Watch out. Someone pretending to be a friend is out to make a quick buck today. Don’t fall for it. The scam, which I first wrote about last year, steals email passwords and then sends a message to your contacts, pleading for money. As I noted in a follow-up story, the swindle is relatively easy [...]
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When Steven Silverman found an apartment in London through HomeAway, one of the largest home rental sites, he was sure it would be perfect. After all, the site specifically guarantees its rental properties won’t be misrepresented.
Think you’ll never fall for one of those email scams — you know, the ones where someone hijacks a friend’s Gmail account and pretends to be a traveler in distress?
Automatic teller machine withdrawals are subject to all kinds of fees, to the point where Washington is getting involved. But new laws won’t protect you from ATM mischief when you’re overseas.
Here’s a new phishing scam that could cost you a lot of money — $940, in my case.
British Airways can’t seem to stay out of the news this week. First, there was its fat-finger fare fiasco — still unresolved at this hour as many passengers wait to hear how they’ll be compensated. And just yesterday, I received word about a resolution on another case involving the airline.
Here’s a clever twist on one of the most enduring hotel scams. Instead of charging an outrageous markup on outgoing phone calls made from a room — a practice that’s generating less and less money because guests are simply switching to cheaper cell phones — one property has figured out a way to reverse the equation. It’s evidently charging guests for incoming calls.
Elliott is consumer advocate 
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