The following are the most common car insurance claims in the US: Minor accidents. Accidents like fender benders, where the damage done to a vehicle is minimal and there are no injuries, are among the most common filed claims. Even if these types of claims are common...
The FTC has issued the following warnings about the Coronavirus: Scammers are taking advantage of fears surrounding the Coronavirus. What the FTC is Doing The FTC and FDA have jointly issued warning letters to seven sellers of unapproved and misbranded products,...
Government impostors have been a plague for years, but in 2019, they really upped their game. New data from the Federal Trade Commission show a startling climb in reports by consumers of these scams. The government entity most impersonated last year and continuing...
I just received this warning from the Union Bank: We and other banks have recently seen an increase in criminals using consumer usernames and passwords leaked in data breaches at other companies (like Target and Home Depot) to try to get access to customer accounts....
I just received the following email supposedly from American Express. Other than it's obviously not from American Express another giveaway is that its from a.brewer@stolt.com. Always delete emails like this. Do not click on anything or respond: ACCOUNT ENDING: XXXX...
Spring forward took place this last weekend and everyone turned their clocks forward one hour. Often, people forget the difference between the daylight savings time events that take place in the fall and spring. Typically, they remember it as either losing or gaining...
The Consumer Assistance Program has recorded a 220% increase in gift card scams with loss reports since December. Gift card scams take many forms; however, all request a gift card as payment and for the numbers on the back of the card to be provided to the scammer. Be...
Apparently anyone can fall for a scam. This is from CNN: New York (CNN Business)"Shark Tank" judge Barbara Corcoran lost nearly $400,000 in an elaborate email scam that tricked her staff. Corcoran said someone acting as her assistant sent an invoice to her bookkeeper...
The AARP Fraud Watch Network recently issued the following scam warning: While IRS and tax scams happen year-round, they are particularly common during tax season. These fraudsters will stop at nothing to try and scare people into being defrauded. And in certain...
According to PC Magazine the folks at Hotspot Shield/Pango took a look at the info state by state to see which type of cybercrime hurts most in your area. More than 50 percent of the 50 states pegged nondelivery or nonpayment for goods or services as the number-one...