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Watch out for unauthorized charges on cellphone bills
Take a line-by-line look at your cellphone bill — all dozen or so pages. See a $9.99 charge for horoscopes, flirting tips or some such thing that you didn't request? If so, you've been crammed. Once only a big problem with landline telephones,...
Tags: Telecommunication Service, Justice System, Horoscopes, Consumers, Lawyers
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Baltimore man, 81, loses his home following lottery fraud
The first caller told Norman Breidenbaugh he had won $2.5 million in a foreign sweepstakes, but there was a catch: Breidenbaugh needed to send $2,000 in fees before collecting his earnings. Other calls followed, promising Breidenbaugh millions more...
Tags: Nottingham, Fraud, Alzheimer's Disease, Corporate Crime, U.S. House of Representatives
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Cell phone companies need to get out of cramming
One good thing about being the victim of a widespread scam estimated to cost American consumers $2 billion a year: You don't feel like the only fool in the country. And in the matter of "cramming" — when shady text-message companies bill cell phone...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Justice System, Judges, Telecommunication Service, Fraud
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Advocates warn immigrants of scams
Immigrant advocates are warning people who plan to apply for a work permit under a new federal immigration policy to beware of scammers and hold off on taking any formal action until more details emerge about how the program will work. The policy shift,...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Republican Party, Elections, Migration, International Law
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A push for more proof in debt-collection lawsuits
Marquis Jones doesn't believe she owes money on a credit-card account that a debt-buying company sued to collect from her.
More importantly, though, the firm never proved she did.
But because the Severn woman wasn't given notice of the lawsuit —...Tags: Labor Legislation, Financially Distressed Companies, Companies and Corporations, Justice System, Contracts
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Skechers comes to $40 million settlement with FTC over sneakers
It turns out wearing sneakers - without exercising - won't get you in shape. Skechers USA has agreed to a $40 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission for making that claim. The shoe company had claimed its Shape-ups sneakers would help...
Tags: Kim Kardashian, Skechers USA Incorporated, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Reebok Ltd.
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Wish list for new director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
To: Richard Cordray, Director
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Dear Mr. Cordray:
First, congratulations on your appointment to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Unless the banking interests have their way, your appointment is expected...Tags: Richard Cordray, Credit and Debt, Students, Consumer Issue, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Md. bans yo-yo financing of car purchases, but it still happens
Yo-yo financing is what happens when you drive off the lot with your newly purchased car, only to be reeled back in days or weeks later by the dealer because the financing didn't go through. Your choice: Return the car or keep it and accept less-...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Justice System, Loans, Vehicles, Consumers
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Fraudulent schemes? There are enough out there to fill a book
Joyce Brown of Brooklyn Park receives lots of blatantly bogus letters claiming she won millions or billions of dollars in a lottery, but the one that arrived about a week ago was different. The letter contained a check so real-looking, the 78-year-old...Tags: Fraud, Corporate Crime, Brooklyn Park, Consumers, Lotteries
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Former waiter at Laurel T.G.I. Friday's indicted in alleged credit card scam
An Elkridge man was indicted by a grand jury Aug. 11 and charged with theft, identity theft and conspiracy to commit theft, stemming from a credit card scam he allegedly ran while working as a waiter at T.G.I. Friday's on Route 1 inLaurel.
According to...Tags: Credit and Debt, National Government, Justice System, Prosecution, Punishment
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Debt collectors, other businesses want to call your cellphone
That unfamiliar incoming call to your cellphone soon might be from a debt collector. Cellphones are largely off-limits to collection agencies, but proposals by the White House and Congress could change that. Supporters say regulations have not kept up...Tags: White House, FEMA, Justice System, Air Transportation Industry, Government Debt
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FTC: Reebok to pay $25 million for deceptive advertising of toning shoes
Reebok spokesman Dan Sarro responded to the FTC settlement:
"We stand behind our EasyTone technology – the first shoe in the toning category that was inspired by balance-ball training. Settling does not mean we agree with the FTC’s...Tags: Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection, Consumers, Reebok Ltd., Advertising
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