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NZ Sevens ticket scalpers ignore warnings – Stuff.co.nz

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:37:34 +0000

NZ Sevens ticket scalpers ignore warnings Stuff.co.nz Trade Me did not enforce other companies' terms and conditions and that sellers had been selected at random to show proof of tickets to ensure they were not scam listings. “We understand that Ticketek … may be cancelling tickets if they can identify … and more

Affordable And Cheap Auto Insurance In Dallas Texas

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:23:07 +0000

Different states have their own traffic rules. In every state all the vehicles must get insured against certain risks. There are cheap insurance gotten from the cheap auto insurance Dallas. A given customer will follow a procedure to ensure he or she reaps maximum benefits out of it. One is to make sure the necessary coverage needed is available. Again, it is good to check the availability of quotes from the companies. The last step is to know about the amounts of discounts offered by different companies.

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Who Gets to Decide Our Health Care? – Big Government

Mon, 30 May 2011 01:12:19 +0000

Who Gets to Decide Our Health Care? Big Government Insurance is a legalized scam , not a risk aversion tool (risk aversion tool for the owners of the companies, maybe). Dependency doesn't happen without “the pusher man” handing out his poison. Between these two, you are not the one deciding whether or …

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Regulators Seeks to Halt 10 Operators of Fake News Sites from Making Deceptive Claims About Acai Berry Weight Loss Products

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:38:05 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission is requesting federal courts to temporarily halt the allegedly deceptive tactics of 10 operations using fake news websites to market acai berry weight-loss products.

Sensex spurts on all-round buying…Broader indices outperform – India Infoline.com

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:12:07 +0000

Sensex spurts on all-round buying…Broader indices outperform India Infoline.com But, shares of RCOM, DB Realty and Unitech are under pressure after the companies and/or their officials were named in the first chargesheet filed by the CBI in connection with the 2G scam on Saturday. In global action, most Asian benchmarks finished … and more

Make a Donation to the GO SOLAR BABY! Project and Get Six Books FREE

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:12:00 +0000

I am Allen Harkleroad and I help consumers, a lot. Of course, I perform other daily tasks to pay the bills, but mostly I help consumers. Along with helping people there are bills to pay. My company owns and operates its own network and well the electricity costs are often outrageous. In the summer time our electric bill runs between $600.00 and $900.00 a month. It is by far the biggest expense we have. I put about ninety percent of the companies earnings right back into the company. This allows me to reach consumers and have time to share what I learn and discover through our online publications, blogs and various social media channels. The “Go Solar Baby!” project is a way for us to reduce costs by going 100% solar, at least during the day. I’ve looked into the costs of building a roof-top solar array and it isn’t cheap. The way things are going right now we would probably never be able to afford to reduce our dependence on the electric company. I am soliciting donations to help us to buy the equipment and the associated costs for our solar project. While the donations aren’t tax deductible I am giving away my four books and two of my guides with every $10.00 or higher donation received. The books are the PDF versions of my paperback releases and PDF versions of my eBook guides. I encourage you to make a donation to my the Go Solar Baby! project and in turn receive copies of my books. If you were to buy the print versions of just three of my books it would run you about $95.00. Anyone that makes a $100.00 or more donation, I will put their name (or company name) and a link to a personal or business site on the GO SOLAR BABY! project website ( www.gosolarbaby.com ). Look at what you get with your donation ($95.00 value for FREE) Stick it to Sue Happy Debt Collectors PDF version The Care and Feeding of a Sucks.com PDF version Confidential SEO Secrets PDF version Best of Designer Today Photoshop Lessons PDF version Guerrilla Guide for Dealing with Bad Companies eBook Guide Quick and Dirty Self Publishing Guide eBook Guide If you would like to donate more than $10.00 simply add to the quantity desired. Each quantity increase adds $10.00 to the total. You can donate as much as you feel comfortable with. You can make a donation of $10.00 or more at my companies store . We accept Visa, MasterCard and PayPal. Once you donate you can instantly download (Visa/MasterCard donations) the books from the store, PayPal donations are manually activated for download. As you can see I am not asking for a handout to build my solar project dream, you will receive the knowledge I share with others. I appreciate your time in coming here, reading my story and considering a donation. Kindest Regards, Allen Donations Page at our store Go Solar Baby! Project website

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Regulators Recover Additional $2.1 Million for Consumers Defrauded by AmeriDebt Scam

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:33:14 +0000

On March 9, an administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission mailed 78,552 refund checks to consumers defrauded by a credit counseling/debt management scam run by Andris Pukke and his companies, AmeriDebt, Inc. and DebtWorks, Inc. The FTC alleged that the defendants deceived consumers about the fees for debt management plans and misrepresented that AmeriDebt was a non-profit, in addition to making false promises to teach consumers how to handle their credit and finances. The FTC previously returned almost $13 million to consumers in this scam. The distribution of more than $2.1 million announced today is the result of additional funds collected from the defendants, and the amount of each check will vary based upon the amount of each consumer’s loss. Consumers who receive the checks should cash them by May 9, 2011. The FTC never requires consumers to pay money or provide information before redress checks may be cashed. Consumer victims who have not previously filed a complaint with the FTC may still do so. AmeriDebt consumers with questions should call the redress administrator, Gilardi & Co., LLC , at 888-309-3816 or visit www.ftc.gov/ameridebt . Source: FTC Federal Trade Commission v. AmeriDebt, Inc., DebtWorks, Inc., Andris Pukke, and Pamela Pukke, also known as Pamela Shuster (District of Maryland) Civil Action No.: PJM 03-3317; FTC File No. X040009 RELATED STORIES Regulator Puts an End to Chikita’s Tactics of Online Advertising That Deceived Consumers American Express Bank Violating the Credit Repair Organizations Act Using a Debt Collection Letter? Regulator Steps Up Efforts Against Scams That Target Financially-Strapped Consumers Debt Collector Portfolio Recovery Associates Sending out Bogus IRS 1099-C’s to Consumers Again?

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The Retarded Tax Collectors of San Joaquin California and GMP Services Inc of Georgia

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:16:00 +0000

This has to be the dumbest tax assessors / collectors ever. Evidently a company in California, named GMP Services Inc, the same name as my company, which has never done business in the state of California, and only in the state of Georgia since 1996 received a notice of tax lien from the San Joaquin County California tax assessors office for delinquent taxes in the amount of $5,251.18. Number one we’ve never had a business address outside of the state of Georgia since we incorporated in 1996 IN THE STATE of GEORGIA. We have insufficient ties with the state of California to even warrant paying taxes in any state outside of the state of Georgia. I wouldn’t be surprised if every company in the United States that goes under GMP Services Inc (and there are quite a few of them) received the same tax lien notification from San Joaquin County California. Front what I can tell (see below) the GMP Services Inc in question resided at 17270 W Commerce Way, Tracy California 95377, which I have no idea who is owns it, is the company in question.

Court Freezes Assets of Massive Internet Enterprise in Alleged Billing Scheme

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:00:00 +0000

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has frozen the assets of corporations and an individual behind a far-reaching Internet enterprise that allegedly made more than $275 million by luring consumers into deceptive “trial” memberships, and bogus government-grant and money-making schemes. The court froze the assets of 61 corporations (collectively known as “I Works”) and their alleged ringleader, Jeremy Johnson. It placed these defendants’ assets under the control of a court-supervised receiver to help ensure that funds are available for consumer restitution when the case is concluded. In December 2010, the FTC alleged that I Works lured consumers into “trial” memberships for bogus government-grant and money-making schemes, and then repeatedly charged monthly fees for these and other memberships the consumers never ordered. According to the FTC’s complaint, the operation used websites that pitch various money-making programs or tout the availability of government grants to pay personal expenses. The websites offer “free” information at no risk and ask consumers to provide their credit or debit card numbers to pay a small shipping and handling fee such as $1.99. But when consumers provide their billing information, I Works charges them a hefty one-time fee of up to $129.95 and monthly recurring fees of up to $59.95 for the advertised programs, and other monthly fees for unrelated programs. The FTC’s complaint alleges that this scheme has caused more than 500,000 consumers to seek chargebacks – reversals of charges to their credit cards or debits to their bank accounts. The high number of chargebacks landed the defendants in VISA’s and MasterCard’s chargeback monitoring programs, resulted in millions of dollars in fines for excessive chargebacks, and prevented the defendants from getting access to the credit card and debit card billing systems using their own names. To keep the scam going, the defendants tricked banks into giving them continued access to these billing systems by creating 51 shell companies with figurehead officers, and by providing the banks with phony “clean” versions of their websites. According to the FTC, the defendants, which include the 61 corporations, Johnson, and nine other individuals, violated the FTC Act by misrepresenting that government grants are available for paying personal expenses, that consumers are likely to obtain grants by using the defendants’ program, that users of their money-making products will earn substantial income, and that their offers are free or risk-free. The complaint also alleges that they failed to disclose that consumers who pay a nominal shipping and handling fee would be enrolled in expensive plans that charge fees until consumers cancel, and that they charged consumers’ credit cards and debited their bank accounts without their consent. The FTC further alleges that the defendants’ websites featured deceptive positive reviews and deceptive testimonials that misrepresented the benefits of their grant services. The FTC also alleges that they violated the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and Regulation E by debiting consumers’ bank accounts without their signed written consent and without providing consumers with a copy of the written authorization.

No Privacy – Member or Not Dating Site Creates Profiles from Your Public Information

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:33:00 +0000

Sooner or later it was bound to happen at a dating site. Other companies have been scraping the web and using information to build profiles for marketing and businesses. You are about to lose more privacy as an individual, and lose it soon. Gotham Dating Partners, an online dating company has plans to mine and scrape information from the web (including social networking sites) and create a profile of you, whether you want one or not. The company operates several dating sites including: Dons and Divas, Faithful Lover, Marry Me First, Prison Hookup and Ugly People Date. The company claims they will soon have over 340 million profiles on their services, as opposed to 6.45 million currently. My number one problem with their (mis)use of my public information is that I am happily married and don’t want (or need) my information on a dating website. I probably won’t be the only person suing such a site in the future for creating a profile without my explicit permission. As I mentioned earlier marketing companies have been mining the Internet for years. I generally get