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The holiday season brings out the best in people, and that often means making charitable donations. While we get into the gift giving spirit this month, scammers are finding new ways to take advantage of your generosity through charity scams. This year Massachusetts joined the …Continue Reading Scam Alert: Charitable Giving Fraud
“Honey, I shrunk the cereal” is not a new movie adding to the 1990s comedy classic series; it’s a phrase consumers might find themselves repeating while putting away groceries. You may notice that your favorite product container shape has changed, gotten smaller, or is missing …Continue Reading Shrinkflation: Smaller Products, Bigger Prices
Living alone can be isolating, especially over the past year when socializing has been a health risk due to COVID-19. That is why the Department of Telecommunications and Cable (DTC) wants you to know, no matter your income, there are ways for you to have …Continue Reading Lifeline Awareness Week
Developing Recruitment Partnerships Across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts August 11, 2021, 1pm Registration is required Featured Speaker: Chris Mills, Employment Representative, MassHire* Moderator: Mayte Rivera, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Banks Our featured speaker will discuss employment trends, industries impacted by employment gaps, and efforts by …Continue Reading DOB Connects Webinar: Developing Recruitment Partnerships Across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Throughout the pandemic, state and federal governments developed policies to protect residents facing job loss and other COVID-19 related hardships. Among those orders were moratoriums placed on home evictions. When the state’s pause on evictions expired on October 17, 2020, the federal moratorium established by the Centers for …Continue Reading Eviction Moratorium to Expire This Month
Around the world, the elderly population is growing at a substantially faster rate than that of younger demographics. This burgeoning population of aging consumers faces greater risk of fraud from scammers and those who seek to take advantage of them. June 15th is World Elder …Continue Reading World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2021
Staying connected has taken on a whole new meaning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The orders to shelter in place over the past year have created a surge in our digital landscape. This transition happened quickly and caused some to be left behind as work, …Continue Reading The Federal Communications Commission Offers New Emergency Broadband Benefit
Balancing a checkbook, making sure your expenses can be covered with your income, and saving for a rainy day emergency are all examples of financial literacy, or the ability to understand and effectively manage your personal finances. April is National Financial Literacy Month, a time …Continue Reading Financial Literacy Month 2021
Tax Day is quickly approaching, and this year more Americans are planning on filing their taxes online, according to McAfee’s 2021 Consumer Security Mindset Report. Filing taxes electronically is a more convenient and efficient process but may open you up to scammers hoping to steal …Continue Reading Protect Yourself Against Scams this Tax Season
The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have sent millions of Americans a second round of stimulus payments this month. As checks roll out, scammers are working to defraud consumers of these funds. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that consumers lost over $200 million to COVID-19 …Continue Reading Fraud Alert: Stimulus Check Scams
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