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Job hunters, consumers trying to dig themselves out of debt and those desperate to earn some extra money on the side were frequent victims of fraudsters, hackers and dishonest businesses in 2010, according to a list of the year's top 10 scams just published by the Better Business Bureau. "With the...

Here's some creative super-sizing: If you want to rent a Volkswagen Beetle from Alamo Rent A Car, you'll pay the price of a midsize car, despite the fact that VW itself calls the vehicle a compact.Customers have it bad enough at the rental car counter now that the big companies are slashing...

Consumerist reports that within the space of a few days, three readers across the country have spotted "skimmers" grafted onto the card slots of their local ATMs for WaMu and Chase banks. Are these devices on the rise?Skimmers, in case the term is new to you, are teeny electronic devices that can...

I've always believed that the punishment should fit the crime. Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. And if you do something rotten and criminal to someone, it should be done to you as well. And this is an excellent example of the punishment fitting the crime.Nathen Smith of Painesville,...

The New York Times had a very enlightening story this weekend about ticket sales through Ticketmaster. Have you ever tried to order tickets for a concert right after they went on sale, only to find out that event was immediately sold out?Well there's a very simple explanation for that. Ticket...