Filed under: Shopping, Charity, Fraud, Consumer Ally
The first tip-off that a company isn't on the up and up is when the product it's selling is offered at a price that really is too good to be true.
Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Charity, Fraud, Consumer Ally
The online micro-finance charity Web site Kiva rose to be a shining non-profit success story in the recession years. It marries the trendiness of social digg_url = 'http://digg.com/people/Kiva_A_great_Idea_That_Isn_t_Exactly_What_it_Seemed'; entrepreneurship with an almost perfect combination of online [...]
Filed under: Banks, Fraud, Recession, Recession Diaries
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The largest wine scam in the history of the United States was partly resolved this week with Mark Anderson's plea of guilty to numerous counts associated with torching a wine storage facility in the San Francisco area in 2005 to [...] 
Filed under: Technology, Fraud, Consumer Ally
"Hi. This is Rachel from Cardholder Services." It's safe to say that millions of Americans have received a call from Rachel or one of her robo-calling cohorts at some point. In fact, there have been so many complaints about [...]
Filed under: Saving Money, Fraud
I must be really important, because two "Who's Who" publications have chosen me for inclusion in their publications. The e-mails arrived in my mailbox this week.
Filed under: Transportation, Fraud, Consumer Ally
Extended warranties of all sorts have always been a dicey proposition, but when it comes to extended auto warranties many don't even appear to be warranties at all.
Filed under: Shopping, Fraud, Black Friday, Cyber Monday
Retail theft is on the rise, but not from hard pressed consumers looking to make ends meet. Rather, organized groups or gangs are hitting stores, stealing large quantities and reselling the goods, often online.
Marc Acito, Tom Barlow, Mitch Lipka, Barbara Bartlein, Janean Chun, Beau Brendler, Lita Epstein, Charles Feldman, Ken and Daria Dolan, Barbara Hernandez, Josh Smith
