Feds Call National Mortgage Servicer
The Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are not playing any games when it comes to making loan servicers pay for illegal and unscrupulous behavior. The latest case, Green Tree Servicing LLC. Today, the FTC and CFPB reached a
Read MoreAnthem Subsidiaries Face Lawsuit Over Data Breach
Topeka, Kansas — Former candidate for Kansas governor says he and other lawyers suing two subsidiaries of health insurer Anthem can show individuals were harmed by a cyberattack on its computer networks. Paul Davis is a partner in one of
Read MoreTelephone Scam Season
Tax deadline might be over but that doesn’t mean the scammers have gone away. As Americans are readying their (late) returns, scammers have already been calling more than 366,000 citizens, pretending to be Internal Revenue Service agents collecting taxes, the IRS
Read MoreWhat If Your 2015 Tax Refund Is Stolen?
You may be feeling great that you’ve filed your taxes before the April 15 deadline, but make sure you’re not among the victims whose tax refunds will be stolen. RELATED: TurboTax FBI Investigating Fraudulent Tax Returns Filed Through Among the 149
Read More3 Tips To Detect An Online Scam
MSN – Approximately forty percent of the world population has an internet connection today, according to Internet Live Stats, using the internet for various reasons. But unfortunately, there are those who use it for tricking innocent individuals through scams. Numerous cases of online
Read MoreWatch Out for Virtual Gigolos Scam
Kerry Lutz, host of Financial Survival Network, interviewed Heather Wagenhals on the latest scam out there, the romance scam with virtual gigolos striking Canada victims. This week Heather asks what’s going on in Canada as reports come in revealing Canadian women in their 50′s and
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