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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! 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...Think Twice Before Using Cash4Gold
Thursday, January 21, 2010
You’ve seen the commercials: MC Hammer and Ed McMahon (R.I.P., Ed) showing all the bling they could sell to Cash4Gold to help them make it through hard times. Turns out Cash4Gold may be (gasp!) t0o good to be true. New York Representative Anthony D. Weiner is pushing for an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission to [...]
Continue reading...How to Avoid Credit Card Traps
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Credit cards can be deadly weapons, or maybe they’re like spider webs. Whatever they are, they can be dangerous, getting you mired down in debt to the point that you may have trouble trying to achieve your goals, financial or otherwise. The California Attorney General has a brief article to help consumers avoid common credit [...]
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Friday, April 30, 2010
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