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If you own a timeshare that you’re looking to sell, you should pay attention to this latest alert from the FTC. Older adults from the Florida area were recently targeted by Pro Timeshare Resale, a company claiming to sell your timeshare for you --...

Earlier this week, Inc. reported on a scam that seems to reappear every few years, mostly thanks to the fact that it helps criminals steal people's money. It goes by a few names - the "473 Scam," "Ring and Run Scam," or "One Ring Scam," and...

Scammers are always coming up with new tricks to get access to your information. The latest trend? Using your own voice against you. Norfolk Police are reporting an increase in calls asking, "Can you hear me?" It's an innocent enough question, but...

Scammers are becoming sneakier and sneakier every day. Recently we became aware of a new scare tactic for scamming you out of your dollars that includes the police, missing Jury Duty, and a very convincing voicemail message. Here's how the scheme...

In 2017, the FTC reported 4.5 million robocall complaints for the year. For one year, that’s a lot of complaints, and a lot of annoying illegal calls. To date, the FTC has brought more than a hundred lawsuits against over 600 companies and...

The phone rings. It’s a familiar voice, one you’ve hung up on many times before. 8:53 AM: “Hi, this is Heather from Card Services…” A quick search on the PrivacyStar apps yields a result of “telemarketer” with only a 0/5 Spam Score. 9:15 AM: The...

Now that "Scam Likely" has rolled out to the masses among T-Mobile, Metro PCS, and PrivacyStar users, we see this question a lot: "If you know it's scam, why don't you block it automatically?" Great question. There's no doubt that "Scam Likely"...

Ban All Robocalls? Survey Says No Carrier Conundrum: 90 Percent of Consumers Annoyed by Robocalls, But 85 Percent Say Robocalls from Doctors and Others Useful LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – August 3, 2017 – First Orion, provider of data and phone call...