We’ve all done it: typed too quickly and gone to Amazonco.m, Netfli.xcom, or countless other incorrect URLs. These goofs often lead to harmless dead ends, but cybersquatters are increasingly using these URLs to spread malware. [More]
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Whoops: Typo Causes You To Overdraft $546,020
By 3.18.09
Reader Thomas was celebrating the birthday of his 1 year old when a letter arrived from his credit union. It was a notice informing him that he had overdrafted his account. By $546,020. Whoops.
Staples Advertises 6400 Gig Hard Drive; Singularity Quickly approaching.
By 12.30.08
Or, you know, maybe it’s just a typo. I’d ready your EMP weaponry to be safe.
Sprint: Can You Please Give Us $39,952 Today?
By 5.6.08
Reader Richard says he came home this summer to angry parents “because of our sprint bill with the family share plan was insanely high.” Of course, it turned out to be the same typo we’d written about before, but we really enjoyed the polite but firm manner in which Sprint asked Richard’s parents for $39,952… “today.”
Dreamhost Busy Cleaning Up The Great Billing Apocalypse Of 2008
By 1.18.08
Dreamhost is busy cleaning up the mess after accidentally overcharging their customers by $7.5 million dollars due to a typo. The process is not going smoothly and we’ve been receiving a mix of complaints and praise.
GameStop Will Not Accept Defective PS3 Exchange Because Of Serial Number Mistake
By 1.17.08
Reader Ben’s receipt doesn’t match the serial number on his defective PS3, so GameStop and Sony are refusing to repair or exchange it.
