Protect a deceased’s identity from thieves
by Catherine Haug, March 14, 2013 There are many scams afoot to steal your identity, or that of your aging or deceased parents, according to the March 2013 AARP Bulletin: Scam Alert: Protecting the...
View ArticleEstate Planning for your digital/online accounts
By Catherine Haug, May 22, 2015 The information in this post is paraphrased from an article in the AARP Magazine, February-March 2014 issue: Online, Forever After, by Carrie Arnold. Have you ever...
View ArticleOnline & smartphone security
By Catherine Haug, December 21, 2015 (Image, right, from tekhandy.com) I’ve been collecting information on protecting yourself online and on your smartphone, which I share here. The more we get...
View ArticleOnline & smartphone security: Fraudulent Email
By Catherine Haug, December 23, 2015 (Image, right, from tekhandy.com) Fraudulent email, a type of cyber attack, can be received on your desktop or laptop computer as well as mobile devices. There are...
View ArticleProtecting your online data, etc. after you die
By Catherine Haug, June 16, 2016 (image, right, from Tek Handy (2)) I saved an article from an old 2014 AARP magazine, and it just resurfaced in my pile of to-do things. I’d intended to pass on the...
View Article‘IRS’ scam and what to do about it
By Catherine Haug, Sept 28, 2016; Updated Jun 19, 2017 and Mar 18, 2017 I’ve now gotten two of those calls, and it is likely that everyone – especially senior citizens – will get at least one of them....
View ArticleFraudulent emails from “cron-job”
By Catherine Haug, June 18, 2017 (screen captures of fraudulent email, below, taken by Catherine) I’ve been getting at least 2 emails a day from an address that ends in @cron-job.org. Today’s was about...
View ArticleHow to protect yourself from identity theft (and 2017 credit reporting data...
By Catherine Haug, Sept 8, 2017 ; updates: added SSN section on 9/10/17 Yesterday (Sept 7, 2017), Equifax announced it had a major credit breach affecting a vast majority of people in their database....
View ArticleRecent phishing/scam email examples
By Catherine Haug, updated Oct 2017 – see Example 3, below (originally published Jan 15, 2017) In the last week I’ve gotten several phishing/scam emails, so I thought I’d share them with you to help...
View ArticleAvoiding Scams Associated with New Medicare Cards
By Catherine Haug, May 23, 2018 As you’ve probably observed, scams seem to be the norm these days, and we need to stay sharp to avoid them. The latest scams exploit the new replacement Medicare Cards....
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