With the warmer months upon us and school about to let out for summer, it’s high season for moving. That also means it’s also …
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Mysterious Credit Card Charges: Why You Need to Check Your Bills
Do you read your credit card bill? Really look at it? Crooks are counting on that not happening.
‘Free Gas for Life’ Scam Shut Down; $2 Million to Go to Victims
The promise of being able to fuel cars for free — and power homes for free, too — proved a powerful lure for consumers who ended up getting sucked into a magazine subscription program and never did get the secret of “free gas for life.”
Feds: Fake Debt Collectors Shook Down 600,000 People and Got More Than $5 Million
Callers from India — often posing as U.S. police officers — called at least 600,000 people across the U.S. about fake debts and took more than $5 million in real money, the Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday.
2.6 Billion Robo-Calls Later, Why Won’t Rachel from Cardholder Services Just Go Away?
Rachel from Cardholder Services, please stop calling. We all know you’re a scam.
Feds Shutter Those Fake News Sites Plugging Bogus Weight Loss Products
The Federal Trade Commission has settled charges it brought against two marketing companies that were allegedly hawking shady weight loss products through a string of web sites that were pretending to be legitimate news …
5 Ways to Recognize a Financial Scam
With a tough economy making timely retirement less likely for many folks, retirement-related financial scams may be on the upswing. Here are five ways to know if you are being played.
