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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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….
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! …