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2. The hot spot gives you no-hassle internet access, but the owner of that hot spot can monitor your activity. Both of these spell trouble if you’re not diligent. These hot spots are often named something innocuous, such as “Free Wi Fi.” Time lists another 6 scams but this article is already too long. Want to know what they are? Go to this link Credit Card Scams to Know in 2025 (and How to Avoid Them) | TIME Stamped I don ’ t understand why the Federal Government seems unconcerned. Big box stores and credit card companies spend millions of dollars on this but they get their money back through pricing. So, in the long run, we all pay for all these billions of dollars of scam. I bought a $2,000 item from someone through an online company. The money had to go through the online provider. It turned out to be a ruse. I contacted the company and their most frustrating comment was, “ If the deal is too good to be true it probably is too good to be true. ” OK, like I didn ’ t already know that. They offered no help. I asked them to look up who they paid the money to and they would not. OK, a $2,000 lesson plus my deflated ego. Back to the Feds. The case I frequently hear is that the perpetrators are from some eastern block country. How about we tell that eastern block country to locate and deport or we will stop our Another, “ Why is all this in the article? ”

trade. I know you think I am a simpleton and perhaps that is true. BUT, we have got to get control of these billions of dollars of fraud. When the Trump administration gets control of government and government contractor fraud and abuse, maybe they will try to stop this direct theft on everyday consumers like you and me. You are not going to convince me that we couldn ’ t hire a few “ big b_ _ _ s ” to track this down. One of the big areas of education is cybersecurity. Surely that gives us some hope on the horizon. Having taken a great deal of your time, I give you my appreciation and surprise that anyone made it this far. You are a bit mystifying and to be lauded. Promise not to pontificate quite so long next time. The next issue will be on Trump administration changes to energy efficiency standards. Wanted to do it this time but there is too much misinformation to say much that you could depend on. We ’ ll talk again in May.

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