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Phishers Turn To Text Messages
Phishers are now turning to text messages to get people to fork over their personal banking information. Con artists targeting southwest Missouri sent text messages to hundreds of cellphone users, telling them that their bank account expired and directing them to a fake website with a URL containing the bank's name. There the website captured the login and password of anyone who logged in. Phishers will use any medium they can. If you receive a message purporting to be from your bank and you're not sure if it's legit, call your bank directly to verify its authenticity
Con artists turn to text messaging [News-Leader via Consumer World Blog]
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According to the Missouri Department of Weights and Measures, 2% of all gas pumps sell the wrong amount of gas. The error usually benefits the consumer. [KMBC]
florists
Class Action Suit Drives Scammers Into Bankruptcy
Missouri florists have bankrupted a New Jersey telemarketer accused in a class action suit of tampering with phone book listings to siphon callers away from local businesses. The telemarketer, TTP, purchased phone book listings under the same names as local florists, but did not provide an address; the listings appeared side-by-side, but when local callers dialed the number without an address, they were directed to an out-of-state call center that tacked on a handling fee and submitted the order to a different area florist."The primary objective of both lawsuits is to get TTP out of Missouri," said Gregory Leyh of Gladstone, the attorney for both class-action lawsuits. "TTP cheats by pretending to be a local florist so it can fool consumers and steal the legitimate business of Missouri florists. At least for now, TTP is no longer in the floral business in Missouri."More »
emergencies
Don't Dial 911 In Missouri
Dialing 911 in Missouri is like a game of Russian Roulette. The state's public safety director recently warned that most Missouri counties can't track a caller's location and that 16% of counties can't access 911 from any landline. The solution? Higher cellphone taxes: More »
banking
When Your Bank Says You're Dead, But You're Demonstrably Alive
Poor Madeline Coburn. She's not dead, but her credit is. A mix up at her bank and a mysterious phone call led to her being listed as dead. More »
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