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#ShouldaBeenVerified: Know Your Neighbors (and Their Firearms) #ShouldaBeenVerified: Know Your Neighbors (and Their Firearms)

#ShouldaBeenVerified: Know Your Neighbors (and Their Firearms)

It seems nearly every week a horrific new shooting is mentioned in the news. While the current mass shooting in Oregon is making headlines, another heartbreaking incident occurred recently in Tennessee that deserves attention in its own right.

In our recent Back to School blog we highlighted the many potential new people entering your kids’ circles as the new school year began. One such category was neighbors, including the parents of other classmates. We suggested it was useful to get to know these adults, understand their interests, proclivities toward speeding or owning firearms as for two examples, and if they happen to have past criminal history.

#ShouldaBeenVerified: Donate to Refugees, Not Scams #ShouldaBeenVerified: Donate to Refugees, Not Scams

#ShouldaBeenVerified: Donate to Refugees, Not Scams

The ongoing Syrian refugee crisis has sparked an understandable human urge to help them, just like the Ebola epidemic and Haitian earthquake crisis among many others before them. While many reliable organizations are in place to securely funnel your donations to those most in need, unfortunately there are many other less savory organizations that will take your money and disappear in the night.

First, let’s review the recent history of some similar major charity scams.
#ShouldaBeenVerified: IRS Phone Scam Kingpin Gets 15 Years #ShouldaBeenVerified: IRS Phone Scam Kingpin Gets 15 Years

#ShouldaBeenVerified: IRS Phone Scam Kingpin Gets 15 Years

Continuing with our good news/bad news theme from our previous #ShouldaBeenVerified entry, we’re happy to announce that a kingpin of the notorious IRS phone scam that conned American taxpayers out of $1.5 million was caught and sentenced to 15 years prison time.

Readers of our previous blog on this particular type of con might recall, however, that $1.5 million was just a small piece of the pie related to IRS phone scams. In fact, this category of scam continues unabated, according to CNN Money. The news site reported that over 600,000 complaints have been received and on average the government reports 9,000 to 12,000 new ones every week.

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