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• Ten Ways To Be A Smarter Consumer This Year

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 792
  The Better Business Bureau has come up with a list of 10 resolutions that could help protect you from being ripped off --and best of all, theyre easy to keep. Here are five that you should already be doing. 1. Beware of “job” offers to make easy money. Unemployment in the nation is high and scammers are ...
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• FBI investigating online New York school district theft

  
  Privacy Digest — Authority: 449
  FBI investigating online New York school district theft : Via Computerworld Cybercrime/Hacking News . A New York school district has reverted to using paper checks after cybercriminals tried to steal about $3.8 million from its online accounts just before Christmas, prompting an FBI investigation. For three days ...
  8 hours ago

• Ft. Lauderdale Attorney Charged in Suspected Ponzi Scheme

  
  Investor's Watchblog — Authority: 124
  To all appearances, Scott Rothstein was a successful Ft. Lauderdale attorney, senior partner of Rothstein, Rosenfeldt, Adler, husband to a beautiful wife, a man who enjoyed the best of everything.  As so often happens, things were not as they seemed.  Prosecutors have charged Rothstein with running a $1.2 billion ...
  10 hours ago

• The Hidden Costs of MasterCard & Visa Debit Cards

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 646
  The ATM card is not the only one with sneaky fees . Those Visa and MasterCard symbols on your bank debit card signify high hidden fees as well. Commentary is swirling around this NYTimes piece : Competition, of course, usually forces prices lower. But for payment networks like Visa and MasterCard, competition in ...
  10 hours ago

• Don’t Use Your ATM Card

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 646
  Last week I was charged $144 in bank fees for four ATM purchases, each under $10 (I will be closing that poorly rated SunTrust account). Among the things that make those fees so painful is that I had hundreds of dollars sitting in another account, and tens of thousands of dollars in unused credit on cards (I pay ...
  11 hours ago

• Verizon Tried A TV Service Bait-And-Switch On My Parents

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 792
  Corey, who is trying to help his Brooklyn parents improve their TV setup, feels his folks were baited and switched by Verizon, displaying a cheap deal on its site that went away after he entered his parents address. He writes: Verizon just wired my parents apartment building in Brooklyn with FIOS and they were ...
  12 hours ago

• 6 Nevada Loan Modification Firms Served Cease and Desist Orders

  
  LoanWorkout.org — Authority: 144
  The State of Nevada has issued Cease & Desist orders against6 loan modification firms for failing to comply with state law.The new law issues last month by The Division of Business & Industry requires that firms who offer mortgage modification services post a bond. The following 6 companies have not complied ...
  13 hours ago

• Lanny Welch & Isaac Yass Sent to Prison For Bankruptcy Scams

  
  LoanWorkout.org — Authority: 144
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Two men from California have been sentenced for filing fraudulent bankruptcy petitions in Kansas to bilk homeowners who were facing foreclosure.U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch says 43-year-old Isaac Yass, an Israeli who was living in Los Angeles, and 40-year-old Robert Andrew Blechman of Culver City, ...
  13 hours ago

• Owners of Real Estate Investment Company Indicted for Conspiracy

  
  Mortgage Fraud Blog — Authority: 138
  Philip R. Lochmiller , 61, Mack, Colorado, and Philip R. Lochmiller, II , 38, presently of Olathe, Kansas, who are both owners and operators of Valley Investments , as well as a Valley Investments employee, Shawnee N. Carver , 33, Grand Junction, Colorado, were indicted by a federal grand jury in ...
  17 hours ago

• 27 Ways To Spot A Scam Lottery Win

  
  ThePickards — Authority: 125
  …at least, according to this email I received. See if you can spot the cues that made me suspect that it might not be entirely genuine… I reckon there are three clues in the header alone. From: “UK National Lottery” auto@[obscured].com Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 16:55:56 +0000 To: Subject: [Spam] Results 2009 ...
  20 hours ago

• Auditions for Twilight film are scams, says Portland casting agent Lana Veenker

  
  The Casting Scoop — Authority: 106
  Oops, I almost forgot to post this, as the interview took place before the holidays! More coverage on the " Breaking Dawn " casting scams circulating the Internet: Auditions for Twilight film are scams, says Portland casting agent Lana Veenker By Margie Boulé The Oregonian January 05, 2010 All your ...
  20 hours ago

• Staying Alert Against Online Dating Scams

  
  Online Dating Secret Friends Blog — Authority: 120
  Online dating scams are all over the internet. If you receive wild promises of love and romance, followed by a request for money, then you should take precautions and assume you are talking to a scammer. Some of these scammers are in your local area, pretending to live overseas in order to claim money for traveling ...
  21 hours ago

• Online Scams????

  
  Verified Website — Authority: 147
  so this week ive won something like 10 billion dollars from over 10 different uk lotterys….i know these are scams and i was wondering if i should be forewarding these to some online security dept instead of just deleting them??????Related posts:I Need An Online Loan With No Security Deposit Required Can Any One ...
  22 hours ago

• Options for MLM Advertising – Making A Newsletter

  
  Best Sales Jobs — Authority: 152
  When you are preparing to do your multi-level marketing advertising, it is always good to know who you want your audience to be and how you will reach them. Knowing who your audience should be is a big factor in handling a successful MLM campaign. You will notice that alot of your taget audience are watching ...
  23 hours ago

• Vere You Vant To Go?

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 720
  Its the bane of travelers everywhere , the Taxi scam.
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• Personal Finances Scams Lead ’09 Top Ten (The Prairie Advocate)

  
  Credit Repair | Free Bad Credit Repair Debt Consolidation Loans — Authority: 139
  Scammers in 2009 followed the financial woes of individuals as they preyed on people’s difficult economic conditions and concerns about the general economy, according to the Better Business Bureau’s summary of dishonest business dealings for the past year.
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• WARNING ON LOST PET SCAMS

  
  Home Alone Critter Care of Columbia County, Oregon — Authority: 140
  Warning upon mislaid house pet scams AS animal shelters strech ripping indicate with dogs as well as cats during a legal holiday season, owners who have mislaid their pets have been being warned of scams. Read some-more upon Herald Sun Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Share this on ...
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• EU to Investigate WHO and Swine Flu Pandemic as Pharma Scams

  
  Dvorak Uncensored — Authority: 551
  The Council of Europe member states will launch an inquiry in January 2010 on the influence of the pharmaceutical companies on the global swine flu campaign, focusing especially on extent of the pharma‘s industry’s influence on WHO. The Health Committee of the EU Parliament has unanimously passed a resolution ...
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• Multi Level Marketing Business Success Training Advice And MLM Tools Online

  
  Business Management Skills — Authority: 141
  To build a true mlm team, you must have a system in place that can be duplicated by your downline. But there are many things to consider when you are making that program so that it will not backfire on you. To be a true MLM success coach and a leader in the MLM [...]
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• Collectors Defending NSA….. I’m Not One Of Them

  
  Sports Card Info — Authority: 137
  I’ve talked about NSA “relic” cards on hear before, and the topic has been one of the most clicked on posts I have ever written over the two year period this blog has been around.  Last night I received another comment on my original post from a collector actually defending NSA.  Most collectors agree with ...
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