Week of May 8, 2023
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Our colleague, the Ingredient Inspector, discovered that quite a number of brand name groceries have spinoff products under the same name, but their ingredients are far different.
That is our Mouse Print* story this week.
Losses from romance scams more than doubled last year to almost $1.5-bil. This comprehensive report shows which states have the most victims, average monetary losses, the most common lies used, a portfolio of the most used fake pictures, and a smuggled out "how-to" manual used by Nigerian scammers.
Airline luggage fees can sting. Travel consumer advocate Christopher Elliott has a few strategies to avoid paying extra for your airline luggage. They include studying the airline's luggage rules, adopting unconventional methods of getting your stuff on a plane, taking practical steps to ensure your bags are underweight, and other shortcuts. Included is a handy chart showing which airlines offer free luggage and which do not.
This sounds impossible. But, several shoppers have come forward with stories of being at a store's checkout and before they can even take out their wallet, their credit cards have been charged. These are cards with a built-in RFID chip that are used on payment terminals where you just tap to pay. Normally, the card has to be within an inch or so of the terminal to be read, but these shoppers say it was nowhere near it. You can protect cards that have the tap-to-pay symbol )))) by using an RFID blocking card sleeve.
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