<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#ccffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/95e7f4d6-73cf-4e29-bea6-d09726413dac/87E6779E-7331-428F-8CD8-7A820081CE76/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dawnpugh.com/2009/10/03/what-a-rip-off/" href="http://www.dawnpugh.com/2009/10/03/what-a-rip-off/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dawnpugh.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dawnpugh.com/2009/10/03/what-a-rip-off/"><DIV id="header"> <DIV id="header_text"> <P id="logo"><A href="http://www.dawnpugh.com">Dawn Pugh</A></p> <P id="tagline">Helping you to help yourself</p> </DIV> <DIV id="logo_pic"> </DIV> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dawnpugh.com/2009/10/03/what-a-rip-off/"><H1 class="entry-title">What a Rip Off !!</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dawnpugh.com/2009/10/03/what-a-rip-off/"><P>What a <STRONG>Rip Off </STRONG>!!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dawnpugh.com/2009/10/03/what-a-rip-off/"><P>With the ever expanding world of the Internet and mobile technology there are more scheming, crafty, aggressive and malicious, devious and inventive con -tricks around than ever before.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dawnpugh.com/2009/10/03/what-a-rip-off/"><P>Have you ever received a text message implying that you have won a cash prize and requests that you ring a premium phone number in order to claim your prize?<SPAN id="more-1397"></SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dawnpugh.com/2009/10/03/what-a-rip-off/"><P>You may have received a fictitious request from your bank via a <STRONG>telephone scam </STRONG>or <STRONG>email scam</STRONG> whereby you ‘re lead to believe that your bank requests that you confirm your account details, initially presenting quite authentic – <STRONG>Please take note – Real Banks do not contact people in this way</STRONG>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dawnpugh.com/2009/10/03/what-a-rip-off/"><P>Protect your self against these <STRONG>scammers</STRONG>. 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