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How To Avoid The Top Text Messaging Scam

The Federal Trade Commission recently revealed the most reported text message scam: bank impersonations. Reports of bank impersonations by text in 2022 jumped to 20 times the number reported in 2019. According to the FTC, consumers reported a loss of more than $330 million to text message scams in 2022. And cash that’s lost because of bank fraud or scams isn’t covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. or National Credit Union Administration. Banks are a safe place to keep your money, but there are still a few basic but important precautions you can take to ensure you don’t ...

PayPal Using AI To Stop Fraud

NEW YORK — Artificial intelligence has been the buzzword of 2023 ever since ChatGPT made its public debut earlier this year, with businesses, schools, universities and even non-profits looking for ways to integrate AI in their operations. John Kim, chief product officer for PayPal, spoke ...

New Chapter

A multi-decade legacy did not close at the end of July, but it took on a new chapter as familiar as the white stone and black shutter visage that stands at Central Avenue and Temple Street in the village of Fredonia. After 43 years of owning and operating the Larson-Timko funeral home, ...

Local Proprietor Reaches International Markets

When Brendan Halbohm — the maker, owner and proprietor of All American Maker Company — says his products have a worldwide reach, he’s not joking. “I’ve got sales for products and services in more than 24 different countries and in several states,” said Halbohm, a Jamestown ...

Local Copier Company Celebrates 43 Years In Business

Axiom — a local copier, printer and document solutions company — is celebrating its 43rd anniversary this year. Mark Olson, owner of the company, began Axiom on Aug. 1, 1980. The word Axiom means well established or universally accepted, worthy, and widely accepted on its own merits. ...

UPS Workers Approve 5-Year Contract

The union representing 340,000 UPS workers said Tuesday that its members voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached last month, putting a final seal on contentious labor negotiations that threatened to disrupt package deliveries for millions of businesses and households ...