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How to tell an article from an advertorial

How to tell an article from an advertorial

You search for a topic and start reading the first article that pops up. How can you be sure it's a real article and not advertorial content put up by a marketer?

Heads up: New bill-collector scam

Heads up: New bill-collector scam

If you owe money, your elected officials may be trying to trick you into thinking you'll be prosecuted or maybe even go to jail if you don't pay up. Clark explains.

A utility bill scam to watch out for

A utility bill scam to watch out for

Summer is here and your electric bill is probably higher than usual. That's left a lot of people open to the idea of a federal program that could help pay a portion of your bill. But is it on the up and up?

Warning signs of investment scams

What's behind the continuing lure of Ponzi schemes? I think it's that we want to believe the path to El Dorado is easy. I believe it's an oversimplification to say it's all just about greed. It's really that we want things to be easy, we want that one answer that ...

New credit card breach: Protect yourself.

Criminals recently took advantage of a weak link at a particular merchant processor, which is an intermediary service between customers and retailers that clears credit cards for purchases. In the course of five weeks, over 1.5 million credit card numbers were stolen from all major cardholders including Visa, American Express, ...

"Pump and Dump" stock scams

"Pump and Dump" stock scams

Ever gotten a hot stock tip sent through your Facebook or Twitter account? Here's why you should think twice before buying that highly touted penny stock.

Should you trust financial radio shows?

Should you trust financial radio shows?

Financial advice shows fill up the airwaves across the country. But how can you tell if the hosts are on the level or just pushing advertorials to the detriment of your wallet?

How to outsmart email "phishing" scams

"Phishing" scams have become a real problem in recent years. Phishing is when you receive an email from a company, requesting more information on your account, or indicating there was a problem with a recent purchase, etc. But in reality, the email is just a cleverly disguised scam, designed to ...

TV/talk show host sentenced for Ponzi scheme

Do you trust me to give good, solid financial and consumer advice? Be careful with that trust! Years ago, I told a story on the air about a talk show host in Colorado who went to jail because he used his show as a front. He was pretending to give ...

The pros and cons of social media

RIP-OFF ALERT: Social media is impacting our world both for the good and the bad. I have opposite examples that illustrate the pros and the cons. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged an Illinois man with trying to sell $500 billion in fake high-interest bank guarantee notes ...

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