Travel

Do not wire money to a company without completing your research.

If you receive unsolicited email offering deals too good to believe, they probably are.

Check the cancellation policies before sending deposits.

If you lose your cell phone and a good Samaritan call, promising to mail your phone to you, it is probably a delay tactic.

While staying at a hotel, if you get a call asking to verify your form of payment, do not give them the information – go to the front desk.

Make sure the hotel or B&B even exist. The rate may be too good to believe because it does not exist.

If someone offers to take your pix, using your camera, it may be a ploy to steal your camera.

Do not use outside ATM’s – go inside the bank or place of business. Look over your shoulder, protect your input.