Calling back that unknown phone number may cost you
As anyone visiting this site knows, besides our focus on the extended auto warranty scams, we really REALLY hate spam phone calls (aka telemarketing phone calls). I’m sure you’ve received…
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Nigeria to Hong Kong: The Dying Woman Inheritance scam
Oh, poor Mrs. Barbara Manenga. She’s dying and wants to name you (and all the other people she’s scamming) as beneficiary for a whopping $7.5M. All you have to do…
Sick of comment spam? Here’s a list of known spammers for your block list
For those of you who have blogs and must wade through hundreds of spammy comments per day, I have a gift for you. Yep, my ever-growing list of known spammers, their URLs and…
Maker of the Snuggie gets slapped by NY Attorney General for $8M
If you live in New York and you recently purchased more Snuggies, Perfect Brownie Pans and Perfect Bacon Bowls than you had intended, you may be receiving a partial refund…
New credit card security tactics make fraudsters more creative
Last year, despite some nasty data breaches, losses overall weren’t so bad. But before you do a fist pump, this news actually isn’t so encouraging. Credit card companies, in response…
NJ temp agency cooks books to make employees disappear
It’s one thing to be fired or laid off from your job, but when your employer makes you disappear from the books in order to hide money from the government,…
Your FICO isn’t enough – lenders want to know if you’re a potential thief
When you apply for a loan, lenders obviously want to know if you’re credit-worthy. That’s expected. But now they want to know if you might have a proclivity for committing…
Fake compliments and gibberish comments
You’ve just launched a brand-spanking new blog and have received a comment to one of your very first posts. Exciting! Someone’s actually read and responded to your carefully written and…
They’re at it again with the “2nd attempt” notices: extended warranty scammers are a tenacious bunch
So, just how many “2nd attempt” notices does one receive? And, of course, there are the endless “Final Notice” mailers…ah, if only they really were the FINAL notices we’d receive….
Motor Vehicle Services sends a second FINAL extended warranty notice
Yep, they’re baaaaak. A year ago, Motor Vehicle Services sent an alleged ‘final’ notice, informing me that the extended warranty on my Ford Escape was in danger of expiring. Horrors! …