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Granny Snatching: Media Discovers Granny Snatching in Connecticut; We’re Saved!?

February 22, 2012
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Granny Snatching: Media Discovers Granny Snatching in Connecticut; We’re Saved!?

Everyone I know sent me a copy of the news article that surfaced last week concerning a Fairfield family in which a son is attempting to have his 98-year-old mother confined in an elder care facility while he takes her house and sells it. (Thanks to everyone I know, it was very much appreciated.)...

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Beware Of AOL Scam Using Email Claiming Your AOL Folder Contains A Virus

December 12, 2011
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The latest email scam involves notices claiming that a DGTFX virus has infected your AOL folder. By clicking through you end up signing up for a $300 virus protection plan with a firm in India. The following is what a reader sent me: I’m forwarding this e mail in the hope that you can...

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Granny Snatching: If Not the Connecticut DSS, Who Can You Trust?

December 7, 2011
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Granny Snatching: If Not the Connecticut DSS, Who Can You Trust?

In the realm of state-level governmental agencies there are few that directly affect the lives and welfare of people most needing assistance more than the Ct Department of Social Services. Who more needs to know without question that they can rely on the representatives of the one government agency they are likely to be...

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Vicious Computer Virus Attacks Increase During Holiday Shopping Seasons

December 3, 2011
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Denise Talbot was right to worry about an email she received recently telling her that her computer spam filter program needed to be renewed. Looking at the email from AVG, she noticed that the word license was misspelled, and there was a second typo, making her suspicious and asking my opinion on whether it...

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