As my regular readers will know, I’m a big fan of getting off junk mail lists. My real mail is quite enough stuff to process, file, scan and shred. The last thing I need is more paperwork!

My new carrier is not respecting my right to write … READ MORE

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In the past I’ve been a defender of the US post office. It can’t be easy to deliver mail correctly as often as they do. What I didn’t realize is that when they are incompetent, that’s you’re problem - they don’t care.

This past May (five … READ MORE

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So you just got a cool new cell phone plan or ordered new phone/cable/internet service at home, and the company who sold it to you promise a rebate would arrive in 4-6 weeks or you’d get a free computer or something. How do … READ MORE

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When the job market got scary in the early part of this decade, a lot of people started looking online for ways to make some extra money. Most people realize “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is”, but desperation and fear … READ MORE

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I decided to do a link roundup about this and make it a resource post so new visitors can easily find the posts if the search engines don’t take them right to ‘em.

1. My original post - just a warning to everyone
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I recently posted about an “account services” scam, which turned out to be more widespread than I realized. There are people all over the country getting these, and some people have fallen for it. Yet the authorities can’t seem to track the criminals down.

The service … READ MORE

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GetRichSlowly has a post with some great tips for deterring ID thieves, defending yourself and detecting that a crime has taken place. He also took the time to convert some helpful FTC documents into PDF format (the FTC encourages this) so you can download a … READ MORE

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Please spread the word about this. Feel free to repost this anywhere you can with a link back to me.  I’m still getting spam phone calls from “Heather” at “Account Services” who wants to lower my credit card interest rates. It’s an automated message. If … READ MORE

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I just got an automated phone call from “Heather” at “account services” calling about my credit card. The message never identified what credit card company it meant, nor who the cardholder was supposed to be. It just wanted me to press 1 to speak to … READ MORE

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