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1007 DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of SAN­DRA S. DYKES late of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia, de­ceased, are here­by no­ti­fied to render in their de­mands to the un­der­signed ac­cord­ing to law, and all per­sons in­debt­ed to said es­tate are re­quired to make im­me­diate pay­ment.
This 13th day of March 2014.
Mr. STE­VEN R. DYKES
1840 DU­BLIN HIGH­WAY
EAST­MAN, GA 31023
RITA J. LLOP
At­tor­ney at Law
Har­ri­son & Llop, P. C.
P. O. Box 488
East­man, Geor­gia 31023
478-374-9500 [Full Story »] 

Age: 67

Died: Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Arrangements: Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home, Inc. of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

Seven Dodge County High School (DCHS) Grappling Indians recently competed in the 3-AAA Eastern Sectional Tournament in Madison. Competing in a 16-man bracket against wrestlers from the entire eastern half of Georgia, four emerged with a ticket to the state tournament beginning this week in Macon. [Full Story »] 

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield reported that it has been a victim of a cyber-attack and there was a breach involving the personal information of its policyholders. Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is closely monitoring the Anthem security breach and want you to protect yourself if you think you may be an affected policyholder.

What happened?

In late January, Anthem discovered the unauthorized access of consumer information including member names, member health identification numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, employment information and income data.

What is Anthem doing to protect my information?

Anthem notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation once the breach was discovered, and sent notices to Anthem consumers responding to consumer questions. Anthem is also working with a cybersecurity firm to evaluate the extent of the attack. They will be providing free credit monitoring and identify protection services to all who were affected. [Full Story »] 

The Internal Revenue Service is warning citizens to be aware that there are tax scammers that will try to get your information.

IRS-Impersonation
Telephone Scam

An aggressive and sophisticated phone scam targeting taxpayers, including recent immigrants, has been making the rounds throughout the country. Callers claim to be employees of the IRS, but are not. These con artists can sound convincing when they call. They use fake names and bogus IRS identification badge numbers. They may know a lot about their targets, and they usually alter the caller ID to make it look like the IRS is calling. 

Victims are told they owe money to the IRS and it must be paid promptly through a pre-loaded debit card or wire transfer. If the victim refuses to cooperate, they are then threatened with arrest, deportation or suspension of a business or driver’s license.

In many cases, the caller becomes hostile and insulting.

Or, victims may be told they have a refund due to try to trick them into sharing private information. 

If the phone isn’t answered, the scammers often leave an “urgent” callback request.

Note that the IRS will never:

1) call to demand immediate payment, nor will the agency call about taxes owed without first having mailed you a bill; [Full Story »]