Learning how a scam works https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/learning-how-a-scam-works.885766 Recently Malta has seen a spate of scams – including phishing, romance fraud and business e-mail fraud. Newspapers have reported that one business lost nearly €90,000 as a result of a business e-mail fraud, and many people were defrauded over €100,000 by the Maltapost phishing scam. Last summer, Ġemma…
As part of its various initiatives, ĠEMMA within the Ministry for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children’s Rights has embarked, for the month of July, on a widespread campaign by means of its adverting presence on the BENNA milk cartons. Through this marketing campaign ĠEMMA endeavors to penetrate the majority of the Maltese…
COVID-19 restrictions are easing big time. Locked in at home, many persons had to place their romance on hold! Romance by Internet has been present with us since the birth of the Internet. Most likely link ups over the Internet and other dating apps increased big time during lock down. Yet – how sure are…
On 18th June ĠEMMA posted the results of a survey it carried out the knowledge amongst persons who are born on and after 1962 on how the pension system works in their regard. The general picture is worrying. Most people have an extremely vague idea of how the state pension system works and how it…
In the past weeks, Malta experienced a number of scams and fraud. The latest one was an email and SMS where scammers positioned themselves as the Malta postal service informing persons that they were unable to complete the parcel delivery due to an underpayment, of shipping fees before directing them to click a link to…
This is the fourth video we produced with the Central Bank of Malta in our budgeting series. The electricity and water bill came in with the post this morning. And I lost it. Big time. ☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹. How many times I told Matthias just this week to put off that air conditioning unit in his room…
Do you know how to protect yourself against scams and fraud? Want to know more? Download our latest Infographic. Internet banking is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, making the service convenient, very efficient (most transactions are processed virtually instantaneously) and mobile – it can be done anywhere, even abroad as long…
Local Councils Association enters into a Strategic Partnership with the Ministry for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children’s Rights and ĠEMMA on financial capability education The Ministry for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children’s Rights and the Local Councils Association today signed a strategic partnership to jointly work together, through ĠEMMA…
This is the third video we produced with the Central Bank of Malta in our budgeting series. Lovely day. After weeks locked in because of COVID-19 I decided to go with Maria, my wife, to the countryside for a long warm walk and follow this with a lovely lunch next to the sea. On my…
ĠEMMA on 27th May 2021 held a seminar on its research on the level of understanding that persons who are born on and after 1962 have on the how the system works in their regard. The general picture is that most people have only a vague idea of how the pension system works and how…
