Protect yourself: AG Hood warns of “grandparents scams”
Attorney General Jim Hood’s Consumer Protect Division has seen a recent increase in cases where grandparents have been the targets of wire fraud scams, commonly...
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Consumer alert: avoiding scams during hurricane season
by Jared Bounds
Hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding and wind aren’t the only threat that comes with hurricane season. With the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season underway, Attorney General Jim Hood...
Mississippians’ “trusting nature” partly to blame for number of fraud victims
by Jared Bounds
The Federal Trade Commission reported 20,588 Mississippians fell victim to some type of consumer fraud in 2016. Another 2,378 were victims of identity theft. Susan...
The BBB breaks down top 5 scams
by Sarah Ulmer
The Better Business Bureau gathered data on the most notorious scams and their victims based on the BBB Risk Index. ...
Avoid this phone scam
by kim
One of the scammer’s most effective tools is the telephone. AARP’s new ‘Investment Fraud Vulnerability Study’ studied the mindset of individuals who have been successfully targeted...
New study dispels “grandma stereotype” when it comes to scams
JACKSON, MISS– A new study by the Better Business Bureau has revealed that millennials are more likely to be scammed–not the elderly as previously thought. ...
Keeping Your Money Safe as a Senior: AARP Retirement and Fraud Prevention in Mississippi
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–If you’ve ever gotten an e-mail that claims to be from a Nigerian prince…well, you probably know that one is a scam. But, other...