Dr. Alexis on Security
Call Block Services
STOP SCAM CALLS and TEXTS: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has provided the below list of call block and labeling services currently available to consumers.
DR. ALEXIS PRO TIP: Labeling services display categories for...
Talking to Your Parents After the Scam
Many older adults grew up in an era when trusting one another was more the norm than the outlier. A solid handshake took the place of a signed contract, and locked doors weren’t...
BEWARE: Romance Scams
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received more than 25,000 reports about romance scams last year alone. Data from the agency revealed that consumers reported losing $201 million to romance scams last year - up nearly 40% from...
What Are the Most Common Types of Scams?
Swindles come in all shapes and sizes – they can be massive or minuscule, hi-tech, or basic. They can originate from a knock on the front door or an identity listing on the dark web....
How To Recognize a Scam
To avoid a potentially devastating fraud situation it’s important to talk with your aging loved ones, early and often, about how to recognize common scams and protect themselves from exploitation. I am frequently...
Tell-Tale Signs You’ve Been Scammed
Frauds and scams can take many forms, and that’s one of the things that makes them so hard to detect. Your aging loved ones can be scammed on or offline, via the phone...
Bank, Credit Card, and Identity Theft Prevention Checklists
Very few people are able to avoid fraudulent emails, texts, or calls. If you think you are one of the lucky few, it most likely just means that at the moment, you didn’t...
Identity Theft and COVID-19
According to the FTC’s “Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book” the most common categories for fraud complaints last year were imposter scams, debt collection and identity theft. Credit card fraud was most prevalent in identity...
Trends: Personal Identity Theft
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) predicts that during the next 12 months identity theft protection services will primarily focus on data breaches, data abuse and data privacy. ITRC also predicts that consumers will...