28
Apr
2008
Woman and Her Mother Get Screwed Out of $90,000 By Cousins Husband
Posted by Steve Rhode as Scams
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed right now, before you forget, to get the latest posts. Thanks for visiting! I just got finished helping a very nice woman deal with a horrible financial situation. It seems that last year she was approached by the husband of her ...[Read More]
25
Jan
2008
A new scam message just arrived and in order to help show you what to look out for I’ve dissected it for you below. Sadly, people still fall for these kinds of spam messages. The dissected version. Dear Friend, Good day, I just want to inform you that I have deposited your ATM MASTER ...[Read More]
11
Jan
2008
Network Solutions Holds You Hostage For Their Profit
Posted by Steve Rhode as Business Failures, Customer Service, Scams, Technology
In a move that can only be thought of as hostile and devious, the once domain name market leader, Netowrk Solutions, has now put in place an evil policy that takes any domain name you search for with them, and not buy, off the market for up to five days. As a domain name registrar they can ...[Read More]
11
Jan
2008
Facing Foreclosure? Be Stupid and Burn The House Down Instead.
Posted by Steve Rhode as Foreclosure, Mortgage Related, Scams
Well at least that’s some are thinking of doing and it’s got the insurance industry on edge. Allstate insurance says they’ve already seen an increase nationally in arsons among homes in foreclosure. In California, the state¹s insurance division reports that the number of ...[Read More]
10
Jan
2008
Daughter - Bank Officer and Mother - Real Estate Agent, Rip Off Customers
Posted by Steve Rhode as Banking, Credit Cards, Identity Theft, Scams, Wa-Wa-What
I’m always amazed when I read stories like this one from Washington state in the U.S. What were they thinking? I can understand wanting to have a little mother daughter time but you would think that mom would say “Honey, didn’t I tell you not to steal the bank details and ...[Read More]
10
Jan
2008
Barclays Bank Chairman Victim of Identity Theft
Posted by Steve Rhode as Banking, Credit Cards, Funny Stuff, Scams
A conman walked off with a bagful of cash from Barclays, by posing as its chairman, the bank admitted Thursday. The fraudster marched into a Barclays branch and sauntered out with £10,000 pounds from the account of Marcus Agius, 61. It is believed the conman used the Internet to get the bank ...[Read More]
07
Jan
2008
Crooks Take Money Using Your Chip and PIN Card and Banks in UK Won’t Protect You
Posted by Steve Rhode as Banking, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Scams
Chip and PIN cards were introduced into the UK in 2004 and billed as the safer and fraudulent proof credit and debit card. I wonder if the banks thought that the change would satisfy government or create more confidence in consumers to use the transaction cards. The belief that chip and pin ...[Read More]
04
Jan
2008
Top 10 Credit Card Thoughts Floating on the Web
Posted by Steve Rhode as Credit Cards, Scams
Judging by the amount of statements being made on the web at the moment it looks like there is either more credit card fraud happening or just more people being vocal about it. Either way, let me again reinforce that a credit card is safer to use than a debit card. If someone gets ahold of your ...[Read More]
01
Jan
2008
Video Professor Nicer on Infomercial Than in Court
Posted by Steve Rhode as Beware, Customer Service, Scams, Wa-Wa-What
“Colorado infomercial company Video Professor this week dismissed its lawsuit against 100 anonymous defendants who had posted critical comments about its products and billing practices online. Earlier this month, the company withdrew subpoenas that had sought the identity of anonymous ...[Read More]
09
Oct
2007
Improving the Nigerian Oil Scam
Posted by Steve Rhode as Scams
We’ve all received those spam messages from someone, typically in Nigeria, that has loads of money that needs transferring but needs a strangers help to do so. The Nigerian oil scam emails are legendary and even the FBI in the U.S. keeps tabs of them and provides a public warning about ...[Read More]
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