Jun 29, 2007

18% of cellphone owners spammed

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About one in six cell phone owners, or 18 percent, report receiving unsolicited text messages from advertisers, according to a survey by the...

How does your Internet provider rank?

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PC World did a survey to find out the opinion of people about what companies provide the best service. PC World says, "ratings reflec...
Jun 27, 2007

Checking account debiting scam hits Wisconsin

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A Wisconsin banker confirmed to me that this scam has hit Wisconsin: Someone is generating random bank routing and account numbers and tryi...
Jun 25, 2007

Protect yourself from storm chasers

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Be careful of free meals that come with energy savings claims

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May 24, 2007

These consumer myths can cost you thousands of dollars

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May 16, 2007

Low income Wisconsin residents misled about "free medicine."

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May 15, 2007

No need to pay for information on free (or low cost) Rx drugs

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Have you gotten spam claiming that free or low-cost prescription drugs "are just a phone call away?" If so, you may be looking at...

Don't waste your money on questionable gas-saving products

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May 10, 2007

Greg Jeschke of WKOW-TV says you don't have to go into debt to get credit card rewards

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Beware of "most wanted" recalls at garage sales

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May 9, 2007

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States including Wisconsin offer new tool to stop identity theft

Email scam connected to Virginia Tech killings

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A new e-mail targets your personal information, using the horrible mass killing at Virginia Tech to get your attention.

Be careful of calls from bill collectors

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Identity thieves are getting information by pretending to be collection agencies and calling for collections. When victims deny the debt, th...
May 3, 2007

Fear identity theft

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“A recent Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive survey, for example, found that, as a result of fears about protecting their identities, 30...
May 2, 2007

Puppy and penny scamsters

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Apr 27, 2007

Companies which have our personal information put us at risk by their hiring practices

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Apr 18, 2007

Janet Jenkins of the Office Privacy Protection says you can't trust caller ID.

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A free lunch can be costly and unsatisfactory!

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Apr 14, 2007

Preventing ID theft when there's a death in the family.

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