According to new American research, you're more likely to be scammed online by someone you don't know than by someone you do.
Aside from the obvious question; "Why did they bother?" I have to ask, what exactly are we supposed to do with that piece of information?
Clearly a candidate for the Ig-Nobel Prize
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Wednesday, 14 Nov 2007
Monday, 5 Nov 2007
British Telecoms seems to be taking a leaf out of the "questionable sales drivel" handbook with their latest promotion:
"Upgrade to paper-free billing, at no extra cost!"
So, I save you money in postage, printing and carbon footprint and you reward me by not charging me for the inconvenience of going to a website and remembering yet another sodding password.
As if it's not bad enough that less than 7 days after getting their bill, I get a red reminder and have to feel that if I don't pay IMMEDIATELY, I am a BAD CUSTOMER. I now have to pay by direct debit or they will actually charge me for the convenience of paying them during my monthly accounts cycle, not at their demand. WHAT?
BT ONLY get away with this type of behaviour because they are a virtual monopoly in what's known as the last mile for the old PSTN network. In other words, we have to buy from them, no matter how crap they are, and they clearly know it.
It's interesting to wonder if the second a viable alternative to mass market residential phone lines appears a very large proportion of their customers will simply walk - I will.
