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12 Ways to Keep Your Money Safe Online 05/04/2015 08:00pm • We do a lot with our money online, from shopping and transferring funds to tracking our budget. To make sure you're keeping it safe, along with your personal information that would allow someone to hack into your accounts, you'll want to take some precautions. Here are a dozen tips from privacy and Your Step-by-Step Financial Spring Cleaning Guide 03/31/2015 08:00pm • As the tulips start to bloom, Emily Zillig reviews her monthly bills and looks for ways to cut costs. Zillig, who lives in Seattle and helps others align their money management with their bigger goals, says the spring season is a great opportunity to declutter finances. That's why around tax time, Column: Beware of the latest tech support scam 03/18/2015 04:13am • Q: When I searched Google for the tech support number for Norton Antivirus, the person that answered sounded extremely foreign and wanted my credit card number, so I hung up.  How can I get the real number? A: What you ran into is just the latest version of the tech support scams that have taken Someone Filed a False Tax Return in Your Name. What Now? 03/16/2015 08:00pm • It's not just credit and debit cards that cyber hackers are after these days. Criminals are also using stolen personal information to file fraudulent tax returns and receive tax refunds. Tax fraud has increased substantially in recent years, according to Federal Trade Commission identity theft dat Morning Notes 02/12/2015 08:05am • Bethesda Man Dies In Columbia Crash – Police in Howard County said 21-year-old Emmanuel Guillossou, of Bethesda, died after his 2013 Scion FR-S crashed into a tree. The accident happened a little before 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday in the 9300 block of Snowden River Parkway. Guillossou was pronoun Pepco warns of phone scam 02/12/2015 04:42am • WASHINGTON -- Pepco is warning its customers to beware of a new telephone scam. Someone claiming to be from Pepco is calling homes saying Pepco no longer serves their area, so they must provide personal information to open a new account. Pepco Spokesman Marcus Beal says Pepco would never make The 'Dirty Dozen' Tax Scams to Avoid 02/09/2015 07:00pm • The IRS recently released its "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams for the 2015 filing season, and phone calls from scammers posing as IRS agents top the list. Fake emails or phishing schemes, identity theft and tax return preparer fraud followed close behind. In fact, due to fraudulent tax returns filed 5 Scams That Target Your Bank Account 01/22/2015 07:00pm • With numerous data breaches affecting millions of people, many Americans are on alert about credit card fraud. But not as many are aware when it comes to bank account scams. Bank account scams target a victim's cash, and the damage can be much more detrimental to one's finances than other scams -- 5 Prime Target Groups for Identity Thieves 01/12/2015 07:00pm • Identity theft can happen to anyone, but certain types of consumers -- including children and the elderly -- are especially tempting targets because they may not check their credit report regularly, and a scammer could go undetected for years. Here's a look at what these consumers (or their family m 10 Ways to Keep Your Phone Safe 01/12/2015 07:00pm • If you're one of the 58 percent of Americans who own a smartphone, then you probably use it every day: In addition to making calls and sending texts, you might use it for directions, to post to social media, browse the Internet and shop. It's those last few activities that can put your privacy most Phone scams back in Montgomery County 12/30/2014 06:22am • WASHINGTON -- Scammers aren't renowned moralists, and in Montgomery County they're back with a shameless old trick to cheat people out of their money. The telephone scams tug at the heartstrings by laying out a phony emergency affecting a loved one. Jail. An accident. A kidnapping. Some physic How to Protect Seniors From Health Insurance Scams 12/17/2014 07:00pm • Health insurance scams that target older Americans can jeopardize their health -- and devastate their bank account and self-esteem. "We receive complaints from consumers all the time," says Patricia Poss, senior attorney with the Division of Marketing Practices for the Federal Trade Commission's How safe is mobile banking? And how can you make it safer? 11/14/2014 03:59am • WASHINGTON -- It's one of the modern conveniences that actually is convenient: banking on your cellphone. Forget to make a payment, or accidentally overdraw? You can fix it in a minute. But how safe is it, really? It's the No. 1 fear people have about mobile banking, Bankrate.com says, quoting Are You Cut Out to Work From Home? 10/30/2014 12:00am • Many of us dream about working from home. But is it as easy as it looks? There are some people who know instinctively that it won't work for them, because there are too many distractions and things they'd rather be doing -- and would do while at home. If that's how you feel, or if you're uncertain 11 Ways to Save Time and Money 10/21/2014 12:00am • Time versus moneySaving money so often comes with a different kind of price: your time. But with these strategies, culled from the U.S. News Frugal Shopper blog, you'll be able to save your cash and have more time to enjoy those savings, too.Skip sales. When retailers are loudly screaming at you (vi