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Scam Alert – Beware of a text or email saying you owe money for unpaid toll roads, and threaten penalties including loss of your license. The FBI and several cities and states are warning about the scam – and the warning do not click on the link in the scam text or email, which impersonate
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Welcome to 2025 and a barrage of suspect emails.I’ve been swamped so far this year with phony emails supposedly from American Airlines, Medicare and other health insurance providers, alerts that I’ve won a free seat cushion or tool set, another collection from senders who aren’t really FedEx, and several warning me – helpfully – that there’s a virus on my computer.
Scam Alert: It never takes long for the bad guys to take advantage of a bad situation. Beware of phishing and malware scams related to the CrowdStrike global outage. Even though the massive outage does not affect Mac or Linux users, you still could be approached by a hustler on the phone or by email.
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Scam alert: Thieves are hard at work phishing for your tax refund, your bank account, or both. Most people don’t know they have been victimized until they file their own returns and the IRS rejects them. InIdentity theft scammers stole more than $5.2 Billion in Tax ID thefts in a recent year, according to the
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Bargain hunters are not the only ones shopping online this Black Friday, Cyber Monday weekend. So are the online scammers. Beware of emails and websites that could steal your identity, infect your computer, or both.