Msconcerned's Manifesto

Scammers offering to help with disability applications April 22, 2016 by Andrew Johnson Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC   Scammers are trying to get personal information from people by pretending to help with applications for disability benefits and claims. A recent alert from the Social Security Inspector General warns of this phishing scam, and — whether or not you’ve started an application for benefits — these scammers could contact you. They’re taking a shot in the dark, hoping that you have started an application, and hoping you’ll give them a little more info over the phone. To “complete the process,” they might ask you to give, or confirm, your Social Security number or bank account numbers. If scammers get your information, you could face identity theft and benefit theft. So here are a few things you can do to help protect yourself: Never give your Social

Do You Know Where Satan Currently Resides? Some would say he's in hell, but I beg to differ. For example remember when the members of "heavenly" court came to present themselves before the Lord? Satan was there... Remember God asked Satan where he had been to which he replied, "From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it." Revelation tells us that he will be thrown down to earth... well the phrase "thrown down" strongly suggests from somewhere "above". One would think from the "teachings" that Satan and his angels were thrown out of Heaven waaay back in the beginning - not true, the banishment is a "future" event. Revelation 20: 1-3 ‪#‎ DoYouReadYourBibles‬ or trust hearsay?

Federal student tax? No such thing. May 24, 2016 by Andrew Johnson Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC     Imposters posing as IRS agents are trying to trick college students into paying a “federal student tax” – a tax that doesn’t even exist.  Students from many colleges are telling the FTC that the calls go something like this: the so-called IRS agent tells you that you owe a “federal student tax,” and often has some piece of information that makes the call seem legit. Sometimes it’s the name of your school, or another piece of information about you. The caller demands that you wire money immediately, by MoneyGram or another untraceable method. And, if you don’t act quickly enough, the caller might threaten to report you to the police. If you hang up on the caller, they might make follow-up calls with spoofed caller-ID information . So, while caller ID might say it’s

Scammers push people to pay with iTunes gift cards May 10, 2016 by Amy Hebert Consumer Education Specialist, FTC One thing we know about scammers — they want money, and they want it fast. That’s why, whatever the con they’re running, they usually ask people to pay a certain way. They want to make it easy for themselves to get the money — and nearly impossible for you to get it back. Their latest method? iTunes gift cards. To convince you to pay, they might pretend to be with the IRS and say you’ll be arrested if you don’t pay back taxes right now. Or pose as a family member or online love interest who needs your help fast. But as soon as you put money on a card and share the code with them, the money’s gone for good. If you’re not shopping at the iTunes store, you shouldn’t be paying with an iTunes gift card. Other payment methods scammers might ask for include Amazon gift cards, PayPal, reloadable cards like MoneyPak, Reloadit, or Vanilla, or by wiring mo

Michael Jackson was it the drugs or his rights to Sony? Read about it here...