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Link: 5 Everyday Rip-Offs That Are Surprisingly Easy To Avoid
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-everyday-rip-offs-that-are-...
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The world is an awful place, filled with people like us, all trying to screw us over every chance we get. Our only defense is intense, bile-filled suspicion, of anyone and everyone we deal with, including infants.
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Image: Best Newspaper URL Ever!
Honesty par excellence! [Ed. note: Follow the link for the full story of how this all went down. Seems like the web staff at The Independent have had quite a week.]
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Link: 5 Online Scams to Avoid This Year
http://techland.com/2010/11/29/5-online-scams-to-avoid-th...
No matter how much you want to improve your sex life, don't click on that link.
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Link: The New Poor: Peddling Relief, Firms Put Debtors in Deeper Hole
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/business/economy/19debt...
The recession has delivered an abundance of debt-saturated customers to settlement companies that take high fees regardless of whether debt is cut.
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Fake Imax Scam!
Movie Buzz Aziz Ansari discovered that IMAX is putting its name on a bunch of tiny screens and then letting theaters charge full-IMAX price. This will not stand! Spread the word (and check out the helpful chart Aziz made here.)
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Your Factory Warranty Is About To Expire
Business Buzz The incessant, annoying phone scam — “Your factory warranty is about to expire…” — shows no signs of slowing down. Here's what happens and what to do about it. I've been getting these calls for months, though apparently this scam has been running for years now. Someone please make the madness stop!!
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Image: An Honest Scammer
Mr. Robert Dutu is surprisingly forthright about his motives. How refreshing! Let's all wish him luck with his important business proposition.
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Image: Email from the FBI!
This seems pretty legit. Robert Mueller needs to be a little more careful with his spellcheck though.
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Image: Credit Card Protection
Just put your info in the box and we'll make sure you don't get messed with by identity thieves. We also have a fairly impressive Nigerian fortune that we need to unload in a hurry. Shoot us an email if you're interested.
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Adopt These Puppies Or Else…
Culture Buzz By now, you've probably seen or heard of these poor wittle puppies who need a home in like, 5 days, or else they're totally off to animal control. Well, it's all a lie, and you, internet, fell for it. All puppies in the world are in fact safe and happy and loved forever and ever the end!
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Link: Confessions Of A Cash4Gold Employee
http://consumerist.com/5144296/10-confessions-of-a-cash4g...
You guys, it sounds like Cash4Gold might be a scam. We are as shocked as you are.
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Video: Phishing Scams in Plain English
A simple video that teaches you (ie: your parents or grand parents) how to avoid phishing scams.
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Is This A Joke?
Culture Buzz Television infomercial for junky 9/11 $20 commemorative. OK, so in case nobody noticed, it’s Liberian legal tender we’re talking about here. They gloss over that tidbit in their description like it’s no big deal. Let’s see, so if the exchange rate is $0.016 US to every Liberian dollar, that makes this thing actually worth a wopping $0.32! Of course that says nothing of the thing’s tasteful aesthetic.
