Financial exploitation has been called “the crime of the 21st century” with one study suggesting that older Americans lost at least $2.9 billion to financial exploitation in 2010 by a broad spectrum of perpetrators, including persons they know and trust, as well as strangers. This epidemic is under the radar, but awareness is the first step. Protect yourself and your loved ones with the below resource guide for older adults from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the FDIC. Money
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tnConnect wants to protect you and your finances from identity theft. Stop criminals from opening fictitious accounts in your name with a credit freeze. Not so long ago, a credit freeze was a tool usually reserved for victims of identity theft. But as data breaches have piled up, the freeze has become more widely recognized as the most effective way to protect your credit, even if a thief hasn’t yet made fraudulent use of your personal information. The reason: When you
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The recent emergency approval and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines have provided much-needed hope throughout the world. While drug companies, government, and healthcare organizations rush to get the masses vaccinated, unfortunately, but not surprisingly a new threat has developed – COVID-19 related scams. According to FBI Financial Crimes Section Chief Steven Merrill, “We’ve been concerned about fraud schemes regarding the vaccine as soon as the vaccine went from an idea to reality. The one thing that we’ve learned throughout this
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In today’s world, it is more important than ever to focus on the things we can control to better safeguard our financial future. It’s easy to get complacent, lulled into a false sense of security, when there are many other more urgent things to think about. That’s why we assembled the Top 10 Identity Theft Myths that you need to stop believing now. Along with this information are suggested changes, if followed all year long, will better protect your identity
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Money mules are people who receive and transfer money obtained from victims of fraud and are recruited through several methods: 1. Work-from-Home Scams: A job posting offers easy money for reshipping packages, buying gift cards or Postal Money Orders, or transferring money, which can be done at home. 2. Confidence Scams: A person or business you don’t know offers you a cut/commission if you transfer money for them. 3. Lottery Scams: A person informs you that you need to transfer or collect money
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With our nation in the throes of a pandemic, scammers are not sitting idle. Now it is more important than ever to protect yourself against scams and identity theft. Check out the below infographic from our partners to learn how to best protect yourself during these tumultuous times.
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Phishing scams continue to ramp up in the new year, capitalizing on consumer fears and the need for quick cash. The newest scam involves an impersonation of the Federal Trade Commission in the form of a bogus division called the “US Trading Commission”. This imposter agency website claims that it operates for the purpose of providing a “personal data protection fund” to compensate people whose personal information has been compromised on the web. It uses the FTC’s logo and address
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IRS Criminal Investigation warns Tennessee taxpayers about new wave of COVID-19 scams as second round of Economic Impact Payments are delivered The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) is warning Tennessee taxpayers about a new wave of COVID-19-related scams as the agency delivers the second round of Economic Impact Payments. In the last several months, IRS-CI has seen a variety of Economic Impact Payment (EIP) scams and other financial schemes designed to steal money and personal information from taxpayers.
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