Rick's Daily Tips

Q&A: Can I make monthly payments to Amazon for a new TV?

Posted on April 1, 2020

Question from Judy: Hi Rick. I hope you can give me some info on buying a new TV from Amazon.

It looks like I’m going to be stuck here at home for at least a couple of months and my TV recently went out on me. It’s pretty old and I doubt if it’s worth fixing.

I really need a new TV to get me through this period of isolation but I just don’t have that kind of money right now because I was laid off from my job.

A while back you wrote an article letting us know that Amazon will sell you a computer and let you make monthly payments on it.

Can I also make monthly payments to Amazon for a new TV or does that just apply to computers?

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Scam alert: Those voicemails you’re receiving via Facebook Messenger are likely infected with trojan malware

Posted on March 23, 2020

Have you been receiving a lot of strange voicemails via Facebook Messenger of late?

If so, those voicemails are likely carrying trojan malware that could infect your device if you take the bait and listen to them.

The scammers and hackers of the world have long been using Facebook and it’s associated Messenger app to distribute malware in various ways, and these infected voicemails are just the latest method they’re using to add a little misery to our lives.

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Scam alert: Those text messages from HHS announcing a nationwide Coronavirus quarantine were fakes

Posted on March 17, 2020

On Sunday, March 15, a large number of text messages were apparently sent out from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announcing a nationwide quarantine due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

The National Security Council (NSC) quickly posted a tweet (embedded below) explaining that all those text messages were fake. [Read more…]