Michael Finney

7 On Your Side Reporter / KGO Radio Host / Best-Selling Author

[Michael Finney @MFinney]

Our 7 On Your Side phone hotline is temporarily out of service due to new work-from-home policies, so if you have consumer questions or concerns, please email them directly at [email protected]! Thanks!

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The victim took matters into his own hands after multiple withdrawals totaling $1,640---gone. Stolen. So, he took his own surveillance video. But the victim says the bank still denied his claim. https://t.co/pidn6jBNg3

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A Bay Area woman suddenly received a stack of mail with 70 Chase bank credit cards, issued to 70 complete strangers, all on her credit card account. https://t.co/mpeFlMV56Z

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Criminals are targeting other bank customers, in addition to Bank to America, tricking them into sending them money through Zelle. https://t.co/3hT6ygRcOB

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"We have seen a lot of scammers using robocalls, robotexts and sometimes these payment apps used to scam people. It's definitely a problem," says one consumer advocate. https://t.co/ZXjsmJSQWe

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When asked if he was unhappy seeing his package thrown like a Frisbee, the Concord man said, "There might be stronger words I could use." https://t.co/dlPZbTRfqZ

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"It feels like any setback now just hits us a little bit harder." Looking to take a break from long days battling COVID, eight San Francisco nurses were unable to cancel their Airbnb. https://t.co/45INkYARn3

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@elonmusk Hi Elon! Have some questions about Tesla customer service policies I'd like to ask. Who's the best person to talk to? Thanks!

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@IROBHIMINATESLA @Chase Hi! Apologies for the delayed reply. Let me get you in contact with my team. Please use the form at the link and someone will email you back: https://t.co/RH7zRKEfbW

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Scammers are using the fear of rampant banking fraud to lure their victims. It cost one man half his life savings. https://t.co/SnoBPpSAkT

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This matter took on added urgency because his benefits have been frozen until this is resolved. He can't understand why EDD is doing this to him. https://t.co/2KvPwqFkrw

[ABC7 News @abc7newsbayarea]

“How can you sit there and tell me there’s nothing you can do?” An investigation to CA’s unemployment benefits program reveals decades-long history of failures in, “Broke: California’s Unemployment Crisis,” streaming now on the ABC7 Bay Area app. https://t.co/OeEMaUnoM8

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7 On Your Side investigates the history of issues with CA's EDD. We're talking to Californians who are frustrated, tired and confused by this ongoing problem in “Broke: California’s Unemployment Crisis,” streaming now on the ABC7 Bay Area streaming app. https://t.co/Dges9HCQYP

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In a one-two punch, a South SF woman lost her EDD appeal -- then the EDD mailed a copy of her documents, full of private information, to a stranger. https://t.co/aQkOTklgLQ

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Many families will get Child Tax Credit without even having to apply for it. https://t.co/ouCdLULvP0

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Walmart says its program offers discounts of 65 to 85% on prescription drugs. How are they able to set such low prices? https://t.co/NI6uZhDgbE

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A Vallejo cat has been freed from Instagram jail after he was accidentally banned for being "underage." https://t.co/unOx2GFevc

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A visually impaired woman nearly lost the only way she has to get home from work -- due to a technicality. https://t.co/QUtvt5KBSp

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Workers are paying for auto-dialing services to get through to EDD for California unemployment benefits. https://t.co/lJzBJEuMnP

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About four million calls flooded the EDD the last week of May, and EDD answered about six percent of them. https://t.co/6Y7PGXOarG

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Local restaurants say both customers and employees will have to make adjustments, even after state reopens. https://t.co/Xe4LKekh4S