I visited friends for dinner last week. We enjoyed a nice evening with fun conversation, just the three of us. Then a voice from the kitchen rudely interrupted. We first thought it was just Alexa spying on us.
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If you use WhatsApp and received a notice to update your software, don’t ignore it. Facebook has confirmed that malicious hackers were able to install spyware on Android Smartphones and Apple iPhones. Now Facebook is urging its 1.5 billion users to immediately update their software to the latest version of …
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The promise of $5,000 a week for life sounds great, but does anyone ever win this prize? If you or someone you know has ever really won the Publishers Clearing House (PCH) sweepstakes, then this question is moot. But to the rest of us, the question seems relevant.
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Our friends at Senior Medicare Patrol are warning seniors that various companies are showing up at senior centers and health fairs offering genetic testing or cancer screenings and falsely claiming that Medicare will pay for it.
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Last week, AARP Idaho held a town hall meeting with Brett DeLange of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division. A summary of the meeting was in last Thursday’s paper.
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What’s email bombing? Simply put, it’s a form of cyberattack that sends hundreds or thousands of messages to an email address in a single day. Email subscription bombing automatically subscribes victims to dozens or hundreds of electronic mailing lists, each of which sends multiple messages a day until the recipient …
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I recently received an email from a reader who let me know she received a call from someone claiming to be a process server. He informed her she would be served on a certain day between 3 and 5 p.m. She wanted to check with me to see if this …
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I recently received a pleasant email from a reader letting me know that he bumped up his credit score by almost 100 points with information I shared in this column. In that spirit, I thought I would share some more practical tips to avoid mistakes — and maybe boost your …
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With all the junk mail we get these days, it can be hard to spot a bona fide bill, especially from a company you don’t recognize. A Post Falls reader recently ran into this problem with CareCredit.
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Anytime you rent a car you can bet the agent will ask if you’d like to purchase Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) or Loss Damage Waiver (LDW) coverage. These add-ons can cost between $10 and $30 per day, so for a several-day car rental these fees can really add up. When …
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