Great suggestions~ staying as safe as possible takes some work ~ but not as much work as trying to recover from such “attacks”. For those Long Term Storage Objects(LSO) that most,if not all sites add to your PC […]

If you are a member of AAA then you can sign up for their free identity theft monitoring service. […]

I have set up text alerts on my checking, savings, and credit card accounts. Texts will be sent to me if my account balances change by a set amount. Some alerts have bank set minimums. My credit card […]

If you use Web-based email, keep an eye on that query string.

The query string is that part of the URL (Web address) in your browser’s address bar that follows a question mark and takes the general form, […]

As a matter of policy, we never–and I mean never–commit to transactions over the phone.

I had an experience from a collection agency in Chicago that insisted we owed an outstanding bill for Sprint services dating back to 2001. We never contracted with Sprint. I asked for a history of the charge. They […]

I have 5 different e-mail accounts. One is for school related business. One is for newsletters from companies I buy products from like P&G, The Valley Plaza, Coca Cola, Bed Bath & Beyond, Jack Links, etc. One […]

Thank you for the advisory.

We shun online banking altogether, and we shun online credit card transactions except for a card that we consider disposable. One sign of trouble, and dump it. Open new […]

California Chamber of Commerce files a complaint to stop […]

Now California has the highest poverty rate in the US.

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/11/californias-poverty-rate-highest-in-us-by-new-federal-measure.html

We’re no.1! We’re no.1!
With total […]

For those who believe it is due to demographics, you are dead wrong. This all started with the citizens commission who redrew all of the legislative boundaries. At first it looked okay, but then union lawyers […]

I can relate Groucho. I sometimes use the same rationale in deciding how to vote.