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Best Job Search Sites 05/21/2021 12:00am • Where should you go to find job postings online? Finding the best job search website can feel overwhelming. There are thousands of sites posting jobs. This list will help you track down the right type of jobs for you and provide tips to improve your chances of being contacted after you apply. Job se Data Doctors: An update on anti-robocall technology 03/12/2021 11:20am • Q: I���m fed up with robocalls; wasn���t there supposed to be a new system to take care of this annoying problem? A: The technology used to make robocalls and texts is cheap and easy to use, which is why the problem persists despite all the efforts to fight them. Last year actually saw a drop US attorney seizes another COVID fraud website 03/01/2021 05:45pm • The U.S. Attorney's office in Maryland has seized another fraudulent COVID-19 treatment website, according to a statement released Monday. The website, called "remdesivirmx.com," claimed to sell and distribute Remdesivir, a drug used to treat COVID-19. But the website was used to collect users' p Virginia State Police warn of phone scammer posing as state trooper 02/20/2021 04:42pm • Virginia State Police are warning residents of northern Virginia that a phone scammer has spoofed a legitimate State Police phone number and has been attempting to trick people into believing they are a state trooper. Police said the scammer has called around 50 northern Virginia residents and ne Maryland man arrested in pet scam 12/29/2020 11:16pm • A Maryland man has been arrested in connection with a pet scam in which a Loudoun County, Virginia, resident paid over $1,000 for a kitten she never received. Junior Perkins A. Tako, 25, turned himself in on Monday and was arrested on a money laundering charge, a Loudoun County Sheriff's Office n FTC launches new tools to fight gift card scams 12/22/2020 11:05am • The Federal Trade Commission has a new campaign to stop scammers from getting gift cards by working with stores and law enforcement. The Stop Gift Card Scams campaign includes downloadable materials for stores and communities to share information on how to avoid gift card scams. Available downloa Md. health dept. procurement chief fired in midst of Korean test kit controversy 12/07/2020 08:53am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. The former head of procurement for the Maryland Department of Health said he was forced into retirement without explanation, months after Tips to put you on a path toward better health during the pandemic 12/01/2020 03:40pm • People may be gaining weight nowadays, for lots of reasons ��� but a Maryland family medicine specialist has tips to help reduce your risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. "Reducing your risk in general is important, but particularly now during the pandemic, when we know diabetes can impair your i Uptick in Maryland utility scams possible with moratorium's end 11/30/2020 07:14am • BALTIMORE ��� Customer advocates and utility companies are warning Maryland residents about utility-related scams now that the state���s moratorium on shut-offs has ended. The Baltimore Sun reports that Maryland residents have racked up hundreds of millions of dollars in debt since the moratorium Easiest passwords to crack: How to get hacked in 1, 2, 3 ��� 11/18/2020 07:01am • It doesn���t take a cryptologist to figure out that ���123��� isn���t exactly the hardest password to crack. Yet millions of people still use countless variations of it to lock up their digital-dependent lives, potentially exposing themselves to hackers. In fact, more than 2.5 million people this Inside the FBI's search for the dark web kingpin of Silk Road 11/10/2020 11:03pm • ▶ Watch Video: The FBI Declassified: Dangerous Journey on the Silk Road Through never-before-seen footage and in-depth interviews, ��"The FBI Declassified"��takes you inside the minds of heroic federal agents and analysts as they reveal how they solved some of the biggest cases of thei How to Survive an IRS Tax Audit 11/05/2020 12:00am • Receiving notice that you're being audited by the IRS may send you spiraling into a panic. Take a deep breath. Experts note that there are strategies taxpayers can use to navigate the system, separate real IRS audits from scams and maximize their chances of a favorable decision. What Is an IRS Audi Top Cybersecurity Strategies for Financial Advisors in 2021 11/02/2020 12:00am • Cybersecurity is like a virus that keeps evolving. Just when you think you've built a defense against one form of attack, cybercriminals evolve to invade your system from another point of entry. Now, with a human virus forcing financial advisors and their firms to work increasingly remote, the risk Phone scam tricks over $1 million from Montgomery Co. residents 10/30/2020 08:58am • About 20 people in Maryland's Montgomery County have sent nearly $1.5 million to phone scammers since summer, and police don't want anyone else to fall for the scam. Scammers making calls telling people to pay bogus fines are claiming to be with the Montgomery County Police Department. They lure Fairfax County sex offender arrested in Snapchat phishing scam 10/28/2020 02:56pm • A registered sex offender in Fairfax County, Virginia, has been charged after police said he tried to get into high school students' Snapchat accounts. Christopher Martini, 33, of Lorton, "sent text messages posing as a Snapchat representative and lured the victims into providing identifying info