Watch out for holiday scams while deciding what gifts to buy and donations to make. Fraudsters often trick people with too-good-to-be-true deals, especially this time of year. We often want to share the Christmas spirit by donating to good causes as well. Don’t let a scammer ruin your festive, giving mood! Here are common scams…

Every year as holiday shopping and gift-buying kick into gear, there are stories of packages being stolen from someone’s porch. “Porch Pirates are at it again!” We’ve written about it in prior blog posts and have a few new ideas to help you protect those packages. Some of the ways we’ve mentioned include specifying a…

So many things are different in 2020. One thing that sadly does not to seem to have changed is the porch pirates stealing packages! With online holiday shopping expected to be reach new highs this year (Digital Commerce 360), there will be even more opportunities for these thieves to grab delivered packages right off the…

One Sunday afternoon in the early summer, I was sitting on the back porch shopping online on my phone.  I ordered cat doors and a few other low priced items from Home Depot.  The items arrived later that week and I thought nothing more about it. The next weekend, again I was sitting on the…

It’s frustrating when you order a product but never receive it. Especially when you check the tracking, and discover the status says “delivered.” This often means that your packages were stolen from your porch. Unfortunately, incidents such as this are all too common, especially around the holidays. An estimated 25.9 million Americans have had packages stolen. But…