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Safe summer driving suggestions offered Drivers need to keep their cool and keep their cars and passengers cool too Summer is here and many dnvers are hitting the road for vacations and weekend get-a-ways. Response Insurance offers the following tips to avoid suffering one of the more than seven million car breakdowns that occur on the road each summer. * Before heading out be sure you check out the basics, including oil, transmission fluid, windshield washer, battery level and strength, tire pressure, including the spare; cooling system, which should be flushed and refilled at least every two-years, belts and hoses. Also, cafry a well equipped emergency kit and tool box in the trunk. * Never leave a child or pet in a parked car in sum- mer heat. Even an outside temperature in the 80s can quickly bring a car interior to well over 140 degrees Fahrenheit. * Bring a cell phone for emergency calls, but don't use it while driving. 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Avoid Internet scams | that steal personal information After receiving a fraudulent email, New York State Senator Carl L. Marcellino (R-Syosset) is warning New Yorkers to remain vigilant against Internet scams. Marcellino's warning comes at a time when many - Internet sites and financial institutions have been - impersonated by scammers who send authentic looking emails that urgently request personal information to ~ update, validate or confirm your account. Some of the institutions that the scammers are posing as include: PayPal, eBay, Citibank, American Online (AOL), the - Internal Revenue Service and many more. \Incidences of identity theft have been skyrocketing during the last few years. However, the game has changed for these criminals. Once thieves had to steal information. Now, they have figured out a way to get honest, hardworking people to just hand over personal financial information - they ask,\ said Senator Marcellino. The best ways to protect yourself from \phishing\ __+ Never click on links in the email message. They may take you to a fraudulent website designed to look legitimate. Your computer may then be subjected to spyware, which can read your account information when you are banking or purchasing items online. * Be suspicious of any email with urgent requests for personal financial information and avoid supplying any personal information. * Call the company's customer service department if you believe the request is legitimate, but do not use the phone numbers contained in the email. * Always ensure that you're using a secure website; check the beginning of the web address in your brows- er's address bar - it should be \https://\ rather than just \http://.\ The \s\ after the \http\ in the address and a lock at the bottom of the screen indicate the link is secure and the data is encrypted, though this does not guarantee that the site is legitimate. * Forward spam that is phishing for information to the Federal Trade Commission's address for unsolicit- ed commercial email, spam@uce.gov, and to the com- pany, bank or organization impersonated in the phish- - ing email.
