Military veterans are now being targeted in a new scam. In the scam, scammers pretend they work for the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs. They call the veteran and tell them that the VA is updating its prescription information and asks for credit card information.

There is a new scam out there praying on the elderly. Companies are using fear tactics to sell living trusts to people who don't need them.

Living trusts are ways for people to transfer their assets to their children or grandchildren

Companies will call your house or show up to your door and tell you that if you don't buy an expensive living trust kit you could lose all your assets to taxes. Then they invite you to a "free" lunch seminar.  And thats where they give the hard sell on living trusts and other products.

Do you have a drawer full of old electronics? Gazelle.com may want them.

Log on to their site and answer a few questions. Gazelle then calculates how much they will pay you for the item.

You can get as much as $200 for four year old laptops or almost $100 dollars for old iPods. They also collect cell phones, LCD TVs and video game consoles.

The company pays for shipping and will send you a box for most orders.

If they can't resell your old electroncis, they will recycle them.

The deaths of four people in San Diego County, Calif. last month have prompted Toyota to order dealerships to inspect the floor mats on all Toyota and Lexus vehicles. The floor mat is suspected of catching the accelerator in last month's crash of a Lexus.

Toyota's parent company announced this week that dealers must make sure that all Lexus and Toyota vehicles have the correct mats.

The California Highway patrol reported that Mark Saylor, his wife, 13-year-old daughter and an in-law died Aug. 28 when a Lexus ES 350 loaned by a local dealer crashed.

The severe weather we saw across the Denver area this summer has many people working with their insurance company to get roofs, cars and other things repaired.

One of the most common insurance claims in Colorado this summer has been for roof repairs and replacements because of hail damage.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall of 5.5 million blinds sold under various names such as Vertcial Lands, Target, Pottery Barn Kids, Expo Design Center and Ikea. The recall comes after the death of three children by strangalation and seven other reported close calls.

Consumers should stop using the blinds immediately and contact Vertical Land to receive a free retrofit kit. If you think you my have this product in your home, please see the entier CPSC Vertical Lands recall notice, which includes pictures and contact information.

Question: I don't want to layoff valuable employees, so how can I cut costs in other ways?

Will Crass contacted Haystack Help through the Help box on haystackcolorado.com about a new oven he had purchased from a large appliance retailer. Soon after he got the oven home, there were several problems.

A new Colorado car insurance law took effect in January 2009. Insurance companies are now required to add $5,000 of medical payments coverage called "Med Pay" to every car insurance policy. If you, the customer, do not want this coverage, you have the option of rejecting it in writing. At which time the insurance company must maintain proof of your refusal for at least three years. However, some consumers are finding this coverage to be extremely beneficial, especially considering the fairly low cost of coverage.

With the rise of unemployment more people than ever are posting their resumes online. They're posting them on websites like: www.monster.com, www.careerbuilders.com, and www.craigslist.com. Unfortunately, this is where some scam artists lurk! This particular scam involves identity theft. The scam works like this.