Avoid The Bidding Fee/Penny Auction Scam
Are you familiar with bidding fee auctions or penny auctions? If not, here's a description of what they are how they work. Sales scams are as old as humanity, but the Internet has introduced a whole...
View ArticleZeekler, the Bidding Auction Scam
A couple of days ago, I wrote why you should avoid the bidding fee/penny auction scam. If you haven't read that article my conclusion after much research was that adding up the high probability of...
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Is ZeekRewards a Scam?
A couple of days over the last week or two, I've been covering the the penny auction scam and in particular one company's version, Zeekler. Those articles, particularly the Zeekler one, were building...
View ArticleHotel’s “Broken Computer” Credit Card Scam
Someone tried to steal our credit card information a couple of hours ago. It was a pretty ingenious scam too. I'm hoping that you'll read this and share this story so that people won't fall for it like...
View ArticleIs March Money Madness a Scam?
Another day, another scam (maybe?). As Buffy the Vampire Slayer once famously said, "... must be Tuesday". (Since it is actually Tuesday, I don't mind referencing that twice in the last few posts.) I...
View ArticleExposing the MLM Tool ScamWorld (With Bonus: Neucopia Scam Analysis)
I got an email recently suggesting that I expose a dark underbelly of the dark underbelly known as MLM. When it comes to MLM, it's probably more appropriate to call it an onion of evil. You pull off...
View ArticleLooking at “Lifetime Guarantees”
I'm in the market for a fence. It be so very nice to be able to let my dog out into the back yard instead of walking him on a leash. So we looked up a fence contractor, picked out a fence, and had our...
View ArticleIs Rippln a Scam?
A couple of days ago, I got an email from my friend Evan who runs My Journey to Millions asking if I've heard about Rippln. I hadn't. Turns out it's super-new... as in the company seems to have been...
View ArticleIs Vemma a Scam?
When I wrote about the MonaVie Scam more than 5 years ago, I was amazed to get over 6,500 comments. Over time, the indisputable information from dozens of researchers lead me to make the easy...
View ArticleLet’s Discuss the Dr. Oz Scam
A friend sent me this CNN article about Dr. Oz getting grilled by the senate. There's also one on Fox News. When CNN and Fox News agree with each other, you know there's a huge problem. Update: Dr. Oz...
View ArticleUS Airlines Scam
Last November, I got an interesting letter in the mail. It had no return address, which I always consider a little fishy. I opened it up to find that US Airlines has given me two free tickets to fly...
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Shaw’s Monopoly “Scam”…
I usually reserve Friday for exposing an MLM/pyramid scheme scam, but today I thought I'd take a lighter-natured look at different kind of "scam." I'm putting it in quotes, because I'm not sure many...
View ArticleAre Preggie Pops a Scam?
A couple of months ago, a regular reader sent me an interesting email. His wife is pregnant with their first child. (Congrats!) Like most expecting mothers, she is dealing with morning sickness. Her...
View ArticleWhat is a Scam Anyway?
Over the last year or two, I've been using Friday as a day to write about "scams." I didn't consciously make a decision about it, it is something that kind of just evolved. A lot of readers ask me...
View ArticleIs Donating My Car a Scam?
Happy Consumer Protection Friday. (If I keep writing it perhaps others will join in and make it a real thing.) Typically, I cover MLM scams because I find it interesting how they confuse victims into...
View ArticleLook Out for (and Avoid) Tax Scams
I was planning on writing this article a couple of months ago, but I got busy (yes that Le-vel thing again.) Fortunately, my wife got a phone call that reminded me to write this. I didn't hear the...
View ArticleBeware: Supremo Call Center Scam
Yesterday I got a call from a scammer saying that my computer was infected with a virus. If anyone ever calls you saying such a thing, it’s a scam 99.99% of the time. I’d say 100% of the time, but it...
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So Claw Machines are a Confirmed Scam?
It’s been awhile since I’ve written a good article on scams. I used to cover MLM scams all the time, but since now everyone does it, it doesn’t seem like I need to any more. However, I recently read...
View Article5 Tips for Not Getting Scammed Online
It’s tax season and that means that you should expect me to write about tax scams. That would be too easy. Everyone else is writing about it anyway. Instead I’d like to look at just a few online scams....
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Green Bay Packers Stock Scam
I came across this interesting news item the other day Green Bay Packers Sell Shares in NFL Team. I vaguely remember reading years ago that residents of Green Bay own the team. I’m a New England...
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