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Friday, November 20, 2009
Online

Facebook Named In Federal Class-Action Suit Over Scammy Ads

4:50AM Ryan Tate | Facebook and Zynga are the defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, which seeks upwards of $US5 million for social network users scammed in online game ads. Neither company’s top-drawer investors can be happy. More »
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Flotsam & Jetsam

The Oxford University Press “Word Of The Year” Is A Huge Scam

4:05PM Adrian Chen | When I read that this year’s Oxford University Press Word of the Year is “unfriend” I began typing a post about interpersonal connections on the internet. Then I realised that the Word of the Year is a huge scam. More »
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Online

The Secret Shame Of Social Networking: Scammers

4:42AM Ryan Tate | Silicon Valley pundits like to talk about social media as a potential geyser of cash. What they leave out is that one of the only ways social networks like Facebook, MySpace have done that is joining league with online scammers. More »
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Flotsam & Jetsam

Is Men’s Body Wash Actually Way Gay?

2:22AM Hamilton Nolan | Are you one of the millions of men who have been suckered into purchasing “body wash” with the tacit assurance that said product will get you mad ladies and does not make you totally gay? You’ve been had. More »
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Hollywood’s Guardian Angels Tom Cruise And John Travolta Duped By Fake Heath Ledger Father

3:38AM Seth | In a shocking development in the Heath Ledger tragedy, the NY Post is reporting that an unidentified con man has been making calls pretending to be Heath’s father. Not only did he convince the Manhattan funeral home that held Ledger’s body to book him multiple rooms at the Carlysle hotel for him and his “family,” he also took advantage of grieving A-list movie stars Tom Cruise and John Travolta. From their report: More »
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