Andy Wise
Chief Consumer Investigator/Andy's Restaurant Scorecard
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Church to provide free shredding Get your old receipts, investments and tax documents in the car and over to South Memphis for some free shredding!The lay organization of St. Andrew AME Church, 867 S. Parkway East, will offer free... read more... |
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Safer online tax prep Continuing my Your Neighborhood series on tax preparation, the folks at ScamBook.com shared five tips to help consumers protect their financial identities:* KNOW WHO'S HELPING YOU. That means... read more... |
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Picking the right tax-preparer Coco did a "no-no" -- and got away with it.Coco is Carline Barrett, a bogus tax preparer Andy Wise busted last year almost a year to the day, preparing fraudulent tax returns. She fudged deductions... read more... |
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Credit repair scams sprout over lower-income areas Businesses promising "credit repair" for a fee have sprouted all over Memphis, particularly in our lower-income areas.Consumer advocates who work for the federal General Services Administration's... read more... |
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Consumer Reports: best shopping sites & apps Consumer Reports' ShopSmart magazine has ranked the top five shopping sites and apps of 2012."We’ve combed through countless shopping sites and apps to find the very best ones to help shoppers save... read more... |
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Car rental 'gotcha's' Ahead of Thanksgiving travel, consumer advocate Clark Howard of Atlanta warned consumers to consult their auto insurance policies and credit card protections before falling for these car rental '... read more... |
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New help for credit report mistakes/fraud With credit report issues, the buck no longer stops at the credit bureaus, the cops...or me.Starting Oct. 22, consumers can get direct assistance on credit report mistakes or fraud from the... read more... |
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Protecting your child's ID at school We're all so busy protecting our bank accounts, social security numbers and passwords, that we often forget a gaping weakness in our children's personal information.It's the front office of... read more... |
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'Spear phishing.' It's a scam, not a sport An evolving scam will have you guarding your name and e-mail address as closely as you protect your Social Security and account numbers.Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy for the... read more... |
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