| Watch Tower: How to handle credit card goons?
The recovery agents work on commission basis. He is not a salaried man to draw his salary at the end of month. His income is totally dependent upon how much he can get out of you- AV Bagur Those of us who have heard and/or seen the bank's recovery agents will only know how dreadful and demeaning it is to be accosted by them, either on phone or physically. Their voice and tenor is deliberately modulated to make you tremble in your knees. Their countenance, meant to put the fear of Yama -the god of death in you. That apart their lingos, adjectives and language would make gutter language appear musical. Even the female tele-callers of this breed are no better. Some pose of lawyers and others as cops with an arrest warrant in their hands ready to execute you at their will. All said and done, if you understand how a recovery goon works and the law of the land, you will be able to handle the recovery agents properly and not succumb into paying extortionists amounts when the recovery agents comes calling.
Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund Reports Record Revenue, EBITDA for 3rd Quarter
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 30, 2007) - Attention Business and Financial Editors: Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund (TSX:RBO.UN - News) today announced strong third quarter financial results, including record revenue and EBITDA, for the three months ended September 30, 2007. .
Cascade Bank's name used in fraud scheme
Let's get right to the point: Everett-based Cascade Bank is not e-mailing you trying to get you to verify your account or to do anything else with online banking.
But somebody else is.
And what they're really looking to do is to rip you off.
Like many of its counterparts around the country, Cascade has been targeted recently in an Internet scheme called phishing.
You've probably heard of it before. Phishing (pronounced fishing) is where someone masquerades as a trusted organization, government agency or business and tries to hook you into revealing information so they can tap into your financial accounts or your credit.
Carol Nelson, Cascade's president and CEO, has been learning a lot about phishing these days as the bank has brought in some federal agents to help it crack down on mass e-mails and to shut down the fake bank sites that the messages direct people to.
Unsecured wireless can be trouble for users
When police were alerted this year to an eBay scam perpetrated by a Tallahassee resident, they realized all his e-mails were being sent from his neighbor's Internet address. The person was unaware anyone was connected to her wireless network, much less committing crimes while using it. .
Men confess to crime w/ probable cause affidavit and supplemental reports
STELLA, Mo. — Both defendants in the brutal rape and murder of 9-year-old Rowan Ford have confessed to the crime, the Newton County sheriff said Sunday.David Spears, 25, of Stella, and Chris Collings, 32, of Wheaton, are charged with one count each of first-degree murder, forcible rape and statutory rape in the girl's death. Spears is Rowan's stepfather. Men confess to crime w/ probable cause affidavit and supplemental reports By Debbie Robinson .
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