Per the Arizona Republic, Scottsdale Police are warning against a text message scam.  Con artists are using text messages to direct you to the web to provide account information.

You can learn about this scam and others in our Secure Your Bottom Line seminar being taught by local private investigators tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. at the Scottsdale Arabian Library. This seminar will discuss background checks, identity theft and cyber crime.  Learn more and register here.

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Were you scammed by an unscrupulous loan officer? Had a bad experience? Hopefully, new procedures enacted by the State will prevent this from happening in the future says The Arizona Republic.

Arizona Loan Officers will be required to be licensed, effective July 1, 2009. Potential loan officers must pass a criminal background check, attend a class on lending laws and ethics, take and pass a test, and will have to post a bond.

For more information read the article here.

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