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As DOGE continues federal budget cuts, Elon Musk turns focus to people over 100 receiving Social Security benefits

Elon Musk speaks as one of his young sons and President Donald Trump listen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington,...

Finance

Number of older adults who lost $100,000 or more to fraud has tripled since 2020, FTC says

Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/Picture Alliance via Getty ImagesThe number of older Americans who report losing more than $100,000 to fraud in a given year has more...

Technology

Behind the scenes with the team of ex-prosecutors fighting Amazon’s counterfeit problem

In 2018, police showed up at a nondescript industrial warehouse in New York's Brooklyn Navy Yard to investigate reported counterfeits. Federal agents were looking for...

Finance

Helene aftermath: Here’s how to avoid being a victim of post-storm scams

A van flows in floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28 in Asheville, North Carolina.Sean Rayford | Getty Images News |...

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Freezing your credit is the first step to avoid identity theft, expert says. Here’s what to know

So far, 2024 has been a huge year for data breaches.There had already been more than 1 billion personal records compromised before the National...

Finance

‘Was my Social Security number stolen?’ Answers to common questions on the National Public Data breach

Glowimages | Getty ImagesYou may have never heard of National Public Data, yet your personal information may have been compromised in the company's recent...

Technology

How scammers convince Americans to drain their life savings into crypto fraud schemes

More and more Americans are losing thousands of dollars to a scheme that takes fraudsters weeks or months to pull off."Pig butchering" scams earned...

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