Category: Scams & Your Rights
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Social Security’s watchdog says no company can transfer your call to the agency
A caller who says they represent a familiar retailer or bank flags a purchase the customer does not recognize, then offers to connect the call to Social Security or its watchdog to straighten things out. According to the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General, that single moment — the “transfer” — is the…
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The IRS is warning about fake calculators built around the new tax law
Millions of taxpayers spent this year’s filing season trying to figure out exactly what the Working Families Tax Cuts law was worth to their own return, and the Internal Revenue Service says some of the online calculators built to answer that question are not run by anyone the agency trusts. The fake versions promise a…
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The consumer bureau stopped publishing what people say about their banks
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on August 14, 2026, that it would stop posting the written descriptions people submit about their banks, credit card companies, and debt collectors, along with the charts built from that text. The change ends a practice that dates back more than a decade, when the bureau first let consumers…
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Capital One’s $425 million savings settlement pays out automatically, but an appeal has stalled the checks
More than five million people who held a Capital One 360 Savings account between September 2019 and June 2025 are due money from a $425 million class-action settlement, and Capital One says every eligible customer is included without filing anything. The checks and electronic payments were supposed to start moving around July 21, 2026. They…
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Walmart is recalling another 165,250 dressers for full refunds after resold units reached shoppers
Roughly 165,250 fabric dressers sold at Walmart carry a tip-over and entrapment hazard serious enough to have already triggered one nationwide recall earlier this year, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says a second public notice was necessary because some of the originally recalled units kept moving into shoppers’ homes anyway. The agency’s May…
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing $23.8 million to 640,038 Grubhub drivers and diners, and nobody has to file a claim
More than 640,000 Grubhub drivers and diners across the country are being paid this month in one of the Federal Trade Commission’s larger food-delivery enforcement actions on record. The agency is distributing more than $23.8 million total after finding that Grubhub misled drivers about their potential earnings and blocked diners from their own accounts and…
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AT&T is sending data-throttling refunds by Zelle to customers who never cashed the first check
If you were an AT&T customer with an unlimited data plan years ago, the government may still owe you money, and it is trying again to get it to you. The Federal Trade Commission is now sending refunds by Zelle to former AT&T customers who were mailed a check earlier but never cashed it. No…
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Ford has recalled 11.2 million vehicles this year, its biggest a 4.4 million-truck brake fix
Ford owners have gotten more recall mail than drivers of any other brand this year, and the numbers behind it are striking. The automaker has recalled about 11.2 million vehicles in 2026, more than Honda, Hyundai, Toyota and Nissan combined, and more than half of every vehicle recall issued in the United States so far…
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No government agency will ever demand payment by gift card, wire, or cryptocurrency
If someone calls claiming to be from the IRS, Social Security, Medicare, or the local sheriff and tells you to pay a debt or a fine with gift cards, a wire transfer, or cryptocurrency, you can stop listening right there. It is a scam — every time, no exceptions. No real government agency collects money…
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AI voice-cloning “grandparent” scams are rising — a family code word stops them cold
The phone rings, and it is your grandchild — crying, saying there has been a car accident or an arrest, and begging you to send money right away and not to tell anyone. The voice sounds exactly right. That is the trap. Scammers are now using cheap artificial-intelligence tools to clone a familiar voice from…
