Scams

Scam Week: Sears/Dockers Rebate Scam

Posted by on August 11, 2008 at 2:40 pm

Welcome to scam week here at CheapEncounters.com! This week I will be highlighting several scams that I have recently encountered that badly need to see the light of day. Some of my most memorable and popular posts have been about scams (see the FreeNEzy.com saga and the Reservations Rewards scam), so I thought it would [...]

Confirmed: FreeNEzy.com under new ownership

Posted by on April 16, 2008 at 8:21 pm

In my last post, I wrote that someone left a message in the comments to several of my posts saying that he had purchased the infamous FreeNEzy.com. I left this person a challenge to provide evidence of the sale to validate the story, and if he did so I would report such here. Well, several [...]

The Never-Ending Saga of FreeNEzy.com – A New Owner???

Posted by on March 29, 2008 at 11:28 pm

4/22/08 Update:  The FreeNEzy.com website written about in this post appears to have been sold and under new management, as documented on this recent post. While this change in ownership does not change any of the events that have occurred previously with this site (and my friend never got his reward), there is currently no [...]

FreeNEzy.com Scam Site for Sale on eBay

Posted by on November 12, 2007 at 6:15 pm

4/22/08 Update:  The FreeNEzy.com website written about in this post appears to have been sold and under new management, as documented on this recent post. While this change in ownership does not change any of the events that have occurred previously with this site (and my friend never got his reward), there is currently no [...]

Scammer Saga Continues! FreeNEzy.com Requests My Info Through eBay!

Posted by on October 3, 2007 at 1:33 am

4/22/08 Update:  The FreeNEzy.com website written about in this post appears to have been sold and under new management, as documented on this recent post. While this change in ownership does not change any of the events that have occurred previously with this site (and my friend never got his reward), there is currently no [...]

Milestone – 10,000 hits! A look back

Posted by on September 20, 2007 at 12:55 pm

4/22/08 Update:  The FreeNEzy.com website written about in this post appears to have been sold and under new management, as documented on this recent post. While this change in ownership does not change any of the events that have occurred previously with this site (and my friend never got his reward), there is currently no [...]

Been scammed online? Consider this advice from the California Department of Consumer Affairs

Posted by on September 18, 2007 at 12:18 pm

4/22/08 Update:  The FreeNEzy.com website written about in this post appears to have been sold and under new management, as documented on this recent post. While this change in ownership does not change any of the events that have occurred previously with this site (and my friend never got his reward), there is currently no [...]

Another Scammer Speaks – FreeNEzy.com

Posted by on September 16, 2007 at 9:14 pm

4/22/08 Update:  The FreeNEzy.com website written about in this post appears to have been sold and under new management, as documented on this recent post. While this change in ownership does not change any of the events that have occurred previously with this site (and my friend never got his reward), there is currently no [...]

The Reservation Rewards Scammers Speak

Posted by on May 10, 2007 at 12:51 pm

Just when I thought I wouldn’t have anything interesting to blog about today, I found this comment left on my last posting about the Reservation Rewards scam purportedly from the VP of Customer (dis)Service at Webloyalty.com, the parent of Reservation Rewards. That posting was a follow-up to my original posting here. Dear Bloggers: Webloyalty.com protects [...]

AMEX Blue and the disappearing promo APR

Posted by on May 1, 2007 at 11:14 am

I just got an unpleasant surprise on my AMEX Blue statement. I had applied for this card last November under an offer of 15 months at 0% APR on purchases. As the reward program on this card is pretty good and 0% is almost always as good as free money, I applied for the card [...]