With all the good food to eat in the world, compounded by reality shows about celebrity chefs and such things, it’s easy as pie to gain weight. (I see what I did there.) But getting it off is another matter. Which is why the weight loss industry, including its concomitant multilevel marketing products, homeopathic remedies, […]
Executive Summary: Do not pay this company a dime. They are charging an outrageous fee for something any business can get for nothing, and using scare tactics to imply that you are at risk of fines up to $17,000 for being out of compliance. You can click the thumbnails above for larger images. Note […]
I’ve written about sweepstakes fraud before – a number of times, actually, since greater exposure means more people protected. But it’s difficult to reach everyone, and especially those who are most vulnerable to being victimized are also least likely to be surfing around on the internet. Now comes serial entrepreneur Kai Stinchcombe, whose grandmother was being […]
“Every day” is about how often I get fraud-promoting spam from this outfit. Today’s offering: Subject: Re: (8) From: <k.gerth@ricona.de> To: <redactedt> Hi. http://i-t-s.co.jp/_259.choice.of.many_.html?qafyvenafa55636598 While spam is usually best ignored, I follow some of these so I can keep my readership (and those searching the Net) informed of the scumminess out there. I have posted before […]
Mom’s been gone now almost two years – it hardly seems possible. But the scammers of the world still have her name on their lists. Yesterday we received a piece of mail addressed to her, from one of the most infuriating, amoral, and soulless scumbags out there: Joseph Rockfiller, the “Grand Treasurer of the Order […]
A buddy of mine in the UK linked to this cartoon, which despite being humorous also points out a very real danger for the elderly: (Click the image to see the full-size cartoon) My own mother, go ndéanai Día trocaire uirthi (Irish for “may God have mercy on her”), was victimized unmercifully by fraudsters, and […]
Back in 2013, I wrote about “junk followers” on WordPress, fake or empty or commercial accounts who use bots to follow every blog they possible can in hopes of more exposure for themselves. Just in case you were wondering, this is a scummy thing to do, right up there with spam-bombing other people’s blogs with […]
I have written often and at length about fraudulent enterprises and scams, and I am sharing this one here because it deserves to be seen far and wide. Full disclosure: I was part of a network marketing / MLM / Relationship Marketing firm for about 10 years. I cannot believe how hard I drank the […]
The essay below by one of my friends appeared on my Facebook feed yesterday, and it broke my heart. We read during the election of Louis DeJoy’s efforts to hamstring the post office in order to bolster the irrational claims of The Thermonuclear Bowel Evacuation Formerly Disgracing the Oval Office that mail-in voting would lead […]
A tweet from Ethical American (@AmericanEthical) which deserves to be read and shared widely. Edit: A comment made me aware that Ethical American is not the original author, but: Redditor u/techsinger posted it because the original author encouraged people to share it widely. Redditor u/GaterMachetteSr then posted it to r/copypasta. Hence Ethical American was reposting […]
Playing in the World Game 