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…
Many of us have the latest gadgets and “smart” appliances on our gift lists. Many are now connected to the wonderful “Internet of Things”. What I’m sure none of us have on our wish list is getting hacked. Today’s blog is advice from Consumer Education Specialist Ari Lazarus from the Federal Trade Commission—the division of…
The FTC’s recent blog post by Consumer Education Specialist Amy Hebert focuses on the timely topic of holiday shopping safely. With meals to plan and gifts to buy, the last thing you need is to lose money to a scam. Here are three ways to avoid giving your hard-earned money to a scammer this holiday season….
Going into the last weeks of 2016, we’d like to use this week’s blog to reflect on a great year. On January 1, 2016 we announced our expansion into the Greater NY/NJ Metro market taking on the dba “Legal Shred”. In April we solidified our presence with the acquisition of Stay Green and welcomed Joseph…
When we find a valuable resource we feel it is our duty to share it. A recent post by Lisa Lake, a Consumer Education Specialist at the Federal Trade Commission is invaluable to help prevent as well as how to make it through an experience of identity theft. The FTC has new and revised identity…
A recent post by Amy Hebert Consumer Education Specialist, on the FTC blog is a good source for understanding how we are contributing to companies getting more personal information than we wish–leading to unwanted solicitations. If you are getting calls or emails from companies you’ve never heard of and wondering how they got your name or…
We use this blog to share valuable resources for best practices in Identity Theft Protection. This entry is adapted from a blog by Andy Ozment an Assistant Secretary, Cybersecurity and Communications. According to Ozment, most of us have developed a very close relationship with our mobile devices: we carry them with us throughout the day,…
This week’s blog begins a several week series on Ransomware adapted from the Internet Crime Complaint Center. The mission of the Internet Crime Complaint Center is to provide the public with a reliable and convenient reporting mechanism to submit information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning suspected Internet-facilitated criminal activity and to develop effective…
This week’s blog is adapted from a recent blog posted by The Identity Theft Resource Center(ITRC). The ITRC is a non-profit organization established to support victims of identity theft in resolving their cases, and to broaden public education and awareness in the understanding of identity theft, data breaches, cyber security, scams/fraud and privacy issues. Hackers…
The FTC’s Blog focusing on best practices for consumer’s to protect themselves from identity theft is a great resource. This week’s blog is adapted from a recent post by Consumer Education Specialist Lisa Lake. Even worse than losing money to a scammer is losing more money to another scammer claiming to help you recover from…