Financial Security/Safety

Phone call scams against the elderly are an unfortunate fact of life these days. According to the Justice Department, approximately $3 billion is stolen from seniors each year. Older adults are frequently the targets of aggressive scams that are allREAD MORE

In the wake of the Equifax data breach, many consumers have been scrambling for ways to protect their financial accounts from identity thieves. Here are some security measures and technology features to help protect your investment accounts. Secure Your OnlineREAD MORE

While we’ve been busy with the holidays, it appears thieves from around the world have been busy devising new ways to steal from people. Here are some of the latest ill-begotten schemes we’ve heard about, and suggestions for how youREAD MORE

The stunning announcement by Anthem Blue Cross that 80 million of its customers’ private information was stolen by hackers has a lot of people worried about protecting their identity—and rightfully so. The latest in a string of high profile “megaREAD MORE

Phishing, pharming, pretexting, smishing – these are words that weren’t even in our vocabulary 10 years ago.  These new words have been developed to describe different forms or methods of common financial scams.  With financial scams being called the “crimeREAD MORE