This week’s blog piggy back’s on Bridget Small’s recent post on the FTC’s most recent consumer protection blog. The Consumer Education Specialist shares the out of balance fact that she will drive for a week with her car’s Check Engine light blinking, but if a security warning shows up on her computer, she acts immediately….
Memorial Day is approaching and the summer travel season. This week’s blog focuses on tips to limit exposure to identity theft in that process-maximize fun—minimize risk! Travel scams can take on many forms, and they can strike at any point along your journey, from before you leave home until well after you return. While planning…
This week’s blog is adapted from a recent post by Consumer Education Specialist Lisa Lake on the FTC’s website OnGuardOnLine. According to Lake, The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the FTC are trying to get the word about a scam with scammers posing…
This week’s blog is adapted from a recent post on the Homeland Security blog “Stop. Think. Connect.” The posts reminds us that data privacy concerns are a real and rising issue for American citizens and businesses. According to a survey from the National Cyber Security Alliance, 92 percent of Internet users in the United States…
This week’s blog helps promote a great effort organized by the the Federal Trade Commission–the government office in charge of taking all possible measures to protect American consumers. Seena Gressin’s recent post to the site’s blog promotes Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week celebrated January 30th through February 3rd. Gressin, an attorney on staff at the…
More often than not, the news around identity theft is disturbing. A recent post by Nat Wood, Associate Director from the Consumer & Business Education at the FTC shows sometimes the good guys prevail. Over the last few years, the FTC has warned that imposter scams are among the most common types of scams–when callers…
2016 was the year we expanded into Long Island and NYC as well as Massachusettes, Connecticut and New Jersey. We are dedicated to making 2017 our best year ever. Like each year before it since we incorporated in 2007, 2016 was our best year yet! We shred and recycled enough confidential paperwork to protect over…
Happy New Year! Our first blog of 2017 is adapted from the recent Consumer Reports. The question is whether to invest in identity theft coverage. Seeking to tap into another area of anxiety, insurance companies are offering identity theft coverage. According to money editor Jeff Blyskal, most coverage, which tends to cost between $25 and…
Apps have definitely come in handy to make our lives easier. It’s no joke that if you need/want something there’s likely “an app for that”; it’s also no joke that scammers have infested the app world and are using our interest in apps as a gateway to personally identifying information they can use to steal…
In this final week before Christmas amid the frenzy of last minute shopping, this week’s blog focuses on making sure the last minute shopping is safe. In a recent blog posted on the FTC website, Ari Lazarus, Consumer Education Specialist hit the highlights. According to Lazarus, it pays to slow down and take some precautions…