Scum, sleaze, and scams

There are various nasty people on and off the Net. A few hopefully useful warnings are listed here.

"This is Steve. I'm calling from CBCS." Have you heard that on your answering machine? Don't return that call!

Do you use Second Life? Don't deal with Virtuatrade, or its subsidiary SL Exchange. I bought some Lindens from them through PayPal. Nothing ever showed up in my account. The "Contact" button on the website has no link. I think it's become a black hole.

Orbitz runs third-party pop-up ads that can result in charges to your credit card without telling you. Think twice about using Orbitz. At least don't keep credit card information on file between purchases.

Eyada.com and the "Dan and Scott Show." Now defunct, but I'm not forgetting their ten-year campaign of harassing phone calls and email and threats falsely delivered to strangers in my name. If Bob Meyrowitz (who blew away millions of dollars in investors' money in a single year on one website with offices were in the most expensive part of Manhattan) has a business proposition for you, throw the bastard down the stairs.
 

The FUMP is a spam operation. If you are using it to promote yourself, don't expect any kind of support from me in anything.

Virtuatrade purports to sell in-game currency for Second Life. Don't deal with them if you don't want to lose real money.

If you send me spam, I will report it to your ISP and won't ever deal with you. If it's bulk e-mail and I haven't explicitly requested it, it's spam. There is no "except you" clause.

Copyright 2009 by Gary McGath

Last updated February 28, 2010