Knoxville estate attorney Lisa Gammeltoft is on a mission to raise awareness about financial scams. The holidays are a peak season for fraud. I recently attended one of her presentations, “From Catfishing to Pig Butchering: Scammers Are Stalking Your Clients.” “People...
Cybersecurity
WBIR: How To Protect Your Finances Online
Since the shocking Equifax data breach announced last September, the cyber criminals have been busy! It is more important than ever to protect your finances in the digital world. Paul Fain, president of Asset Planning Corporation, joins with a Sunday Money update on...
Financial Scam Alerts
Financial Scam Alerts As part of our ongoing efforts to protect your personal financial information, we want to share the following two alerts on some recently reported scams. As a reminder, never provide financial or other confidential information to an unsolicited...
Sunday Money: Protecting Online Accounts
WBIR: Cybersecurity poses a massive threat to all of us – consider the recent “WannaCry” ransomware attack. But most people have no idea what to do or how to fix it in a meaningful way. Certified Financial Planner Paul Fain joins us again this morning to talk about...
Cybersecurity Series: Tips for Tax Season Success
The time for gathering data and IRS tax filing is upon us. This year more than ever, it’s important to safeguard your personal and tax related information. Taxpayers, tax preparers, and businesses need to work together to prevent identity and asset theft. Here are...
Don’t let CyberSecurity be a Scrooge!
The holidays are upon us, and in the excitement of the season, it can be easy to forget about cybersecurity. Here are a few tips to help you do your online shopping more safely and securely, and keep you in the holiday spirit! Before searching for that perfect gift,...
’Tis The Season… Protecting Your Identity
Whenever there's a lot of fear, there also seems to be a lot of misinformation, and sometimes good information mixed in with bad. This is certainly the case with identity theft, which now, according to a 2007 survey of the Federal Trade Commission, counts some 8...