The hedge trimming took a break today. The need to pay bills and do some house cleaning took precedence.
Outside of the normal payment stuff there were two items that stood out. A breach and a scam. The breach was the latest in a line of digital data losses to the dark web. As usual they offered a year of credit monitoring, so I signed up for each of us, again. This is not the first time.
The scam was more interesting. It came in the form of hard copy letter, ostensibly from a lawyer in Canada. Apparently 4 years ago a well off CPA with my last name died from Covid. As an established CPA you would think they would have a will. They have not been able to locate an heir, and based on the name similarity have a proposal for the more than $10 Million life insurance policy. The proposal is 10% to charity and split the remainder 50-50. Just a few red flags. I googled the law firm name and the second entry in the list was for the BBB. I went there and there was already a report of this scam from someone else. I added my report to the BBB and moved on.
We have friends coming to dinner tomorrow so dusted and vacuumed. That’s why we need to have people visit from time to time.
There was also some outdoor work. It was 70 degrees. While tomorrow’s high is only in the 50s, it is not supposed to rain for a few days, so I watered the micro-clover and raspberries.
Carl did the harder work, mowing and edging the front yard.
I need to try and hedge tomorrow, but lots of errands and prep work. The goal was to get it done before the Mariners return and then a house guest arrives.
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