Let’s do more to fight fraud
Friday, October 9th, 2009
I can’t remember a time when fraud was so widespread. Maybe it’s because the Internet has opened up such a fertile field for spammers and scammers. Maybe it’s because older people are living longer and lack the streetproofing skills to fight off phony sales pitches.
There’s one company, based in Melbourne, Florida, that targets Canadians and calls them promising to help lower their credit card rates. They do what you can do easily for yourself and they charge a bundle for it.
You can find online complaints at Ripoff Report and Complaints Board and Who Calls Me? (This last site is quite neat.)
I really started to feel the pain when I heard from James, who got caught to the tune of more than $800. ..read more