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Rossen roundup: Top consumer stories from this past week

Rossen roundup: Top consumer stories from this past week
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Rossen roundup: Top consumer stories from this past week
Here are all of the Rossen Reports from this past week:Save money with these online shopping toolsWe shop online for almost everything, but it can be a serious drain on our wallets. There's one thing you can do to save money every time you shop: browser extensions.Watch the video for this story above.But some of you have reached out, saying you're a little weary of how they work and what they do. So let me run you through a quick guide.What do extensions do? They're basically software that you can download that will run in the background when you search.Read the full story here.How to make your sensitive emails self-destructGmail has more than 1.8 billion active users, making it one of the largest email providers in the world. If you’re one of them, you might not know some of the coolest features available to you. And when we learn cool stuff, we like to pass it along.Read the full story here.New lottery scam sweeping the countryYou may not be $1.58 billion richer today, but that doesn’t mean scammers aren’t going to try and pounce anyway.In fact, this is the time they’ll try and convince you that you’ve still won something. The Better Business Bureau says people have lost more than $9 million to lottery scams over the last few years.How do they do it? The scammer will use the names and logos of real lotteries to trick you. They'll reach out by email, texts, even social media. They’ll claim you’ve been chosen randomly for a prize. Some will even put your name on a list that looks official.Just remember, that’s not how those big lotteries work. They don’t choose random winners.Read the full story here.How do store brands compare to name brands in blind test?For some, prices at the grocery store are still too high to stomach. One of the biggest ways to save is by buying generic. On average, generic groceries cost about 40% less than name-brand ones.Rossen Reports showed just how much you can save in a test last summer. Watch that video here.But we know what you’re thinking — you probably don’t want to spend the money on something that might not taste "as good" or work "as well." So Rossen Reports decided to put it to the test, trying name brand versus generic groceries back-to-back to settle the debate.Read the full story here.

Here are all of the Rossen Reports from this past week:

Save money with these online shopping tools

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We shop online for almost everything, but it can be a serious drain on our wallets. There's one thing you can do to save money every time you shop: browser extensions.

Watch the video for this story above.

But some of you have reached out, saying you're a little weary of how they work and what they do. So let me run you through a quick guide.

What do extensions do? They're basically software that you can download that will run in the background when you search.

Read the full story here.


How to make your sensitive emails self-destruct

Gmail has more than 1.8 billion active users, making it one of the largest email providers in the world.

If you’re one of them, you might not know some of the coolest features available to you. And when we learn cool stuff, we like to pass it along.

Read the full story here.


New lottery scam sweeping the country

You may not be $1.58 billion richer today, but that doesn’t mean scammers aren’t going to try and pounce anyway.

In fact, this is the time they’ll try and convince you that you’ve still won something. The Better Business Bureau says people have lost more than $9 million to lottery scams over the last few years.

How do they do it? The scammer will use the names and logos of real lotteries to trick you. They'll reach out by email, texts, even social media. They’ll claim you’ve been chosen randomly for a prize. Some will even put your name on a list that looks official.

Just remember, that’s not how those big lotteries work. They don’t choose random winners.

Read the full story here.


How do store brands compare to name brands in blind test?

For some, prices at the grocery store are still too high to stomach. One of the biggest ways to save is by buying generic. On average, generic groceries cost about 40% less than name-brand ones.

Rossen Reports showed just how much you can save in a test last summer. Watch that video here.

But we know what you’re thinking — you probably don’t want to spend the money on something that might not taste "as good" or work "as well." So Rossen Reports decided to put it to the test, trying name brand versus generic groceries back-to-back to settle the debate.

Read the full story here.