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Open enrollment season is a heyday for scammers

by Kimberly Adams
Nov 7, 2023
Some estimates put Medicare fraud, including elder abuse, in the neighborhood of $60 billion a year.
Some estimates put Medicare fraud, including elder abuse, in the neighborhood of $60 billion a year.
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When telemarketers keep 90% of donations

by Ellen Rolfes
Oct 16, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #170
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IRS warns of sophisticated telephone scam

by Nova Safo
Apr 15, 2015
Callers impersonating IRS agents have scammed thousands.
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Other people scam you. Do you ever do it to yourself?

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Oct 24, 2014
What is that one thing you refuse to give up?
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Foreign banks ask China: Where's our copper?

by Molly Wood
Jun 17, 2014
In China, a warehouse of copper is used over and over again as collateral for loans.
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