Identity theft was a bad news, even worse news story in 2017, a new report has found. Despite a painful transition to fraud-fighting chip-enabled credit cards, and a series of other changes designed to stem the tide of fraud, identity theft actually swelled to record highs last year. Making matters [Keep reading]
Unless you are living under a rock, you now know that the stock market is in the middle of that time-honored tradition called a “correction” — as in, months and months of tidy gains in your retirement account have been lost in just a day or two. At one point [Keep reading]
When ATMs were first invented, the obvious nightmare scenario involved someone figuring out how to walk around draining machines of all cash. Well, that nightmare has just arrived in the U.S. Hackers have figured out how to trick machines into spitting out all their $20 bills, hit-the-jackpot style, minuses the [Keep reading]
I recently had to undertake one of the most arduous, perilous tasks consumers face — updating all my credit card automatic payments. My card had expired of natural causes — rare in the age of account hacking — so off I went, chasing after every card-paying account I have. These [Keep reading]
Remember that huge Equifax hack? Well, there’s an important deadline this week for victims (that’s virtually everyone). The firm’s offer of free credit monitoring, etc., expires on Jan. 31. The service Equifax is offering is actually called TrustedID Premier, and while it’s not going to solve all your ID theft [Keep reading]
ORDER THE NEW EDITION OF GOTCHA CAPITALISM NOW! It’s the 10th Anniversary of Gotcha Capitalism, and what a wild ride it’s been. In honor of the occasion, I have re-written the book and it’s now available for sale. A lot has happened in 10 years — well, a lot has [Keep reading]
(This excerpt is from the new edition of my book Gotcha Capitalism, out this month. Buy it here at Amazon as a $4.95 e-book or a $14.95 “book’ book. Learn more at GotchaCapitalism.net) Ah, competition. It’s a beautiful thing. But it works in mysterious ways. Cable TV has had an [Keep reading]
“Can you take me to the emergency room, I’m experiencing shortness of breath.” The passenger feared he might be having a heart attack. It might have been a false alarm. Either way, he wanted to get to the hospital fast. So, he summoned an Uber. (This story is part of [Keep reading]
“Damned if you do, dial-up if you don’t.” That was the quote at the beginning of the Gotcha Capitalism Internet chapter in 2008. Ha! Below is an excerpt from the Internet fees chapter of the new edition of Gotcha, published this week. How does your Internet access — and your [Keep reading]
I wasn’t going to start this until next week, but this story is so important I’m jumping the gun. Today I begin 30 days of Gotchas, to show just how widespread and menacing this problem is. The series corresponds to the launch of the new edition of my book Gotcha [Keep reading]
Bob Sullivan