Tag: Scams

The Telephone: Not What It Used to Be

Seniors are the target of multiple scams today and the telephone seems to be the preferred method of delivery.  However, everyone should be aware that the telephone is not what it used to be and can be manipulated very easily. You get a call; the...

Be Wary of Charity Scams

The professional telemarketers never stop calling. The television ads are endless in their efforts to solicit money from the general public. A dollar a day; 19 cents a day to help abandoned animals, children with a cleft lip or cleft palate, people...

I’m Happy that It’s Here, but Beware

From Thanksgiving to New Years, the scams, the charities, both good and bad, the telephone calls for the Police Sergeants Fund, the theft of packages off porches, the theft from cars in the Malls, on and on. They all come out of the wood work to...