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I have been receiving AARP's mailings for years, and assiduously ignoring them. I can't see any benefit to the young wife and me.
Interesting, no cell phone. Whatever works for you and makes sense.
We don't belong to AARP because they've never shown us they can do anything for us. Mostly they push insurance. We already have insurance as good or better through other providers.
LOL!
Unusual and interesting -none of my business and not asking why, just left wondering why that specific 30" window in the middle of the night would be designated for financial stuff!
I read through the advice on this forum and decided to sign up for AARP as I just turned 50! I understand some people disagree with the politics of AARP and some like them. Others just sign up for the discounts and that's what I was thinking about doing. I figured I could sign up for a year or two to see if it was worth it for me.
Then I tried to set up a username & password and I got this:
We take your online security seriously.
AARP is making access to your personal information more secure. Soon, you will be required to verify your identity with a one-time code whenever you access or update your personal information. This secure code will be sent to the verified phone number you provide.
Please enter the phone number you would like to use to verify your identity. We will never share or sell your number, only use it to make sure it is you. Data rates may apply. Terms & Conditions.
I do not have a mobile phone and I don't really feel like getting one any time soon. I do have a landline but I do most of my financial stuff online between 3:45 and 4:15 in the morning and I do not want my home phone ringing at that time and waking up the wife.
So no AARP for me.
I am heartened to hear it. I don't yet have a smart phone and I resent that so many entities practically require you to have one to fully access their various benefits. I still use a flip phone and don't even always have it on me.
The fraud exploits a mobile phone service provider's ability to seamlessly port a telephone number to a device containing a different subscriber identity module (SIM). This feature is normally used when a customer has lost or had their phone stolen, or is switching service to a new phone.
The scam begins with a fraudster gathering personal details about the victim, either by use of phishing emails, by buying them from organised criminals,[3] or by directly socially engineering the victim.
A number of high-profile hacks have occurred utilizing SIM swapping, including some on the social media sites Instagram and Twitter. In 2019, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was hacked via this method.
DrRoy,+1 and don't like their politics. Plus, they promote various things where they get a kickback.
Remember that, whatever "political" position they take, they're risking losing 50% of their members. We live in a poisonously polarized environment.
If anything, I think they go too easy on politicians and policies which negatively impact seniors. If a politician (from either party) does or proposes something that will screw seniors, AARP won't call them out on it. The most they'll do is ask members to contact their lawmakers.