--- title: Blog | Lone Star Credit Union | advice for members (3) description: advice for members | Helpful financial tips and information from Lone Star Credit Union. (3) --- [![Lone Star Credit Union](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/hubfs/img/lonestar-logo.png) ](http://www.lonestarcu.org) # Latest Blog Posts ## [Tips for Last Minute Holiday Shoppers](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/tips-for-last-minute-holiday-shoppers) Posted by [Lone Star CU](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/author/lone-star-cu) on 12/07/2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/hubfs/December%20listicle%20header%20graphic-01.jpg) ](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/tips-for-last-minute-holiday-shoppers) Some people are experts at the Holiday shopping. They start shopping for Christmas at the beginning of the year, searching for deals year-round. They squirrel away gifts in closets and attics, to have them ready for the holidays well in advance. [Read More](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/tips-for-last-minute-holiday-shoppers) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/tips-for-last-minute-holiday-shoppers#comments-listing) Topics: [advice for members](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/topic/advice-for-members) ## [Shredding Stops Fraud](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/shredding-stops-fraud) Posted by [Lone Star CU](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/author/lone-star-cu) on 10/19/2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/hubfs/October%20listicle%20header%20graphic-1.png) ](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/shredding-stops-fraud) [Read More](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/shredding-stops-fraud) 2 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/shredding-stops-fraud#comments-listing) Topics: [advice for members](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/topic/advice-for-members) ## [IRS Scams: Not Just a Tax-Season Problem](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/irs-scams-not-just-a-tax-season-problem) Posted by [Lone Star CU](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/author/lone-star-cu) on 10/05/2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/hubfs/October%20blog%20header%20graphic.png) ](https://blog.lonestarcu.org/irs-scams-not-just-a-tax-season-problem) Here's the bad news about any unexpected good news you receive in an e-mail from the Internal Revenue Service: It's probably bogus. For example, the IRS will not contact you via e-mail, out of the blue, about a refund you didn't know you had coming. Yet, people fall for this scam again and again. Some have received e-mails--with convincing IRS logos--that display a refund amount and a link you must click on to get the refund. 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