Need a loan to pay off debt? See if you qualify for relief without a loan If you’ve been trying to stop the repo man from taking your car, and you paid an auto loan modification company for assistance, you may have been scammed, authorities say. The Federal Trade Commission has filed charges against [...]
Scams
If you’ve ever received a random phone call from someone claiming that you are delinquent on a payday loan or other type of debt, and must make a payment immediately to avoid legal action, you could be a target of a telephone collection scam. The Internet Complaint Center (IC3) continues to receive complaints from victims [...]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) warns taxpayers to be very careful when filing their taxes so they don’t fall for one of the common IRS tax scams. The IRS has created the “Dirty Dozen” tax scam list for 2012, identifying some of the most common scams taxpayers become vulnerable to right around tax season. Whether [...]
You never want to play “trick or treat” with financial con artists. Unfortunately, consumers do it all year long. Here are 5 ghoulish financial scams that can wreck your budget on Halloween - and all year long! Foreign Lottery Scam – Here’s one straight from Transylvania. You get a letter telling you that you’ve won [...]