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* Apartment for rent? Paris apartment rental scams exposed *
How honest consumers empower scam artists: Most on-the-level individuals can't help but harbour at least a few small fantasies about "What if I just got lucky, for once?" Unfortunately, small-time rip-off creeps take advantage of Honest Joes all too often!
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* Paris apartment rental scams keep coming *
I knew we would have to be on our toes trying to rent a Paris apartment on the internet, but who could have imagined that 17 of the 18 responses we would receive in a three-week period would be complete fiction? And transparent fiction, at that!
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* Prepaid MasterCard scam *
Here's another new scam: Free money, right? Yeah, RIGHT!
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* Shaw Digital Phone: Buyer Beware (Keyes Commentary) *
Western Canada's Shaw Communications fails to deliver on its television ad promise -- and our intrepid columnist John T.D. Keyes has a few comments for Shaw's Powers-that-Be. It's a BOMB!
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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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Consumer problems with Capital One (Garber commentary) *
Forget this "hands in your pocket" business; it's a catchy tune, all right, but scams, problems, controversy, harassment and outright fraud are the hallmarks of Capital One's approach to consumer finance. It's a BOMB!
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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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Grist Mill investment scam letter *
Do they figure they are giving you a fighting chance not to be stupid, by referring to 'Grist for the Mill?'
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Monster dot com job offer phishing letter *
In the case of anything mentioning Monster.com, send to siteabuse@monster.com.
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PosteItaliane Fake you-got-money letter *
We are not fluent in Italian, but we get the gist: Reply to this and risk identity theft!
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Register.com's threatening renewal notice *
Now, tell me if you think I'm out of line, here, dear reader, but doesn't the tone -- and even the wording -- of this note from Register.com sound threatening? It's a BOMB!
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Request for job phishing letter *
Pathetic attempt -- don't get caught! Another Sydney Car Centre job scam.
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SofaSoGood? SofaBed NOT so Good! *
A disgruntled consumer does the right thing: She spreads the word on a creepy salesman who treated her rudely and tried to rip her off! It's a BOMB!
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Soy candles work scam *
Work-at-home? This one's a scam.
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Sydney Car Centre job scam *
We guess because cars are expensive, the thinking here is you'll be caught by your own greed to make big commissions. Don't bite!
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Syfer-tech job offer scam *
Sounds good, right? WRONG! Don't reply, this is just another phishing attempt.
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Synthetic Global Exports job offer phishing letter *
Your name just happened to come up and you got a great no-effort job? Guess again, sucker!
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Teddy Rollins job offer scam *
Yet another job offer from that notorious 'Sydney Car Centre.' Answer at your peril!
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Telus abuse (of its own customers) continues, unabated *
“Telus abuse” is aptly named, only what they don’t tell you is that you, the customer will be the party subject to the “abuse”. . . It's a BOMB!
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The 'Get you too?' work-from-home job scam *
Remember: Even replying or asking to be removed from their lists will get your name onto e-mail lists -- so just throw it away -- DO NOT REPLY!
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Canada regulator -- CRTC -- expected to limit big telcos on VoIP *
Canada's telecom regulator will likely rule this week that the country's biggest phone companies won't be free to set their own prices for phone service that uses the same technology as the Internet, analysts said on Monday.
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Clever eBay spoof attempt *
This one is particularly deceptive. Beware!
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CRTC takes aim at telcos *
The federal telecom regulator lashed out at the country's biggest phone companies yesterday...
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Don't bet on looser telecom rules *
Read the press reports and you'd think Canada's phone and cable companies were about to emerge from decades of protectionism and join the 21st century, where free markets, not regulation and ownership rules, dictate business strategy.
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Evalu8.org feedback: Paris Restaurant Rip-off *
One hapless reader and her friends had a bad dining experience at a place called La Savoyarde in Paris. . . It's a BOMB!
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Giant-killers take on Rogers over billing and security policies *
Lawyer Susan Drummond and her husband Harry Gefen -- a technology journalist -- have become unwitting experts on how Canadian consumers can take on corporate giants.
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Labour woes, competition leave Telus at crossroads *
looked just like those cute Telus Corp. advertisements until the animals started talking. "Customers are getting plucked," squawked a parrot in one. "It's not right."
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Local eBay problem with seller *
One of our faithful readers is having a dire eBay problem, which has resulted in her having qualms about dealing with eBay at all. She is even (justly) concerned about her personal safety.
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MIKASA store-closing sale Rip-off *
A store-closing sale has been announced, that is one of the most shabby attempts to capitalize on a downsizing that I've ever seen!
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Shaw is learning to share the sandbox with Telus *
Shaw's six requests concerning chief competitor Telus put before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission last week have more than a few folks wondering what the company is up to.
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Telcos must open Net service *
Big phone firms have to offer high-speed Internet access to competitiors' customers
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Telus blocks hundreds of sites *
Telus blocking of labour Union website filtered 766 unrelated sites.
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Telus licensed to sell television service *
B.C., Alberta move blurs telecom line -- now you can get crappy Tech Support for your TV, too.
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Telus wants to dial out Shaw *
More whining from Telus about losing its stranglehold/monopoly on local phone service. . .
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Telus wants to launch national IP service *
Calls on CRTC to allow it to offer phone service similar to Primus's and Vonage's...
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Watch OUT for Kim's Jewellers & Watchmakers -- it's a rip-off *
Perhaps this has happened to you: You take your item to a trusted service outlet -- a drycleaners, a repair shop, a car service place for an oil change -- and when you pick up your item, it is not working as expected. Or worse, it was working before, and now, something is definitely wrong with it! It's a BOMB!
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