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Safe Shopping

The holidays are quickly approaching and with the holidays comes shopping season. Although Black Friday is still the busiest shopping day of the year for retailers, the number of people physically shopping in stores has declined drastically over the past few years. With the rise of cyber shopping, people are more and more inclined to stay home and shop from the comfort of their couch rather than brave the large crowds over the holiday season. In 2018 alone, Black Friday yielded a record breaking $6.22 billion in online sales. While cyber shopping might be more convenient and seemingly less dangerous than in-person shopping there are still plenty of safety concerns to take into consideration while ordering your way through the holidays. Protect your finances. Shopping online can put you at risk for getting scammed or having your finances compromised. To ensure maximum security while online shopping make sure to follow these steps: • Research online retailers to ensure their legitimacy. If a deal seems just too good to be true, it very well may be. A good way to make sure a website is secure is to look for the padlock symbol in the address bar to the website. To […]

Posted by on 26 Nov 2019

Sunday Mornings with Rania: When Everyday Errands Make You a Prime Target

It was a normal day – Thursday, October 24, 2019 – to be exact but what took place was beyond anyone’s imagination. She had been running errands that included going to the bank and then shopping at a major department store in the Galleria. On a mission, she hopped on the escalator unaware of what was coming – within moments, she was grabbed, beaten, her Chanel purse violently ripped off her shoulder by a knife widely used to cut the strap. In the attack, she was pushed down the escalator, her eye hit, her body beaten while her back absorbed the repeated sliding of the moving stairs… The suspects got away with her purse, her wallet, her keys and everything else that had been in her possession. It was only 2 p.m. in the afternoon. What allegedly happened in this case: During the course of the day, the woman had gone to the bank where she withdrew cash somewhere in the Tanglewood area. She caught the eye of a man and woman who allegedly followed her into the Galleria determined to steal her purse. The attackers got her while she least expected it. Many saw the attack. As the story […]

Posted by on 03 Nov 2019