Each year, the Internal Revenue Service releases its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams. This year, there is a special emphasis on aggressive and evolving schemes related to coronavirus tax relief, including Economic Impact Payments. I will be sharing this year’s “Dirty Dozen” over the course of the next four blogs. “Tax scams tend […]
Yep, your cell phone can easily be hijacked – taken over by criminals. And, this isn’t just phone calls, but EVERYTHING on your phone – emails, bank information, photos, etc., Everything is vulnerable. So, what do you have on your phone? Anything that is sensitive? With information available online, it is not difficult to get […]
There cannot be enough said these days about protecting yourself and your electronics. We have conditioned ourselves to the need to have access every minute, it seems. But, do we really stop and think about safety and security when we are using free public WiFi? Should we? We should be very concerned when using free […]
There have been so many fraudulent claims to Medicare for durable medical equipment (DME) — wheelchairs, walkers, braces and other devices prescribed by doctors to help patients deal with an injury or chronic illness at home that have been in excess of $6 BILLION, yes Billion, a YEAR! Yikes. This is yet another way older […]
Medicare and its more than 60 million beneficiaries are under attack from scammers who want to disrupt the program. Their primary aim is defrauding Medicare itself. Billions of dollars were lost in 2017 due to fraud, abuse and improper billing. You ask – how can this happen? Their schemes target beneficiaries directly, steal identities or […]
IRS scams and phishing, identity theft, this scam, that scam — What’s This World Coming To? Scammers are creative. Must be nice not to have anything else to do but come up with new ploys to intimidate and steal from law-abiding citizens. The elderly are particularly vulnerable in these ploys and so easily fall prey […]
One might think that since April 15 has passed, so has the season for tax scams. Think again. There is no season for tax scams. They occur 365 days a year. The IRS has reported a couple of new variations of tax-related scams. They call one of them the SSN HUSTLE. In this scam, the […]
I know you keep hearing about online security and soon you will say, if you haven’t already, that I am like a broken record. But in today’s world, one cannot be too safe or secure. Cookies on the internet are tiny files that are transferred to your computer from websites you visit. This is a […]
It is so nice to meet you. But, you ask, how did we meet? I don’t recall meeting you. Is my memory fading? Maybe your memory is fading, but I really don’t care about that. Let me tell you some ways that I may have met you. Have you entered contests and provided your name, […]
Summer is around the corner and whether you are shopping online to get ready for a vacation or relaxing while on vacation and decide to indulge, BE AWARE! Your financial information, tax information and Social Security number could be at risk. Cybercriminals want to turn stolen data into quick cash. They do this by draining […]
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