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Scam alert: Beware this dangerous ‘Free Credit Monitoring’ scam

Posted on April 16, 2026

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I’m sure you’ve heard about all the hacks and data breaches taking place these days.

It seems like every time we turn around there’s another company reporting a major hack or data leak that potentially compromised the personal and financial information of their customers.

Some of the most recent hacks resulted in some of the largest security breaches in history, and unfortunately scammers who weren’t even in on those attacks soon began taking advantage of the fear and confusion they created.

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Scam alert: Be wary of calls you receive from ‘Microsoft’ or ‘Apple’

Posted on April 14, 2026

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A very dangers scam is making the rounds again, and it’s one that you really need to be aware of. It works something like this:

You receive a phone call from someone who claims to work for either Microsoft or Apple tech support.

The name of the department the caller uses might vary, but he’ll either hint that he works for Microsoft or Apple, or just blatantly come right out and say so.

The problem is, he doesn’t work for either of those companies. He’s actually a scammer out to make a quick buck. [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware fake Gmail ‘account closure’ emails

Posted on April 3, 2026

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There’s a very dangerous email scam making the rounds again, and as before it’s catching a lot of Gmail users off-guard.

As usual, the text of the email varies a bit, but the message conveyed is always the same.

The email claims to be from Google in response to a request to close your Gmail account. [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware fake ads for concert and event tickets

Posted on March 25, 2026

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As you probably know, ticket prices for concerts, professional sporting events, theme parks and a wide variety of other public events are astronomical these days.

Never ones to miss an opportunity, scammers are now running fake ads for deeply discounted tickets on social media sites and sending fraudulent emails hawking them to millions of email inboxes.

As usual, taking the bait and responding to these fake ads or fraudulent emails can have a number of detrimental effects, including all the following, and more: [Read more…]

Scam alert: Don’t fall for this dangerous PayPal email scam

Posted on March 21, 2026

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As you probably know, scammers are constantly using phishing attempts to try to steal the login info for our financial accounts.

And sadly, they’re often successful.

While they certainly love stealing logins to victims’ bank accounts, the scammers seem to have a special love for scamming PayPal customers. [Read more…]