Ripoffs and Scams
There's something about cleavage that moves simple men to accept the most preposterous notions. Witness the witless people who were scammed last week by a perp who offered them jobs as security guards at the Playboy Mansion Halloween bash.
According to KTLA News, several people showed to meet...
Don't fall for this email hoax to fight cancer
11:00AM 10/29/2009
We all want to see breast cancer cured, so it's no surprise that people respond to an email that tells them that sending a single text message or email to a friend would cause a large national company to donate a buck to cancer research. Unfortunately, it's not true.
The email, according to...
Whoopi: Rangel's 'Got to Go!' and what other well-known women say Nancy Pelosi should do to Charles Rangel...
5:30PM 10/28/2009
The well known women at wowOwow.com are stopping by WalletPop on a frequent basis to answer your spending and personal finance questions.
This week we asked them: Step into Nancy Pelosi's shoes for a moment: What should be done about Charles Rangel (D-NY)? What do you think will be done?
Whoopi...
My preschooler is now a homeowner, and other tales of fraud
12:30PM 10/28/2009
Home, Ripoffs and Scams, Tax, Credit, Real Estate, Taxes, Crime, Family Money
Homebuyers did not have to truly be first-timers in order to qualify for the "first time homebuyer" tax credit, expiring Nov. 30; they only had to meet the limitation of not having owned a primary residence for the past three years, with income limits of $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 for...
Reverse mortgages could be the next housing scam
6:00PM 10/27/2009
Ripoffs and Scams, Refinancing, Real Estate, Banking, Family Money
My mother-in-law is divorced, newly retired and wants to enjoy her Golden Years. Because she just turned 62 and owns her house, she considered a reverse mortgage to turn her home equity into a steady income stream every month.
But after I gave her the highlights of a new report from the National...
MoneyGram hit with $18 million fine for looking the other way while consumers got scammed
5:00PM 10/20/2009
MoneyGram International, Inc., has agreed to pay $18 million to settle federal charges that the money transfer service allowed itself to be a conduit for con artists who allegedly bilked people out of tens of millions of dollars.
The money will be used to help consumers recoup some of their...
Advertisements trumpeting "Bernie Madoff Auction" ahead of events being held at hotels around the country appear to have little or no connection to the criminal or his victims, a WalletPop investigation found. Instead, customers who show up are likely to find a garden-variety auction of items from...
At the annual meeting of the numismatic world this week attendees have had the opportunity to examine some examples of counterfeit coins from China that are reportedly flooding into the U.S. market. Five key organizations in the field have cooperatively issued a warning to collectors about these...
Do moustachioed men really make more moolah?
6:10PM 10/09/2009
Ripoffs and Scams, healthcare, Careers, Family Money, Saving Money
According to a story by Reuters Friday, a recent study determined that moustache-wearers earn 4.3 percent more than their clean-shaven compatriots. The survey -- which claimed to have randomly sampled 2,000 moustachioed men, 2,000 bearded men and 2,000 fully-shaved men -- went on to assert that...
Resveratrol sellers sued by Dr. Oz and Oprah
2:00PM 10/09/2009
There are a few things you just don't do and one of those is mess with someone who is close to Oprah. That's a lesson that the several sellers of Resveratrol, a supposed anti-aging product, found out after being sued by none other than Dr. Oz and the Oprah Winfrey Show for using his likeness to...
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