Posted on May 26, 2008 by jorgipogi
By Kelli B. Grant
A new article that the no good deals readers should know about: SmartMoney presents us with six shopping scams that even knowledgeable shoppers should take a look at. Internet Fraud has increased exponentially. It is easier for people to fall pray to those that want the easy money. Furthermore, it is [...]
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Posted on May 22, 2008 by jorgipogi
by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Phishers have targeted users of Apple’s iTunes music store with sophisticated identity theft attacks for the first time, a security company said Tuesday.
People began receiving spammed messages Monday telling them that they must correct a problem with their iTunes account, said Andrew Lochart, an executive with e-mail security vendor Proofpoint Inc.
A link in the spam leads to [...]
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Posted on May 17, 2008 by jorgipogi
From Paul Gil,
1) The Nigerian scam, also known as 419
February, 2008: special thanks to guest author and networking technician, Joanna Gil, for contributing to this article.
Most of you have received an email from a member of a Nigerian family with wealth. It is a desperate cry for help in getting a very large sum of money out [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2008 by jorgipogi
By Mark Huffman
ConsumerAffairs.com
A stroll through the Scam Alerts archives finds it’s been Christmastime all year for the world’s scam artists. The Federal Trade Commission tells us that scams hit 30.2 million adults — 13.5 percent of the adult population during the last year for which it has added up its complaints.
While the FTC’s latest figures [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2008 by jorgipogi
Too often, negotiators are so worried about making a deal that they make bad deals. A bad deal is worse than no deal. Learn to walk away from bad deals.
I can hear the voice in your head saying “Terry, that’s easy for you to say, but you don’t understand my situation. Walking away may be [...]
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Posted on May 7, 2008 by jorgipogi
I want to start the blog by giving an example of a no good deal. My experience was with Vonage. Vonage offers what appears to be a good deal with its home phone service. However, there are a lot of hidden secrets. First and for most, is the fact that the 911 system is as [...]
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