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As clocks get changed, test alarms in home, too

As Michiganders move their clocks ahead one hour for daylight saving time Sunday, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs is encouraging residents to test their smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. Daylight saving time serves as a seasonal reminder for households to check safety devices and replace batteries as needed. “Testing your smoke alarms is one of the simplest and most effective ways to increase your chance of surviving a home fire,” LARA Director Marlon I. Brown said in a news release. “When a fire starts, you may have less than two minutes to ...

IRS warns of ‘Dirty Dozen’ tax scams

For National Slam the Scam Day, the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday released its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams for 2026 that threaten the tax and financial information of taxpayers, businesses and tax professionals. The Dirty Dozen is part of a broader campaign conducted through the Security Summit, a partnership among the IRS, state tax agencies and the nation’s tax industry, according to an IRS news release. The IRS advises all taxpayers to remain cautious year-round, as criminals will always be on the lookout for new ways to obtain money, personal identifiable ...

Michigan AG: AI scams, fraud a growing threat

For National Consumer Protection Week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel again is warning about fraudsters’ growing use of artificial intelligence — such as deepfake audio and video — to take advantage of consumers. Scammers can clone a person’s voice using audio data collected from public social media posts or videos. They can then call victims, spoofing the phone number of a loved one to impersonate them in distress and make urgent demands for money, Nessel advised in a news release. “Fraudsters are increasingly using AI to make their scams more convincing,” Nessel ...