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Remodeling Your Home? Protect Yourself from Contractor Scammers
Are you in the midst of some heavy duty spring cleaning or preparing your house for a summer makeover? You may be enlisting the help of general contractors, roofers, remodelers or a builder to satisfy your home-improvement needs.
Continue reading...Moving? Protect Yourself from Dishonest Moving Companies
3. May 2013
In addition to May being Older Americans Month, it is also National Moving Month, a busy time in which many Americans are changing residences and hiring a moving company to help alleviate the headaches (and backaches) that oftentimes come with the heavy lifting.
Continue reading...Wisconsin Government Alerting Consumers of Medical Equipment Scam
30. April 2013
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is alerting seniors of a medical equipment scam that is targeting seniors in the Fox Valley area.
Continue reading...Use Caution with Online Pharmacies
25. April 2013
It’s no secret that prescriptions can be expensive. Medicare and Medicaid coverage helps, yes, but still, people try and go the extra distance in order to save that extra dollar.
Continue reading...Beware of Door-to-Door Magazine Subscription Scam
24. April 2013
The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers of suspicious activity from MidWest Marketing (also known as MidWest Circulation and MWM), a Kenosha-based company suspected of selling fake magazine subscriptions via a door-to-door sales team.
Continue reading...‘Ghosting’ Scam Haunts Family Members of Deceased
23. April 2013
As Wisconsin SMP reported last month, scams targeting the deceased are becoming more common in recent months. In fact, according to “Protecting Deceased Loved Ones from Identity Theft” by Sid Kircheimer of the AARP Bulletin, nearly 2,200 deceased Americans’ identities are deliberately stolen daily to fraudulently open credit card accounts.
Continue reading...Tips for Giving and Avoiding Charity Scams
18. April 2013
As the nation mourns the lives lost in the Boston Marathon bombing, the Better Business Bureau is warning consumers of scammers targeting those who are wanting to make charitable donations to the victims.
Continue reading...[VIDEO] Senate Aging Committee Hearing on Jamaican Phone Scams
17. April 2013
A few weeks ago, we told you about the government actions to crack down on Jamaican phone scammers. Now the scams are becoming a hot topic of conversation of Capitol Hill.
Continue reading...Portage Bank Teller Saves Couple from Grandparent Scam
16. April 2013
The Portage Daily Register reports that recently, a teller from Portage National Bank saved a senior couple from falling victim to a “grandparent scam” and saved them at least $1,800 in lost money.
Continue reading...Don’t Fall for Phishing Traps
9. April 2013
In the case of being a victim of a scam, you may not follow proper precautionary measures to protect yourself and your information because you might think something like that could never happen to you. Think again.
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14. May 2013
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