Seniors vs Crime Archived News Columns

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• Free Money and Google Play Cards (09/11/2018)
• Gold Buyers and Bad Checks (08/29/2018)
• Callers Fishing For Your Medicare Numbers (08/22/2018)
• Check Out Home Repair Contractors Before You Hire One (07/03/2018)
• Door To Door Peddlers And Direct TV (06/13/18)
• Robo-Caller Fined $120 Million (05/23/18)
• 2017 Fraud Statistics (04/25/18)
• Keep Bank Account Info To Yourself (04/11/18)
• Refund Checks From FTC (03/28/18)
• Walmart/Target Postcard Scam Returns (03/15/2018)
• Magazine Subscription Sales (02/28/2018)
• Moving Day Disaster (01/24/2018)
• Identity Thieves Get Look At Utility Accounts (11/22/2017)
• Where Did Your Stolen Equifax Information Go? (11/8/2017)
• You've Got Mail - About Inheritance (10/12/2017)
• Equifax Data Breach - Big Scam News (9/20/2017)
• Hurricane Relief - Scams Come After Floods (9/6/2017)
• More and More Call Spoofing (8/23/2017)
• Fake Jury Duty Scam Costs DeWitt Woman (8/2/2017)
• Mail Fraud Goes Online (7/12/2017)
• Grandparent Scammers Hit Us Hard (6/28/2017)
• Fit Yourself for Safe Driving (6/7/2017)
• Warm Weather Means Door to Door Sales Showing Up (5/17/2017)
• Tech Support Scams-You Can Lose Once, Lose Again, And Lose Some More(5/3/2017)
• No Such Thing as a Free Lunch or Free Movies (4/12/2017)
• Used Car Buying (3/29/2017)
• Watch Your Medical Records (3/13/2017)
• Elder Justice Iniative (2/22/2017)
• Western Union Settlement (2/1/2017)
• Credit Card Fraud and Card Skimmer (1/11/2017)
• Winter Vacations and the Timeshare Option (12/28/2016)
• Some More Advice on Giving (12/14/2016)
• American Community Survey (11/23/2016)
• The End of IRS Phone Scams? (11/2/2016)
• How Not To Get Your Lost Money Back (10/19/2016)
• End of Summer Paving Scammers (10/5/2016)
• IRS Phone Scam Changes - A Little (8/30/2016)
• Seven Victims Lose $24,000 to Local Scammer (8/17/2016)
• Classified Ad Snares Woman (7/20/2016)
• Don't Believe Everything You Read - Except Here (6/29/2016)
• IRS and Students (6/1/2016)
• Let's Talk About Driving (5/18/2016)
• Paved Driveways are Nice, But... (4/27/2016)
• Reports of Storm Chasing Contractors (4/13/2016)
• Spring Break Turns Sad (3/30/2016)
• We Saw a Storm - Expect Storm Chasers to Follow (3/16/16)
• Be Careful Who You Allow Inside (3/2/2016)
• Bells And Whistles (2/10/2016)
• Looking For Help At Home (1/27/2016)
• Fall in Love - Lose Big Money (1/13/2016)
• BBB Rports Top Ten Scams of 2015 (12/30/2015)
• IRS Phone Scams Blowing Up Our Phones (12/16/2015)
• Credit and Debit Card Chips (10/21/2015)
• Is it Junk Mail or Not? (9/16/2015)
• Medicare Numbers to Change  (8/5/2015)
• Asphalt Driveways and Scammers (7/22/2015)
• History of a Scam  (7/8/2015)
• IRS Tax Scam Snares Local Victim (6/3/2015)
• Cancer Charity Scams Busted  (5/20/2015)
• To Shred-Or Not  (5/6/2015)
• Storm Chasers  (4/22/2015)
• More Tax Scams  (3/11/2015)
• Romance Scams  (2/26/2015)
• Pay Taxes Now - Or Else!  (2/4/2015)
• Look to Your Refrigerator Door For Help (1/7/2015)
• End of the Year and Charity Giving (12/23/2014)
• Did You Get Conned? Speak Up! (12/10/2014)
• Phony Debt Collectors in Handcufs - At Last! (11/26/2014)
• Online Payday Loans - Stay Away! (11/5/2014)
• Telemarketing and Dementia - Not a Good Mix (10/29/2014)
• Checks are in the Mail - For Real  (10/7/2014)
• How to Get Strong (Passwords)  (9/24/2014)
• Little White Postcard Leads to Lots of Trouble  (8/13/2014)
• More Spoofing News (7/16/2014)
• Carfit Coming to Clinton (7/2/2014)
• Help for the Visually Impaired (6/18/2014)
• Grandparent Scam - New Twist (6/4/2014)
• Free Lunches (5/21/2014)
• Spring Peddlers (5/1/2014)
• You are a Winner - Pay to Find out How Much! (4/23/2014)
• Take a Survey (4/2/2014)
• Nationwide Fraud Stats Released (3/26/2014)
• Free Gifts in the Mail (3/12/2014)
• More Robo-Call News (2/26/2014)
• Broken Water Lines - Green Dot Scams (2/12/2014)
• Free Medical Alert System Calls
• What's in Your Wallet?
• Last Year's Scams (2013) - Will We See More of the Same?

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