RBS 247: 4 Golden Rules for Avoiding Financial Scams (FQF)

About this episode

This episode discusses four golden rules for avoiding financial scams and addresses various financial management questions.

In today's Five Question Friday (FQF) episode, we cover these questions: 1. Four golden rules for avoiding financial scams 2. Finding and canceling forgotten subscriptions 3. Sharing passwords and 2FA with your spouse 4. Finding trustworthy help managing finances in old age 5. Are debt consolidation services legitimate? Resources From Video FTC Avoiding and Reporting Scams: https://consumer.ftc.gov/scams ReportFraud.ftc.gov — If you encounter a scam, report it here to help law enforcement ...

People in this episode

Host: Rob Berger

Topics covered

• financial scams
• subscriptions
• password sharing
• financial management
• debt consolidation

Keywords

• financial scams
• subscriptions
• password sharing
• 2FA
• debt consolidation
• trustworthy help
• reporting scams

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FTC

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