Springtime attracts ‘splash-and-dash’ scams
Lipstick on a pig is still a pig. Your #WiseChoices and the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance help you avoid unlicensed and unscrupulous lawn care services and contractors.
Category: Wise Warnings
The Face of a Father’s Thief
It’s the face of his daughter. Her arrest has a #WiseChoice alerting us to the risk of family fraud.
Cyber crime steals home closings
Four #WiseChoices blow the lid off of hackers stealing homebuyers’ closing transactions.
UNDER THE WIRE: last-minute tax scams
While you’re rushing to file your taxes, scammers are scheming to take advantage of your procrastination.
Scam alert in advance of Medicare changes April 1
It’s no April Fools joke…and the joke’s on you if you don’t ignore the call.
Sure signs of student loan scams
The rising cost of tuition and fees and increasing student demand for financial aid set the table for a scammer’s delight. Here’s how not to be fooled into a student loan scam.
That’s not tech support. It’s a scam
It’s not Microsoft…and it’s not going to end well for you unless you ignore the call or hang up.
Fraud follows high-profile tragedies
After Parkland, after any public tragedy, don’t fall for the wave of fundraising scams.
First, the nursing home. Next: its residents. Almost…
The cautionary tale of Ludie Mae Hicks reminds us of how vigilant we must be in protecting our elderly loved ones.
Natural disasters and the scams that prey on them
It never fails. First comes the storm, then comes the scam.