Airline tickets* for sale! (*Seats cost extra). Major U.S. airlines brought in an extra $12 billion during 2018-2023 by charging seat fees, a Gotcha Capitalism practice that deserves its own wing in the Hidden Fee Hall of Fame. I’m sorry for those of you traveling this busy week, but it’s [Keep reading]
Facebook publicly acknowledged on Thursday that it’s engaged in a massive struggle with online crime gangs who abuse the service and steal from consumers worldwide. In a blog post, the firm said it had removed two million accounts just this year that had been linked to crime gangs, and was [Keep reading]
If it acts like a bank, works like a bank, makes money like a bank — and when things go wrong, it can wreck lives like a bank — it should have to follow the same rules as a bank. That’s the logic behind a new rule established Thursday by [Keep reading]
It’s my birthday today, and while that might sound like a desperate plea for attention…it is. This week, we interviewed an adult daughter and son whose father took his own life after becoming embroiled in a crypto/romance scam. “When he had to accept that this is a world where this [Keep reading]
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