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How to Protect Yourself from Online Scams

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The FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report states that there were 300,000 more internet crimes (phishing, non-payment/non-delivery scams or extortion) complaints in 2020 than in 2019. Check your credit report quarterly. We’ve all accidentally given out more information than we intended to on social media. Be wary of social media.

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4 Smart Money Moves to Plan for Financial Security

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That’s because when we delay organizing our finances, it causes us to delay a lot of other things, too. A survey by Insider and Morning Consult from 2019 showed that millennials were more likely to put off buying houses, making career moves, undergoing medical procedures and even getting hitched—all because of cash-related reasons.

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16 Timeless Truths of Financial Freedom

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I fully expected to inform Jim and Sue they couldn’t retire early only to discover they were multimillionaires. The “down” escalator is racking up debt on high-interest rate credit cards , going into debt to buy things you don’t need, taking out payday loans, and borrowing money to invest in things that can go down in value.