Attorney General Mike Beebe is advising consumers not to submit e-mail addresses or any other personal information to a Web site claiming to be a "National Do Not E-mail Registry."
Beebe said the best way to avoid scams like this one is to keep personal information to yourself -- including your e-mail address -- unless you are certain about whom you're dealing with.
Congress appears to be preparing assaults against peer-to-peer technology on multiple fronts.
A draft bill recently circulated among members of the House judiciary committee would make it much easier for the Justice Department to pursue criminal prosecutions against file sharers by lowering the burden of proof. The bill, obtained Thursday by Wired News, also would seek penalties of fines and prison time of up to ten years for file sharing.
A group of physicians in the Chicago area is taking action to change the makeup of the board of directors of Illinois Medical Insurance Inter-Exchange Mutual, or ISMIE, the company that provides malpractice insurance for approximately 56 percent of Illinois physicians.
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According to a letter mailed to fellow physicians, the group of candidates states that premiums have consistently multiplied while physician income has plummeted. They claim that the company's prestige and bond rating have gone down and ISMIE's activities have been openly criticized in the lay press.
"Questions about how our hard-earned premium dollars are being spent remain unanswered," the letter continues. "Requests by ISMIE policyholders to open its books have been spurned."
It's a new program that will allow you to block channels for free, as long as you have digital cable. For more, see "Cable helps parents limit questionable TV programs," by David van den Berg of the Belleville News-Democrat.
Credit-counseling companies, which often advertise heavily, portray themselves as offering a refuge for consumers drowning in debt.
But lawmakers, regulators and consumer groups say some counseling agencies trade on their nonprofit status to gouge customers, serving more as an anchor plunging people deeper into debt than as a life preserver.
From New York comes news that AT&T "incorrectly applied" a $3.95 recurring charge to "800,000 non-AT&T customers nationwide." For more on the story, look here.
Similar things have happened with other phone companies, so be sure to read your phone bills carefully.
