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ScamChecker now has WhoIs lookups and maps Posted By Chris, July 16, 2008 - 0 Comments

ScamChecker is a site I've been working on to help people recognise scam websites, at present specifically those that are trying to sell goods that don't exist or selling fakes.

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eBay fined for fakes Posted By Chris, July 01, 2008 - 0 Comments

I deal a lot in my day with websites and/or people that are dealing with fake goods. It's through these fake goods too that people are being scammed over and over, either by not receiving any items ordered or by thinking they were actually going to receive the genuine article.

 

So I do get a sense of perverse pleasure in reading things like this.

 

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NZ Banks see the light Posted By Chris, July 01, 2008 - 0 Comments

In June 2007 the New Bankers Association presented a new Code of Practice that tried to shift liability to consumers. I cannot really express it any other way other than to say it was a piece of crap.

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