Archive for 'rip offs'
Beware these Phishing Scams
Because you read messages like this one, you’re probably the kind of person who is way too savvy to fall for any scams, but since you probably have friends and relatives who are new to internet use, maybe you can alert them. One new one is hitting the airwaves now in response to Tax Day. [...]
Posted: April 19th, 2009 under identity theft, internet scams, phishing, rip offs.
Tags: debt collection scams, e-mail scams, identity theft, phishing, web scams
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Phishing, anyone? Hopefully not!
You know, I really won’t have time for blogging any more. I’ll have to spend all my time counting the millions and millions of dollars that are arriving any time now, courtesy of all those loving strangers who keep writing to me. There are the lawyers writing to let me know someone has left me [...]
Posted: April 13th, 2009 under phishing, rip offs.
Tags: dangerous e-mail, on-line scams, phishing
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How Google Can Save Your Sanity
Yesterday I got a most interesting direct mail piece. It was a scheme to get me to send money to someone who would teach me how to go out and find merchandise that stores need to liquidate for some reason or another. I didn’t count, but it was about 6 or 8 pages long, showed [...]
Posted: April 17th, 2008 under fraud, internet marketing, marketing, rip offs.
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The Dish Network Saga Continues – Customer service?
Dish Network has done it again – I have to call them tomorrow. Not only does the dish not work, their first bill came today and includes services we didn’t order! My son’s $40 per month service is now $75 per month. Since he’s at work and since I’m the one who placed the order [...]
Posted: February 7th, 2008 under customer service, Dish Network, rip offs.
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