The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter by Mark Seal

On June 5, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

The story of Clark Rockefeller is a stranger-than-fiction twist on the classic American success story of the self-made man-because Clark Rockefeller was totally made up. The career con man who convincingly passed himself off as Rockefeller was born in a small village in Germany. At seventeen, obsessed with getting to America, he flew into the country on dubious student visa documents and his journey of deception began.

Good Business in Greenfield, Massachusetts: Jim's Tree Service

On August 26, 2010, in Business in Greenfield - Massachusetts, Greenfield, MA, by Editor

Over all, I would hire Jim’s Tree Service at any time when I need tree work or firewood.

Dubious Business in Greenfield, Massachusetts: Toyota & Ford of Greenfield

On August 26, 2010, in Business in Greenfield - Massachusetts, Greenfield, MA, by Editor

I personally feel that the guys at Toyota & Ford of Greenfield are insulting my intelligence, and that alone is reason enough for not to buy a car from them.

FastNetLearning.Com – Where To Complain And How To Get Your Money Back

On July 4, 2010, in Making Money from Home, Scammers, by Editor

The Complaints Board forum contains lots of complaints about this Fast Net Learning scam (Home Income Profit), but you can also find entries where some people have advised on where to report the scam, and others have posted on how they managed to get a refund.

pulse360 – A Leader In Fake Content Links?

On January 8, 2010, in Making Money from Home, by Editor

A few months ago, the web information company Alexa redesigned their website and since then I’ve been noticing these incredibly distasteful advertisements pitching weight loss products, wrinkle removers and suspicious get rich quick schemes.

WashingtonPost.Com – Unwillingly Supporting A Scam?

On January 8, 2010, in Making Money from Home, by Editor

Recently I noticed that The Washington Post has found another clever way of increasing their revenues by offering local ads. These ads are designed to read the viewer’s IP address and determine the physical location. All this could be interpreted as a clever marketing trick, but my admiration for the Washington Post’s new ways to create Online revenues faded quickly as soon as I found out that the location information was not used to provide real local ads, but to modify the ad’s message in a very misleading way.