May 15, 2025
Risk Alert: Your Cell Phone and Two-factor Authentication (2FA) How cell phones can be used to financially exploit seniors If you have a cell phone – be awareIs it a good idea for people with progressive dementia to have a cell phone? You need to be alert to the...
Sep 13, 2024
Check writing has some pitfalls It used to be that check writing was a way of life. It was the only way to pay bills or send money to a grandchild for their birthday. In 2022, FinCen, a unit of the U.S. Treasury Department reported a whopping 84% increase in check...
Sep 22, 2022
Remember when credit cards were for travel, not grocery shopping? Recall the days before debit cards? We are all using plastic more than ever—for both large and small purchases. And so are scammers and fraudsters! About 31.8 million U.S. consumers had their credit...
Aug 25, 2022
Financial scams and fraud are more prevalent than ever and fraud can happen to anyone. While technology has brought some of this on, it also provides new methods to protect yourself, loved ones, or clients from scammers. Let’s look at an assortment of popular fintech...
Jul 28, 2022
Scamming people out of their money is now a multi-billion-dollar industry. In 2021 the Federal Trade Commission received 2.8 million reports of fraud from consumers who collectively lost more than $5.8 billion. The money lost is an increase of more than 70 percent...
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