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What to do if You Can’t Make Your Mortgage Payment
The Federal Trade Commission has some helpful tips if you feel like you’re on the verge of being unable to make the payments on your home: Know Your Mortgage Do you know what kind of mortgage you have? Do you know whether your payments are going to increase? If you can’t tell by reading the [...]
Continue reading...Door to Door Magazine Sales Scam on the Rise
Friday, April 23, 2010
I live in a neighborhood with lots of kids. When one of them has a fundraiser, they know I’m an easy mark. Every February I dread the onlsaught of Girl Scouts, well not so much the Girl Scouts, but the cookies they bear. But when it comes to strangers soliciting me, I have a simple rule: [...]
Continue reading...Scam Artists Prey on Job Seekers
Monday, March 1, 2010
The scam goes something like this: You respond to a job post on craigslist. The “employer” decides to advance you some wages, and sends you a check. But since the check is for more than what you’re going to be paid, he asks you to deposit the check in your bank account, and send him [...]
Continue reading...Scam Alert! Tax Return Loans
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Right about now, millions of people have visions of dollar signs dancing through their heads. Yup, it’s tax return time. And the sooner they get their money, the happier they’ll be. But the California Attorney General is warning taxpayers to avoid high-cost tax-refund-anticipation loans, which force taxpayers to “borrow their own money,” include numerous fees [...]
Continue reading...Avoid Foreclosure Rescue Scams
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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Continue reading...Scam Alert! Watch Out for Con Artists Posing as Census Workers
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
It’s bad enough you’ve got to be on the lookout for predatory Girl Scouts plying you with their offers of delicious Samoans, er Samoas. Apparently, now you have to watch out for lowlifes (lowlives?) trying to steal your identity right in front of your face. The Colorado Attorney General and the American Association of Retired People [...]
Continue reading...Beware of Scam Artists Trying to Exploit Haiti Disaster
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Colorado Attorney General has issued a press release reminding people to be wary of people trying to take advantage of the recent Haiti disaster and suggests taking the following simple steps: Visit the www.checkthecharity.com or the Colorado Secretary of State’s Web site (www.sos.state.co.us) to make sure a charity soliciting contributions is registered with the state. Seniors [...]
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Friday, April 30, 2010
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