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How to Make Your Phone Number and Email “More Private” on Facebook
Posted on October 11, 2012 | 3 CommentsDid you know that if you enter someone’s phone number or email address into the search box on Facebook, the... -
Fall is Here. Do you Know What You’ll be for Halloween?
Posted on October 10, 2012 | No CommentsFall is my favorite time of year. Kids are back in school, the mornings are a bit nippier, and the... -
Payday Loan Companies Took Fees From Consumers Who Didn’t Apply For Loans
Posted on October 9, 2012 | 34 CommentsPaying sky-high payday loan interest is bad enough. But when payday loan companies charge fees even if you don’t apply... -
New BBB Scam Stopper Will Help Consumers Protect Themselves From Fraud
Posted on October 9, 2012 | 8 CommentsBetter Business Bureau and Western Union today launched BBB Scam Stopper, an education campaign to help consumers in the United... -
Your Income Tax Payment Didn’t Fail: It’s a Scam
Posted on October 5, 2012 | 2 CommentsPay your taxes online this year? Scammers are hoping to grab the attention of the many Americans who filed electronically.... -
Scammers Posing as Gmail Entice Victims with Free iPad
Posted on October 4, 2012 | 2 CommentsThere are two words that will create excitement for almost any tech-savvy consumer – free and Apple. After all, who... -
Central Asset Bureau Collects Consumer Frustrations
Posted on October 3, 2012 | 2 CommentsThreats of arrest, lawsuits and unending harassment seem to fill the playbooks of Central Asset Bureau, a debt collection agency in... -
WARNING! You are breaking the law!
Posted on October 2, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s not rocket science to figure out what’s the “right thing” to do on the Internet. Pirating movies or music….no. ... -
Don’t get Tangled in a Fraud Triangle
Posted on September 28, 2012 | 3 CommentsThe IC3 recently issued a fraud alert outlining some common online scams. One of these is known as “Triangle Credit... -
Telephone solicitors talk senior into $14,000 in magazine subscriptions
Posted on September 27, 2012 | 3 CommentsHard-sell telephone solicitors can be expensive as well as annoying, as a Missouri woman’s family recently found out. The woman,...
