Social Security’s inspector general warned September 28 that scammers posing as police text barcodes for victims to load money onto at a store
Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General issued a payment-scam alert on September 28 about callers who pose as police officers, sheriff’s deputies or federal agents and then text or email barcodes. The victim is told to load money onto each code at a store. The watchdog calls it a fast-growing twist on old-fashioned gift […]
Read MoreSocial Security’s inspector general warned September 28 that scammers posing as police text barcodes for victims to load money onto at a store
Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General issued a payment-scam alert on September 28 about callers who pose as police officers, sheriff’s deputies or federal agents and then text or email barcodes. The victim is told to load money onto each code at a store. The watchdog calls it a fast-growing twist on old-fashioned gift […]
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YES Communities data breach claims close November 5
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YES Communities data breach claims close November 5
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Social Security’s inspector general warned September 28 that scammers posing as police text barcodes for victims to load money onto at a store
Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General issued a payment-scam alert on September 28 about callers who pose as police officers, sheriff’s deputies or federal...
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Discover cardholders moving to Capital One keep their card numbers, but authorized users get new cards and Apple Pay subscriptions may need to be set up again
Anyone paying a bill through Apple Pay with a Discover card may have to set that payment up again once the account moves to Capital...
Fraud & Scams
Social Security’s inspector general says two Pierre, South Dakota residents face a December 15 trial in a disability-payments case
Social Security’s inspector general says two Pierre, South Dakota residents, Beth Miley and Jason Miley, face a December 15 federal trial in a case over...
Fraud & Scams
Former Fifth Third and U.S. Bank workers the OCC says embezzled customer funds are barred from banking
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has barred two former bank employees from the banking industry, saying one embezzled customer funds at Fifth...
Fraud & Scams
The FTC says a debt-relief operator whose ring posed as banks to reach seniors and veterans must turn over about $12.6 million in assets under a $104.3 million judgment
A debt-relief operator whose ring posed as banks to reach seniors and veterans must turn over about $12.6 million in assets under a $104.3 million...
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New Chase Freedom Flex cardmembers can earn $250 after spending $500 in three months
Chase is offering new Freedom Flex cardmembers a $250 bonus after $500 of purchases in the first three months. The company announced the offer on...
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Northeast homes sold for a median $523,600 in September, Realtors say
Home prices rose faster in the Northeast than in any other region of the country in September. The National Association…
Retirement & Taxes
Social Security’s deemed filing rule makes people born on or after January 2, 1954 claim their own retirement and any spousal benefit together
HealthPartners is ending its Journey Steady and Journey Stride Medicare Advantage PPOs in every Minnesota county for 2027
The IRS charges estates $76 instead of $56 for an estate tax closing letter on requests it receives after October 26, 2026
WakeMed’s Raleigh hospitals rejoined UnitedHealthcare employer plans October 15, but stay out of network for UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth’s Hinsdale, La Grange, GlenOaks and Bolingbrook hospitals leave UnitedHealthcare and HealthSpring Medicare Advantage networks on January 1, 2027
Wellcare parent Centene is pulling individual Medicare Advantage plans from 344 counties for 2027, shrinking its map to 1,387 counties, Becker’s counts show
The IRS freezes a refund when a return comes in without bank details, sends a CP53E notice, and mails a paper check only after six weeks if nobody responds
The IRS is sending automatic adoption credit refunds to more than 50,000 people who carried the credit forward, with most done by year-end and no amended return needed
Nearly 1,000 legally present Washington noncitizens on SSI, including refugees and asylees, keep Medicaid under a court order
Low-income Medicare drug plan enrollees in Puerto Rico and the territories would get Extra Help subsidies under a House bill introduced October 22
Social Security pays up to six months of back benefits to people who file after full retirement age, but not for months before that age that would permanently reduce the monthly benefit
Social Security offices in Medford, Oregon, Altoona, Pennsylvania and Danville, Virginia are serving the public by phone only, with no in-person help
About 1,100 PacificSource Medicare Advantage members in Montana lose their plan when the insurer leaves the state at the end of 2026
Social Security, railroad retirement and Black Lung benefits would regain protection from federal debt offsets under Sen. Ron Wyden’s bill, which has six cosponsors