Happy Tax Day! Or, if you didn’t get the fat refund you were expecting and have to pay this year…our condolences. However your Tax Day is going, it’s a great time to refresh yourself on tax scam and how to avoid it. Tax identity theft happens when...
Charge the phone. Run the air. Warm the shower. Power the wifi. You don’t realize how much electricity you rely on until it’s out. So if someone called and threatened to shut it off, what would you do? After reading the latest FTC Scam Alert, you’ll...
Everyone loves the thought of a giant check appearing at their door, but the FTC is warning that a call from Publishers Clearing House might not be the real deal. Publishers Clearing House and the FTC have been getting reports that scammers are using the household...
It’s been almost a year since we wrote about the Publishers Clearing House scam – and this is one trick call that isn’t slowing down. Emma Fletcher at the FTC is reporting that con artists are still counting on your dreams of the big sweepstakes...
Happy Tax Day! For all of you that received that big fat refund check, congratulations! For those that owe money… our condolences. Even if you’ve already filed your taxes – and spent that return – you could still be targeted past the due date....