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A retired Michigan autoworker looked at a Facebook message after midnight from a stranger: Did you lose your wallet years ago? “If so,” a Minnesota man wrote, “it was in the engine bay of a car.” Richard Guilford couldn’t believe what he was reading on his phone — a decade-old …
Read More »Pricier pineapples? Here’s how the U.S. port strike could impact your wallet
With U.S. port workers on strike as of Tuesday morning, consumers around the world — and especially in Canada, with its close trade ties to the U.S. — could soon start seeing a shortage of goods or an upward tick in prices. Everything from fruits and vegetables to imported vehicles …
Read More »With market prices for coffee jumping, could that cup of java be a jolt to your wallet?
The price of coffee has been skyrocketing on international commodities markets, and while consumers in Canada haven’t felt the grind yet, the pressure of climate change on the world’s coffee farms is setting the industry on edge, insiders and scientists said. The current market price for Arabica beans, which make up around 70 per …
Read More »Ontario man finds $1M winning lottery ticket in wallet 2 months after draw
Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Ontario man says he was carrying a winning $1-million lottery ticket in his wallet for two months before discovering his financial windfall. The OLG says Dawn and John Shields of the village of Cavan, just south of Peterborough, claimed the $1-million …
Read More »‘Protect your wallet and your heart,’ warns woman after finding Ontario beau’s romance scam links
A man from Waterloo region in Ontario who was found guilty of scamming multiple women out of over a reported $150,000 some 15 years ago is once again facing fraud charges — after one of his former flames took the investigation into her own hands. In 2006, Jivesh Jagota was dubbed the Online Casanova and …
Read More »Phone Stolen? Things to do to keep your banking details and online wallet safe
Do you know that thieves these days look for just one thing once they get hold of your mobile phones? Your bank details. Not to forget with more and more people opting for digital payment apps, it’s not that difficult for smartphone thieves to access these wallets. To give you …
Read More »User had ~$600K worth of bitcoin stolen after using a fake app for cryptocurrency hardware wallet Trezor downloaded from the App Store; app was rated five stars (Reed Albergotti/Washington Post)
Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: User had ~$600K worth of bitcoin stolen after using a fake app for cryptocurrency hardware wallet Trezor downloaded from the App Store; app was rated five stars — Recent scams show there are holes in Apple’s safety net — Phillipe Christodoulou wanted to check his …
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