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A thought came to mind this morning as I was looking over my email. In addition to the familiar spam folder, we also need a SCAM folder. Are people really falling for these ridiculous money scams from foreign countries? When I happen to read one, my comment is always "Yeah, right". Then I press the delete or spam button. Pressing the scam button would be more appropriate.@import...

Mom called me yesterday. She was pretty worried. It seemed that when my brother tried to access the internet, an official-lookig notice popped up that said his computer is blocked from internet access by the FBI for dowloading child porn. It went on to cite the laws about internet child pornography and made sure to highlight that even if illegal porn is accidentally loaded by a virus, you may be...

ALICE HORNBAKER “Life After 50” column ON AIR wmkvfm.org and WMKVFM. 89.3 FM/Cincinnati 10-31-11 Hello again. This is Alice Hornbaker for WMKV 89.3 FM and wmkvfm.org streaming around the world in the Internet Mondays and Thursdays at 2:20 p.m. and Fridays at 8:50 a.m. and as a blog on growingbolder.com under blogs/life after 50/ajhornbaker. It is also on Twitter,...

Beware of Child Save Canada This organization preys on our fears of losing our children and charges an annual fee of $72. for nothing. Most people who lose their children will contact their police and an organization called Child Find for which is a legitimate organization. They are the ones who put pictures of missing children and other missing people on milk cartons, etc. They...

Hi everyone. I decided that I had to let all of you know something that happened recently, so that you could be fully aware and forewarned of a scam that someone tried to perpetrate on me. I also have sent this to Snopes.com so that when you forward it to your friends, hopefully they'll be able to verify it there. This still sends a chill up my spine when I think of it. Please send...

HELLO AGAIN. THIS IS ALICE HORNBAKER FOR WMKV 89.3 FM BRINGING YOU ANOTHER “LIFE AFTER 50” COLUMN THAT IS HEARD, EXCLUSIVELY, ON WMKV 89.3 FM AND WMKVFM.ORG AROUND THE WORLD ON THE INTERNET, MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS AT 2:20 P.M., AND FRIDAYS AT 8:50 A.M. AND AS A BLOG ON THE SITE, GROWINGBOLDER.COM. IN A TME OF HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, FORECLOSURES ON HOMES, AND HIGH FEDERAL...

Money, Money, Money… Money makes the world go… ‘round??? Recently I heard...