Dr. Dev GnanaDev, immediate past president of the California Medical Association told the LA Times earlier this week that “They’re basically cheating poor people.” He was referring to companies that offer discounted medical plans disguised as medical insurance.
The two of course are completely different. Medical insurance coverage provides the assurance that agreed treatments and procedures [...]
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Consumers Warned About Discount Medical Plans
BBB Warning Public About Lotto Scam
Consumers turn to the Better Business Bureau when researching the legitimacy and reliability of a company but what happens when the BBB becomes part of a new scam?
The Better Business Bureau organization is warning consumers about a new scam that has been showcasing the organization’s own name in order to steal thousands from unsuspecting consumers [...]
Consumers Beware – This is The Holiday Scam Season
This time of year with the pressure to indulge family and friends with extravagant gifts some people go out of their way to make it happen. Getting loans to buy presents is one way to do it. But be aware that the skimmers, scammers and scoundrels are out in full force.
Loan Scam
One young woman wanted [...]
FBI Warns Consumes of Cyber Scam Robbing Bank Accounts
The FBI works to stay on top of the latest cyber-crimes that can seriously affect consumers and their private information, including finances. Earlier this month, the FBI issued a press release outlining a trend in online crimes against consumers and businesses.
The FBI’s press releases states “Within the last several months, the FBI has seen a [...]
Watch for Fake Check Schemes that Cost You Money
There is a check scheme going around that is snaring people into owing thousands of dollars on fake checks that look real. The offers that come for these checks look and sound so real that they are snagging victims at an alarming rate. And those who are caught up in them can be on the [...]
May 31st, 2009 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | Continued
Don’t Believe the Door-To-Door Salespeople
As the spring is coming into full force, it is the time of year where consumers need to keep a watchful eye on door-to-door solicitors. The Better Business Bureau is speaking out in forewarning to consumers about the groups of people who approach consumers about different types of sales. Many times, the sellers are hawking [...]
May 16th, 2009 | tisha | Comments | Continued
No Action Needed To Receive Social Security Stimulus Check
The Social Security Administration is reminding seniors or other social security recipients that no action is needed to receive stimulus check. As part of the governments economic stimulus package, eligible recipients will receive a special one time payment of $250 from the Social Security Administration. Predictably con artists, always looking for an easy mark, are [...]
May 7th, 2009 | trisha | Comments | Continued
4 Mind-Bending Money Mazes – Don’t Be a Sucker
Consumers have so much to deal with at the store. From deciding between what they need and what they want to comparing prices across the board, it can become so overwhelming. Add to the mix, schemes and scams that take our hard-earned money, it’s a wonder people are still shopping at all. There are also [...]
October 21st, 2008 | tisha | Comments | Continued
Protect Your Small Business from Embezzling Bookkeepers Part 4: Common Scams
I am always asked if it is wise to speak openly of how bookkeepers steal since I may be giving bad bookkeepers new ideas, causing business owners to lose money and sometimes even force them to put their businesses for sale. My answer to this is always…Absolutely. It is absolutely a wise idea to inform [...]
March 8th, 2008 | erica | Comments | Continued
Business Scams Heat Up as Economy Cools Down
As clouds cover the economic skies, inevitably some individuals will lose their job. Out of desperation, they look for all sorts of alternative and creative ways to provide for their family. Some pickup whatever work they can, others sell some of their possessions, and some people get pulled into all sorts of rip-off business scams [...]
December 9th, 2007 | admin | Comments | Continued
Citibank Busted Issuing 3.5 million Credit Cards to People Who Never Even Applied
What would you think of a major bank opened up a credit card company opened an account in your name even though you never applied for the car? What if I told you that this practice was completely legal? It turns out that Citibank did exactly that and opened 3.5 million credit card accounts for [...]
December 6th, 2007 | admin | Comments | Continued
Don’t Become the Next Victim of Credit Card Fraud
This is a guest post written by Jakob Jelling.
One of the worst things that can happen to you is credit card fraud. This is even worse if you don’t pay very much attention to your credit reports, since you may not find out about the fraud until there are very serious problems to deal with. [...]
Don’t Become the Next Victim of a Craigslist Scam.
Craigslist.com revolutionized the classified ads industry and turned newspapers’ extremely profitable classifieds into a barren wasteland in some markets. It’s given us all the opportunity to list our used cars, apartment rentals and baby pets that need to given away all for free, but it’s also given scam artists an entirely new venue to try [...]
November 18th, 2007 | admin | Comments | Continued
Colleges Caught Red Handed Taking Kickbacks from Banks
If you want to market a product to college students, it only makes sense that you go to a college to do it. There are many perfectly legitimate opportunities to market to college students, but many banks and colleges have had backdoor deals in which the college would only tell students about student loans from [...]
November 12th, 2007 | admin | Comments | Continued
How to Protect Yourself from eBay Fraud
There’s no way to measure what percentage of eBay auction items that are being sold are fraudulent, or what percentage of eBay buyers have no intention of actually paying for the item, but the sheer number of attempts to fraud honest eBay members is most certainly a growing problem. You can protect yourself from eBay [...]
November 12th, 2007 | admin | Comments | Continued
Concerned About Identity Theft? Put Your Credit Report on Ice
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States and Americans now lose over $50 billion a year because of identity theft each year according to the Federal Trade Commission. A number of companies will sell you credit monitoring and credit protection services that claim to help keep you safe from [...]
November 11th, 2007 | admin | Comments | Continued
creditplain - who do you think wrote this dumb piece? 
I think this is information that toyota really needs to put out. There has been so much bad press lately ...
That is a scam...they have been shut down by state regulators for loan modification violations 
