Bank fraud is pretty serious business, and investigating it is important work. Banks do not, however, need you to help. If someone calls you up claiming to need your help with an investigation, do not help them. Do not withdraw thousands of dollars from the bank and give it to the “investigator.” It’s too late for two elderly women outside of Albany, New York, who withdrew $5,800 and $6,400 from their accounts, respectively. [More]
Bank Investigators Do Not Need You To Withdraw $6,000 Cash And Give It To Them
By April 25, 2013
Dollar Stores Existed In 1870, And They Were Pretty Classy
By September 6, 2012
The late 19th century gave us the five-and-dime store, where everything cost five or ten cents. Those are the ancestors of what we think of as a “dollar store” today. What you might not know is that dollar stores have been around for more than 140 years. It’s just that back then, a dollar could buy you a lot more, so they were rather swanky. [More]
Saggy Pants Fines Bring City $3,916.49
By September 28, 2011
Albany, Georgia is raking in the dough by fining people who violate the city’s saggy pants ban. [More]
Treat Your Baby's Mom Nice If You Live Near This Pawn Shop
By September 21, 2011
Getting revenge on an ex can be tempting, and this pawn shop in Albany, NY, seems to be tapping into that desire for comeuppance in its new storefront marketing campaign. [More]
Radio Shack Is Levying The Wrong Sales Tax In New York City
By July 5, 2009
Radio Shack is charging New York City consumers an extra half-percent of sales tax, even though the State hasn’t approved a new tax rate. Before descending into a chaotic mess of embarrassing inaction, the New York State Senate was widely expected to hike the sales tax New York City’s local sales from 8.375% to 8.875%. That never happened, a minor detail that isn’t stopping Radio Shack from collecting more tax, as reader Jeff discovered…
IDT Energy Scamming Spreads Past New York City
By May 3, 2007
IDT Energy, which specializes in going door to door and lying to customers in order to get sales, has expanded its reach past NYC and is now conning the good citizens in Albany, NY, according to this reader Peter’s letter:
