by Charlie Zegers | Issues
I consider myself reasonably savvy when it comes to online scams, but this one almost got me. I’ve been a target of scams for an awfully long time now. When I worked at AOL, back in the heyday of dial-up Internet, scammers would contact employee screen names via...
by Charlie Zegers | Issues
Some of you may remember a rash of recent news stories about banks implementing new charges on ATM card usage. Bank of America toyed with the idea of charging a $5 per month fee for the privilege of using an ATM card before backing down. What you may not recall is...
by Charlie Zegers | Issues, Recommended Products
Today, for about the twentieth time, I received a “courtesy” letter from a company called Domain Registry of America. (I’ll explain the scare quotes in a moment. They’re actually justified in this context.) The letter begins: As a courtesy to...
