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Let’s take a look at where we stand, what we can look forward to, and how we can at least try to keep ourselves safe in the face of an increasing avalanche of attacks by scammers and con artists from all over the world.

First of all, we all know that our personal information has probably been stolen by now, and it’s only a

Remember that government people and agencies never call you to demand money unless they’ve sent you a whole series of letters in the U.S. Mail, and they will never ask for an instant payment by wired cash or pre-paid money cards.

Most importantly, never, ever give out personal information on the telephone to anyone who calls you.

It’s been an avalanche of bad news this year – starting with the fact that your personal information (and mine) has almost certainly already been stolen and is floating around out on the dark web.

That means we all have to keep a close watch on our bank accounts, credit cards, credit rating and every online account, now and probably forever. And of course there’s an endless parade of cyber-attacks, social media assaults, and telephone threats to worry about.

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