Category Archives: Scam Alert

The days of cash may be over. More often, friends are splitting the restaurant tab by sending money via PayPal and parents are Venmoing babysitters their earnings after a night out. The use of peer-to-peer apps like Venmo, Zelle, and PayPal is booming. One forecast predicts that we’ll spend more t...

Should you get a reverse mortgage? Avoid the scams first For people aged 62 and up, a reverse mortgage may seem like a tantalizing opportunity. After decades of sending in your monthly mortgage payments, you’re now getting money from your bank. A reverse mortgage siphons off the equity in your hom...

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...