Consumer Karma

Category: Internet & PC

  • More Scam E-Mail Messages

    It’s been a while since I have posted any information regarding e-mail scams. Frankly, I just got a bit sick of the same old scams arriving in my inbox all the time and I shut off the e-mail account that was attracting most of it. Just today one of my other e-mail accounts picked up…

  • UK Lottery Scam E-Mail

    Since I have eliminated most of my e-mail addresses that were receiving lots of spam, I was a bit surprised to see a new scam e-mail show up at one of my e-mail addresses. I have heard about these lottery scams before and have even received a few of them in the past, but this…

  • Protect Yourself From The Scum

    Despite all the precautions I take here to remain free of the various nasty things roaming around the net, occasionally I end up having to deal with this crap. This time one of my kids ended up infecting his PC with a ton of ad-ware. It was placing icons on his desktop and popping up…

  • Don’t Be A Zombie

    I’ll have to give credit to the spammers and other varieties of internet-dwelling lowlife for one thing: They are a damn creative bunch! They have come up with some absolutely ingenious schemes to keep the money coming in. It used to be that a virus or worm or other nasty bit of software was released…

  • Yet Another Reason To Hate AOL

    I had heard the stories more than once. Someone who has an internet-based business sets up a newsletter or a mailing list to stay in touch with customers and potential customers via e-mail. After signing up and agreeing to receive the newsletter or mailing list messages, some clueless AOL user receives an e-mail message just…

  • The Seedy Side of The Net, Part 2

    I am continually amazed at the number of low-life characters that have crawled out from under their rocks to infest the internet with all manners of schemes and scams. I imagine these must be the types of people that would have been pulling telephone scams on old ladies back in the days before the internet.…

  • The Seedy Side of The Net, Part 1

    No, I’m not talking about sites that feature pornography or other subjects that may be considered offensive to large segments of the population. Although the creators of these sites often figure very prominently in the schemes I will be talking about. Although some old-time internet purists probably still lament any commercialization of the internet whatsoever,…

  • Toshiba Sucks

    During August of 2004 I purchased a Toshiba Satellite A65-S1662 laptop computer. If you’re in a hurry and don’t feel like reading this entire post, let me save you some time and just advise you to stay clear of Toshiba laptops and buy something better. There now, go back to your research. My Toshiba laptop…

  • AOL: Internet Dinosaur Tries To Remain Relevent

    Good customer service is something that seems to be in very short supply these days. I’ve always valued good customer service and I have a small group of favorite companies I like to do business with because I have had good experiences with them. It’s not a large list, but these companies have earned my…

  • No More Dell For Me

    I’ve decided I will not being doing business with Dell any more. And probably not for the reasons you might suspect. Technically, I did not actually buy anything from them and never have. My mother-in-law was recently in need of a new PC and since I have heard good things about Dell desktops in the…