green living, smart spending
April 15th will be here before you know it. Here’s how to file your 2020 taxes for FREE online, even get free help preparing the documents, and a couple of low-cost options if you don’t qualify for the tax filing freebies. Note that some free services are not available to homeowners, taxpayers with itemized deductions,
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The stats are in, and here are the most popular ecoXplorer posts of 2020 You are a smart group of followers who want to avoid being ripped-off, since several top posts are our “scam alert” advisories. And you are an eclectic bunch, since other top posts ranged from endangered animals to travel safety and a
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For months now, I have been spammed almost daily by Jasmine Winget. Each time it is from a different email address, so blocking Jasmine Winget is useless because she – or her spammer network, most likely a bot – sends me the next spam email from a different address tomorrow or next week. Spammer Jasmine
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On top of everything we have to worry about these uncertain days, if you stayed at a Marriott brand hotel or resort recently, you should be worrying about identity theft and other personal security issues. There’s been a massive security breach – since I stayed at one recently, I am personally at risk. Maybe you,
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Avoid these Coronavirus frauds and pandemic survival frauds: Every emergency, from a hurricane or eathquake to a pandemic, brings out the good in some of us along with scammers and fraudsters ready to take advantage of us. My inbox is going viral (pardon the pun) from scammers offering survival tools, including unique facemasks, vitamins and
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The stats are in, and here are the most popular ecoXplorer posts of 2019. You are a smart group of followers who want to avoid being ripped-off, since most of the top posts are our “scam alert” advisories. And you are an eclectic bunch, since other top posts ranged from endangered animals to a kitschy
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Scam alert. Protect yourself from becoming a victim of identity theft or a computer virus like ransomware, by avoiding fraudulent holiday emails from senders claiming to be Amazon, Paypal, Costco, Starbucks, Pandora and other well-known names. I’ve been getting a lot of those lately, as holiday shopping season gears up, and probably so have you.
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Scam alert: The next time you see a missed call on your mobile phone or landline from a number you don’t recognize, don’t call back. The one ring phone fraud is back, and if you fall for it, you could find yourself charged a bundle, perhaps as much as $30. The call looks like it
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Robocall Scam Alert: We’re all being hounded incessantly by robocalls, both on our landlines and on our smartphones. But we are not powerless to block the scammers and telemarketers who bother us night and day, including weekends and holidays. First of all, the Federal Trade Commission “do not call” registry does not work. It blocks
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The stats are in, and here are the most popular ecoXplorer posts of 2018. You are a smart group of followers who want to avoid being ripped-off, since most of the top posts are our “scam alert” advisories. And an eclectic bunch, since other top posts ranged from endangered animals to a kitschy stretch limousine.
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