Scam Update: What Is “City Light”?
We’ve discussed tax season, but what about tax refund season? Every year, stores go all out trying to get a piece of those refunds — and so do scammers. The other day, one of my clients received a call from a non-private number in the same area code, so my client...
The Scam Is Coming From Inside Your Pocket
The scam artists never rest, colonizing new habitats with the tenacity of Life itself. The next frontier of fraud is coming from inside…your pocket. SMS, or just “text,” messaging is turning out to be a promising alternative to scam artists who have been banned from...
Debt Relief Scams
The sheer amount of brainstorming taking place among the country’s scam artists is itself a climate emergency. There’s one variety of scam that I find particularly cynical: debt relief companies that have a whole playbook full of ways to separate desperate people from...
Create A Cybersecurity Plan Of Action
Now is the time for a cybersecurity check. Don’t wait! There is a lot riding on a laptop as it accumulates information as someone goes about their life. It would be a very valuable asset for fraudsters and scammers. So, how can someone protect themselves from...
Stop Elder Financial Abuse Before It Can Start
Elder financial abuse has many faces. It might come in the form of strangers pushing a “confidence game” where they earn the victim’s trust, a caregiver charging an exorbitant rate for her services, or a family member who has a sense of entitlement to the victim’s...
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