Using a car broker? Use caution!

March 27, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver Lots of people who want to avoid the hassle of buying or selling a vehicle, for business or personal use hire an auto broker — sort of a “middleman” who handles all of the details and negotiations. Tell them what you want, and for a...

Beware of gift card scams

July 30, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver  My paralegal Anne buzzed me: “Dennis, you have readers from Palm Springs on the line, 90-year-old mom and her 55-year-old son. He is trying to prevent her from sending money to scammers using a gift card.” That call could not have...

Don’t fall for these scams


February 16, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, suffering from bad arthritis in my hands and nighttime leg cramps — charley horses — led me to inventing a battery-operated lime squeezer that I would like to market. “I was turned on to drinking tonic water, which...