Category Archives: Scam Alert

Romance scams are on the rise; here’s how to avoid them As we all sat at home, often isolated, alone and worried about the future in 2020, con artists took advantage. And while many of us are familiar with the scams that try to steal our identity, another kind is growing at an alarming rate — ro...

This is part two of my previous blog on how to protect ourselves from scams. As we anticipate another stimulus package we want to be as proactive as possible in protecting our finances. One of the best ways to protect ourselves is to just be aware of what’s going on around us. PAC Man One of the r...

A City Called Nub As a devotee of all things true crime for about twenty-five years, it’s hard for something to shock me. Enter Nub City, aka Vernon, Florida, in the Texas panhandle.  Vernon had two-thirds of the entire nation’s accidental dismemberment insurance payouts.  Almost all o...