Pecuniarities

Now that tax time is coming around, I’ve noticed an increase in tax related scam emails in  my inbox and spam folder. They come in various forms with different sender names and subjects, claiming to be important notifications about your taxpayer account, your tax refund, and new this year, your economic stimulus or bailout check.
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I would like to introduce to you today the foremost of money saving tips: staying home. I am not talking about staying in instead of going to a movie on a Friday night, but something much more fundamental and often overlooked. Allowing this philosophy and the following ideas a permanent space in your consciousness is [...]

A few months ago, I received a letter from our ISP Charter Communications. The good news was that everyone in our area who subscribes to their High Speed Internet was getting upgraded to the 5 Meg service and we would be surfing [I forget how many] times faster than dial-up. The bad news was that [...]

Posts from personal finance and frugality blogs that caught my eye this week, plus recent finance blog carnivals that included posts from Pecuniarities.

A list of government websites and resources for identifying and reporting fraud, identity theft, SPAM, email scams and more.

Learn how to protect yourself from scams, frauds and identity theft, repair your credit history, save money in the current economy and more.

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