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Caller Posing as Your Power Company – SCAM

By | September 30th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Mom-o-nomics|Tags: , , , , , |

If someone calls claiming your power will be cut off, think twice before paying. In the latest scam, someone from your utility company will call and threaten to cut off your power, writes the Jennifer Leach, a consumer education specialist for Federal Trade Commission, on the agency's site. Caller ID, she says, will display a [...]

Picture Yourself (Yes You) Owning a Second Home

By | April 5th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Don't think you can swing a second home? Think again. A second home, you must be asking with startle and amazement. You can hardly pay for the first, let alone keep it clean. But get this: second-home buyers aren't necessarily gazillionaries or grandparents. They're people pretty similar to either you, your neighbors or those nice people you met last [...]