kiplinger.com - 3/13/2009
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I've been seeing lots of ads suggesting that the government will be sending people big checks, usually of more than $12,000, as part of the stimulus plan. Is the Treasury Department really going to send checks of this size? Nope. Scam artists miss no opportunity to take your money, and they ...
moneyfeatures.blogs.money.cnn.com - 3/18/2009
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Tough economic times make fertile breeding ground for
scammers and this recession is no different. I was
at the Consumer Federation of America conference in Washington, DC last week, where several state consumer protection regulators spoke about the ...
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Beware Of $12,000 Stimulus Check & Other Scams
Daily Markets —
... you’ve received a fraudulent email, file a complaint with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center and the Federal Trade Commission . 2) Do A Company Background Check. Check out companies and learn about recent scams at the Better Business Bureau’s Web site . 3) Visit the FBI. Read warnings about e-mail hoaxes and phishing scams on the FBI’s Cyber Investigations Web site .” -source Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Here’s a link to full article about stimulus scams . > [image] Posted in Categories: Contributor , ...
Star Money Articles and Carnivals for the Week of Mar 9
Free Money Finance —
For weekday updates of what I find to be some of the most interesting personal finance articles on the web, follow me on Twitter. And for now, here are some recent interesting posts from around the web as well as a list of the carnivals Free Money Finance was in this week and my posts that were included:
MSN Money says you may end up taking care of your parents.
Kiplinger's warns about stimulus scams.
Prime Time Money covers life insurance and 529s.
Suburban Dollar says to ...
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cracked.com 10/6/2008 — Want to get rich, but don't have the time or energy to start a business? Or get a job at one? Don't worry! In the era of the internet, any old dumbass can log on and make piles of cash with no effort or skill! That or all of the following programs are ...
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The planet may be warming, but where I work in Colorado, our bean counters are in permanent freeze-thaw. Downstairs in the finance department, almost everyone has at least one inefficient electric space heater on in the winter. In the summer, ...
Obama to China: Don't Worry, Be Happy —
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Has U.S. overconsumption gone too far? We've already seen the effects in the domestic stock markets, and it might be starting to manifest itself in the international money markets too. The New York Times ' cover follows an early morning story from ...
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