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Are you ready to give up cash and checks and start using your credit card exclusively? You might just be able to do that -- if you own a smartphone. Seems that now that almost everyone with a cell phone is quickly exchanging it for a smartphone, several companies are betting good money that these...

College is a cozy ideological cocoon, where inflation is measured by the quality of bar specials and where tomorrow never comes. Death and taxes may loom far outside the bubble, but debt (or at least significant costs) are part of the mix for almost everyone between 18 and 22. There's always one...

When a $25,000 check turned up in the mail at a Charleston, S.C., Salvation Army office last month, the staff did what seemed rational: deposited it and spent the money on toys and food for about 100 families.

Earlier this month we warned you about the danger associated with cashing a check that appeared, to many consumers, to be a rebate check for their recent Snuggie purchase. Cashing the check enrolled the payee in Great Fun, a "20-year-old entertainment discount program offered by a third-party,...

What's not to love about a Snuggie? Sure it's no Slanket, but it keeps you warm at home, at sporting events and even makes it easy to identify the members of your cult, erm...family, when you're out at the mall. But a company is using the warm and cozy covering to try and extract $150 from your...

Do you use a Discover credit card? If so you'd better check your due dates as the Consumerist reports that many users have logged in to find that their Discover payment due dates have been moved up several days. Upon reading this I logged into my own account and found that the payment due date I...

A reader asked about some folks answering a Craigslist.org ad and offering to pay more rent than was advertised for. I hear this story over and over. As tempting as it might be to find someone who is willing to pay more -- usually a lot more -- they're up to no good. The excess payment offer could...

Regional scam artists have put a new twist on the old Nigerian check deposit swindle. At least one county in Wisconsin has come up against a check deposit fraud which is aimed at unsuspecting resort owners there. A blurb from WJFW television in Northern Wisconsin indicates that the Sheriff of...

My first indication of trouble was a flurry of overdraft fee notices from Chase. I knew the balance was low, but nowhere near zero, so I checked my recent transactions. I found that they had cashed a check that I had postdated three days early. To avoid any troubles, I send in my rent check early,...

Did you receive your economic stimulus check yet? These companies are offering you something extra if you will spend those bonuses with them. SUPERVALU, nationwide chain of 2,500 grocery stores.The deal: For every $300 gift card purchase purchased with a stimulus check, Supervalu will add an...