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Retirement income, taxes on Social Security, property tax relief, insurance, and the scams aimed at people our age, with the numbers checked each year.

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Scams

The Social Security letter that is real, and the four that aren't

Your 2027 cost-of-living notice is posted online from late November and mailed in December. Here is what the genuine notice does, what no real Social Security letter ever does, and the four fakes that ride along with it.

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Scams

The scams aimed at you this year, and the one rule that defeats them

The FBI's 2024 elder-fraud figures, the six signs a work-from-home job is a trap, and the rule that no agency will ever break: nobody real calls to demand a payment or a confirmation.

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