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Do You Make These Preventable Banking Mistakes? 11/05/2025 07:00pm • We've all made a few banking blunders that left us kicking ourselves or the ATM. Perhaps you racked up some surprise fees. Or maybe you failed to earn the top interest rate on your high-yield savings account. Even worse, you might have been duped by a scammer pretending to be your bank. In any case, FAFSA Deadlines to Know 10/26/2025 08:00pm • For students seeking federal financial aid to pay for college, the deadline to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is June 30 for each academic year. But to maximize their chances of receiving aid, prospective and current college students would ideally submit the FAFSA pro Data Doctors: Beware of fake voicemail notifications 10/24/2025 03:58pm • Q: Why am I getting so many random voicemail notification emails? A: We���ve all been told countless times: never click on links or open attachments in an email unless you���re absolutely sure it���s safe. For most of us, that message has sunk in. But scammers know we���ve all been warned abo How cheaters rigged high-stakes poker games with the mob and sports pros, according to authorities 10/23/2025 08:12pm • The indictments announced Thursday of a poker cheating ring involving NBA figures and backed by the mafia emphasized their alleged high-tech cheating methods. But the con tactics they described are as old as poker itself, familiar from heist movies and James Bond films. Shady shuffles came not from Ghana police rescue 57 Nigerians in crackdown on human trafficking and cybercrime 10/23/2025 11:18am • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) ��� Police in Ghana rescued 57 Nigerians trafficked to the West African country and arrested five people suspected of operating a cybercrime and human trafficking ring, authorities said Thursday. Police raided a building in the suburb of the capital Accra on Wednesday, where the vi The Latest: Indicted ex-Trump adviser John Bolton accused of sharing 1K+ docs on government info 10/16/2025 08:22pm • Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was charged Thursday with 18 counts of retention and transmission of national defense information, according to unsealed court documents. Bolton is accused of sharing more than 1,000 pages of information about government activities wi Data Doctors: How to spot 'Official Document' email scam 10/10/2025 12:14pm • Q: I keep getting emails for official business documents that I have no idea about. What should I do? A: Getting unexpected emails that appear to be about contracts, invoices or ���final agreements��� can feel unsettling. Scammers know that official-sounding paperwork gets attention, which is why Is This My Bank or a Scammer? Four Red Flags to Watch For 10/08/2025 08:00pm • Fraud continues to surge across the U.S., with criminals employing increasingly elaborate schemes to steal your savings. Consumers reported losing over $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, a 25% increase from the previous year, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission. And criminals have incre Protecting furloughed federal workers from getting scammed 10/07/2025 04:21am • While federal workers may be out on furlough as a result of the government shutdown, scammers are still on the job. "Whether it's a hurricane or even a federal government shutdown, (scammers) will take advantage of whatever happens in the news," Eric Friedman, director of the Montgomery County Of How to Avoid Medicare Fraud 10/01/2025 08:00pm • Last year, Jean Bound received a package with COVID tests that she hadn't ordered. She called the company whose name was on the packing list to say she hadn't ordered them. In response, she was told not to worry, because Medicare had been billed and would be taking care of the cost. She immediately How does June Squibb do it at age 95? 'I just gird my loins and go' 09/26/2025 11:12pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� There are 70-year-olds who want to be like June Squibb when they grow up. Squibb, 95, wasn���t the lead of a movie until she was 94. Now, a year after she turned action star in ���Thelma,��� Squibb is again the leading lady and face on the poster again, for ���Eleanor the Great,��� Trump moves toward deal to give US an equity stake in company developing Nevada lithium mine 09/26/2025 05:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The White House is moving forward with a deal that would allow the U.S. government to take a small equity stake in a Canadian company that is developing one of the world's largest lithium mines in northern Nevada, an official said. The Department of Energy and Lithium Americas, d How to Send Money to Someone Without a Bank Account 09/21/2025 08:00pm • A common way to send money to someone is by transferring the funds to their bank account. However, this isn't always an option. About 6% of Americans are "unbanked," meaning neither they nor their partner have access to a checking or savings account, according a 2024 Federal Reserve Board survey. Fo Judge dismisses Indigenous Amazon tribe's lawsuit against The New York Times and TMZ 09/17/2025 10:10pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A California judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Indigenous tribe in the Brazilian Amazon against The New York Times and TMZ that claimed the newspaper���s reporting on the tribe���s first exposure to the internet led to its members being widely portrayed as technology-add Data Doctors: Why scam emails just got smarter 09/05/2025 01:08pm • Q: What should I be doing as a Google user after the data breach? A: You���ve likely seen headlines warning that ���all Gmail users��� must change passwords after a big "Google data breach," but that���s not actually what happened. Google wasn���t directly compromised, and your personal Gmail acc