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Ten of the worst ... scams to avoid + Scams awareness month scamnesty
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Useful article from yesterdays paper:
Ten of the worst ... scams to avoid
More than 3 million consumers fall victim to scams each year, but you don't have to be one of them. Tony Levene picks the main ones to avoid
Today is the first day of the OFT's scams awareness month designed to raise awareness of mass marketed scams. The consumer watchdog is setting up a nationwide "Scamnesty" scheme, which calls on consumers to drop scam mailings into scamnesty bins or boxes at local libraries and public areas across the country. The OFT says the information collected will help identify and develop strategies to combat the worst criminals.
So what are the scams most likely to catch people out? Here is our top 10.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/feb/02/top-10-scams-to-avoid
Kind of ironic though that the ads by Google at the bottom of the page contain ads for the kind of sites the article says to avoid!
:rolleyes:
Ten of the worst ... scams to avoid
More than 3 million consumers fall victim to scams each year, but you don't have to be one of them. Tony Levene picks the main ones to avoid
Today is the first day of the OFT's scams awareness month designed to raise awareness of mass marketed scams. The consumer watchdog is setting up a nationwide "Scamnesty" scheme, which calls on consumers to drop scam mailings into scamnesty bins or boxes at local libraries and public areas across the country. The OFT says the information collected will help identify and develop strategies to combat the worst criminals.
So what are the scams most likely to catch people out? Here is our top 10.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/feb/02/top-10-scams-to-avoid
Kind of ironic though that the ads by Google at the bottom of the page contain ads for the kind of sites the article says to avoid!
:rolleyes: "The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
best of everything; they just make the best
of everything that comes along their way."
-- Author Unknown --
best of everything; they just make the best
of everything that comes along their way."
-- Author Unknown --
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