In this week’s installment of This Week in Scams, we see on the more heinous cons has reared itself again – an email that targets those who has already been victimized. An email, from test@islacad.org, claims to be from the “IC3.org-Internet Crime Complaint Center.” Although the email assures the recipient it will reimburse them for losses experienced in the a previous scam, it is actually an attempt to seek...
It’s finally back-to-school time for many college students. And, in addition to stocking up on the usual packs of Cup Noodles soup and red solo cups (ahem, I mean spiral notebooks and graphing calculators), this year, students are urged to bring along a not-so-cheerful companion: Caution. Identity theft is now a very real threat to college students. It happens all too often, in gaming companies, international banks, and now,...
At The Consumer Chronicle, we’d like to think that when you’re looking for consumer advice, this is the place to turn. A story in today’s New York Daily News seems to agree. Columnist Jean Chatzky, finance editor and regular on “The Today Show,” gave a nice nod to TheConsumerChronicle.com in today’s paper. She quoted me on how to deal with companies when you’re having trouble and how to avoid...
You can pay a lot of money and get a battery that lasts a lot longer, but testing done for The Consumer Chronicle shows that buying just about any AA alkaline battery will get you the same result. What does that mean? You can save your money and buy the cheapest of the lot, whatever that brand might be. Thanks to a dedicated team of graduate students and undergrads...
