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The $4M Ripoff: Is Anyone Paying Attention?

By Ripoffs Scams, on June 6th, 2011%

When financial elder abuse happens, there are signs anyone can see that can warn us. If we are awar
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LinkedIn’s Big Ripoff

By Ripoffs Scams, on May 21st, 2011%

With Facebook and Twitter still privately held, investors are hot for the next best thing with the networking site’s public offering. But once the banks and insiders get their fill, Gary Rivlin asks, will mom and pop investors get burned?
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3 On Your Side: Wal-Mart Gift Receipt Ripoff

By Ripoffs Scams, on May 17th, 2011%

3 On Your Side went shopping at several Wal-Mart stores with our hidden cameras to find out if consumers weren’t getting the money they were owed on returned items.
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Tax Breaks for Big Oil: Ripoff Or Smart Energy Policy?

By Ripoffs Scams, on May 12th, 2011%

Motorists are paying nearly $ 4 for a gallon of gasoline as the oil industry reaps pre-tax profits that could hit $ 200 billion this year. This makes another big number hard to take: $ 4.4 billion.
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Law School Even More of a Ripoff Than Previously Thought [Higher Learning]

By Ripoffs Scams, on May 2nd, 2011%

# higherlearning Law school is a huge ripoff—a catch-all haven for slackers and the existentially aimless, where you’ll go into a huge amount of debt in order to surround yourself with beer pong-players and cute little dogs , and emerge unemployable , with nothing to do with your worthless new skills except sue to try to . . . → Read More: Law School Even More of a Ripoff Than Previously Thought [Higher Learning]

Contact 2: Web Design Ripoff

By Ripoffs Scams, on April 13th, 2011%

The owners of a Warrenton business say they feel trapped in a web design maze. Their cyber connection turns into a marketing nightmare. The owners of Krafftsman Service and Repair……Jamie and Glenn Krafft tell us “Hit Web Design” in Provo Utah failed to deliver.
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Gas Price Ripoff Letters to the Editor

By Ripoffs Scams, on April 8th, 2011%

Here is a real election issue. One that threatens our economy, jobs, welfare, every aspect of our lives. We are an oil-producing nation, yet we are being savaged by energy prices. Gas in Toronto is $ 1.29 per litre for regular. Why? Why is the Canadian price of crude tied to an illegal cartel?
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Florida No. 2 Ripoff State

By Ripoffs Scams, on April 6th, 2011%

Recount! I can’t believe there’s another state with more scam artists and crooks than Florida, but this study claims otherwise: http://247wallst.com/2011/04/04/americas-ten-most-fraud-ridden-states/3/#
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Three suspects sought in Richmond video-game ripoff

By Ripoffs Scams, on April 5th, 2011%

Richmond RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying three suspects believed to be responsible for stealing video games from Rogers Video on Feb. 22.
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Google +1: A ripoff of Bing’s Facebook integration?

By Ripoffs Scams, on April 4th, 2011%

Google on Wednesday unveiled +1, a new feature on the search engine that lets people easily recommend things they find to their friends. Sure sounds a lot like one of the Facebook features on Microsoft‘s Bing, which Google in the past year has often been tailing in terms of user experience. Other copycat ideas? Last [...]
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World’s foremost credit card ripoff

By Ripoffs Scams, on March 27th, 2011%

Maybe the World’s Foremost Bank isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
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Conn. man arrested after complaining to cop about cocaine deal ripoff

By Ripoffs Scams, on March 16th, 2011%

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — An East Hartford, Conn., man was arrested after complaining to a police officer that he had been cheated by a cocaine dealer, local media reported. Antonio Recinos, a native of El Salvador, initially dialed 911 on Sunday to complain that he had been ripped-off by his…
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Man whinges to cop about drug ripoff

By Ripoffs Scams, on March 15th, 2011%

A MAN has been arrested in the US after complaining to a police officer that he had been overcharged by a cocaine dealer.
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How To Remove Ripoff Reports From Google – Not Just Bury Them

By Ripoffs Scams, on February 25th, 2011%

If you’ve been listed on Ripoff Report, you know how frustrating it is and how helpless you feel. You’ve read the fine print and have probably thrown in the towel. There’s just no way to get off of Ripoff Report once you’re on it.
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A Bloodless Ripoff Substitutes Sex for Suspense

By Ripoffs Scams, on February 15th, 2011%

Substituting sex for suspense and pop music for ideas, the director Christian E. Christiansen drags “The Roommate” — a bloodless ripoff of Barbet Schroeder’s deliciously trashy 1992 thriller, “Single White Female” — from limp beginning to lame conclusion.
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Top 10 Scams and Rip-Offs
1.Scams and Rip-Offs} Acai Supplements and Other “Free” Trial Offers – Ads offering trial offers for teeth whiteners, acai anti-aging pills and other miracle supplements blanket the Internet, including trusted Web sites of national news organizations. The marketing campaigns often falsely claimed an endorsement by Oprah, Rachel Ray and Doctor Oz. Thousands of consumers complained to BBB that the free trial actually cost them as much as hundreds of dollars, month after month.

2.Scams and Rip-Offs} Stimulus/Government Grant Scams – Even before President Obama announced the stimulus plan in February, scammers had already set up schemes for misleading consumers and small business owners into thinking they could get a piece of the pie. Offers for worthless assistance and advice on how to get government grants bombarded consumers online, over the phone and via mail and e-mail.

3.Scams and Rip-Offs} Robocalls – Owning a cell phone or having their phone number on the do-not-call list did not help thousands of people across the US put a stop to harassing automated telemarketing calls in 2009. The robocalls often claimed that their auto warranty was about to expire—which wasn’t true—or offered help in reducing their interest rate on their credit card. The prevalence of robocalls violating federal telemarketing laws prompted the FTC to increase restrictions on the practice in 2009.

4.Scams and Rip-Offs} Lottery/Sweepstakes Scam – The victim receives a letter in the mail pretending to be from Reader’s Digest, Publisher’s Clearing House or a phony foreign lottery claiming that he or she has won millions. The letter comes with a check that represents only a portion of the total winnings. In order to get the rest, the victim has to deposit the check and then wire hundreds of dollars back to the scammers supposedly to cover taxes or some other bogus fee. The victim wires the money, but the prize never arrives.

5.Scams and Rip-Offs} Job Hunter Scams –Scams targeting job hunters vary and include attempts to gain access to personal information such as bank account or social security numbers and requirements to pay a fee in order to even be considered for the job. Another common scam was reported to BBB by job hunters who were told by a prospective employer that they had to check their credit report before being considered for a job. The job offer is actually a marketing ploy for online credit monitoring that costs the victim every month until they cancel.

6.Scams and Rip-Offs} Google Work from Home Scam – Countless Web sites cropped up in 2009 that claimed you could learn how to make money from home using Google or Twitter and offered a free trial of learning materials. The Web sites often included the Google or Twitter moniker and logo. As a result, many people who complained to BBB thought they were getting a job with Google or Twitter when in, fact, they were being lured into another misleading free-trial offer and were billed every month for the materials and other mystery charges that added up to hundreds of dollars.

7.Scams and Rip-Offs} Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue/Debt Assistance – Many families are struggling in the current economy and hucksters are offering to help them save their house from foreclosure or help them get out of credit card debt. Unfortunately, victims are paying hundreds of dollars up front for the assistance they desperately need but ultimately never receive.

8.Scams and Rip-Offs} Mystery Shopping – Consumers across the country thought that they could make some extra money by becoming a secret shopper and evaluating the customer service of various stores. The victim is asked to evaluate their shopping experience at a few stores as well as a money wiring service such as Western Union or MoneyGram by wiring money back to the scammers. A seemingly real looking check is supposed to cover the costs, but ends up being a fake. The victim is out hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars.

9.Scams and Rip-Offs} Over-Payment Scams – Over-payment scams typically target small business owners, landlords or individuals with rooms to rent and sellers on classifieds or sites like Craigslist. Typically the scammer pretends to be a customer, possible renter or interested buyer, respectively. The victim receives a check for more than the amount requested. The scammers then ask the victim to deposit the check and wire the extra amount elsewhere, such as to a shipping company. Ultimately though, the check is fake and the victim is really wiring money back to the scammers.

10.Scams and Rip-Offs} Phishing e-mails/H1N1 spam – A perennial problem, phishing e-mails pop up in inboxes and can take various forms such as appearing to be from a business, a government agency or official or even a friend. Whatever the setup, the goal of any phishing e-mail is the same: to trick victims into divulging sensitive financial information or to infect the victim’s computer with viruses and malware. In addition to phishing e-mails, spam e-mail selling wares to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus were particularly rampant in 2009.

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