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* Business Professional Registry information harvesting e-mail scam *
Here's another new scam: Sign up for this "professional" association and lose your privacy!
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* Deleting your 'StumbleUpon' account *
At first, I thought "StumbleUpon" sounded like a pretty good idea. But then. . .
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* Free BlockBuster scam *
Something for nuthin'? -- we don't THINK so!
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* Just because the scammer is illiterate doesn't mean you should fall for it *
Don't let your guard down just because scammers appear unschooled or stupid -- they can still get you!
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* Make money on You-Tube *
Easy money, right? Uh-huh. . .
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* Prepaid MasterCard scam *
Here's another new scam: Free money, right? Yeah, RIGHT!
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* Vantage Prepaid credit card scam *
Respondents who knee-jerk (maybe they are somewhat desperate) are exploited by these creeps.
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Ask the Bargain Shopper: Canadian Telemarketers await No-Call Decision, Tougher Rules on Hold *
The new rules are on standby while the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission studies the feasibility of a national no-call list in Canada.
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Ask the Bargain Shopper: For Canadians -- Stopping telemarketers *
CRTC-governed telemarketing Rules, proposed 'do-not-call' legislation -- and why Canadian survey companies remain exempt. . .
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Ask the Bargain Shopper: Getting added to the 'no call' list -- if you are in Canada *
The CRTC is like the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in that it regulates telephone carriers. Though it cannot directly control telemarketers, it can order telephone carriers to bar them access to the phone system should they break the rules.
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Ask the Bargain Shopper: Getting added to the 'no call' list -- if you are in the U.S.A. *
You can register your home or mobile phone for free. Your registration will be effective for five years.
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Ask the Bargain Shopper: How can an individual (US) consumer thwart telemarketers? *
Everyone with a telephone has received unwanted calls from telemarketers at home. Sometimes the same company will call back trying to sell you something, week after week, at dinner, on weekends, or during your favorite TV show. Did you know that under certain circumstances, you may be entitled to $500 for this aggravation?
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Cosmos Boutique sales offer phishing letter *
This company wants to buy your product. Will you bite? (Don't: It's a scam to harvest your identity.)
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Family Feature Films scam *
Enjoy talking to a machine? Being interrupted during your busy day? Not being able to hang-up on these guys? We thought not!
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Frequently asked questions about e-mail SPAM *
Just the facts, m'am -- about SPAM. . .
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Lavasoft reveals: The Next Generation of Spam *
Spam. We find it in our inboxes everyday, in growing numbers. It creeps into instant messages, blogs, forums, and any other channels of communication that have the potential to be profitable for cyber thieves. And if current trends continue, we may be in store for rising levels of assault.
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Newest scam offers to 'Unlock 1000+ TV Channels on your PC' *
A little research reveals that this is a scam, supplying you some TV downloads, but not actual thousand-channel TV access.
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PayPal spoof attempt *
You have a PayPal account and an "update" is required? Guess again!
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Tech Tips and Tricks: Identity theft FAQs (American focus) *
A 2003 U.S. Federal Trade Commission survey showed that over a one-year period, nearly 10 million people -- or 4.6 per cent of the adult population -- had discovered they were victims of some form of identity theft.
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Tech Tips and Tricks: Protect Your Identity From Theft (American resources and fixes) *
It only takes a few seconds to become a victim of financial fraud. But it often takes months to recover.
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U.S. House of Representatives approves ‘do-not-call' legislation *
U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Thursday aimed at ensuring a national “do-not-call” list goes into effect as scheduled next week so consumers can block many unwanted telemarketing sales pitches.
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Unwanted Telephone Marketing Calls *
Telemarketers seem to sense just when you sat down to dinner. Why do they call at that time? Because they are likely to catch you in, that's why.
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Another e-mail scam claims to unlock satellite access *
Typos and syntax errors are usually a dead give-away, and this one has lots of both!
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New NERD party deserves a moment's thought *
Now that the writ has finally been dropped, I can unveil -- exclusively to readers of this column -- a new political party: the Newfangled Effort to Re-engineer Democracy (NERD for short).
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