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more about #scams more comments → DahlELama: Please tell me someone else here plays this game and noticed that MW changed the "Milk and Cookies" gift to "Santa's Helpers." (The "gift" is a black ... more » Mount_Prion: So what we need is a social networking "Death Panel" game where you and your friends get points for deciding which of those too old to be on facebook ... more » Lymed: Next thing you know these gamers will get their claim for a repetitive stress injury denied as a pre-existing condition as of the day they started pla... more » Swifter: Thr government has been printing fake money since the 1860's and doesn't want the competition. more » Island of Misfit Toys: Excellent post. Yeah, I noticed that Farmville took away all of those "intelligence tests", etc. as a way of accruing FV cash. more » DahlELama: Wow, going from Mafia Wars directly to this post was really trippy. Oh, and suckers, if you're paying for the game's currency, you're not playing rig... more » hotpinklovesofa: So what you're saying is I can go ahead and laugh even louder at the people who watch Fox News, especially now that I know they're getting their just ... more » lobstr: Another hilarious fear-based advertiser you'll hear during Hannity and Rush is "Carbonite!" .. They pitch this product that backs up your entire hardd... more » deitybox: Perfect pic to go with the post here. more » TheSometimesWhy: I'd say the term "fool's gold" has been updated and redefined. And just in time for the holidays! more » The Real JR: As Smerconish put it to POLITICO, "Those who are most concerned about government growth are increasingly dubious about the value of a dollar and look ... more » AzureTexan: This Friday, after I cash my check at Cash America in order to assist a needy Nigerian prince, I'm totally gonna buy me some Goldline gold. more » The Real JR: This is actually highly illegal and violates FCC standards. You can have Ads bumpering segments but if you're doing a segment specifically pushing a p... more » Mediahohoho: This explains a lot. If we can follow Mr. Epstein's remarks to their logical conclusion then I guess the idea that Obama's socialist spending is going... more » Claire Buoyant: When did advertising shift from people who want to buy your gold to people who want to sell you gold? more » -
#scams
Healthcare Opponents Using Scammy Social Gaming to Get People to Spam Congress
Health insurance industry trade groups opposed to President Obama's health care reform bill are paying Facebook users fake money — called "virtual currency" — to send letters to Congress protesting the bill. More » -
#scams
Glenn Beck Advertiser: Pundits 'Say What You Pay Them to Say'
Politico has a great story (no fooling!) about how people who play on the fears of the old and scared have formed a mutually beneficial alliance. Conservative pundits and gold-selling scam artists have joined forces to rip you off! More » -
#recessionomics
Demonize the Homeless Long Enough and No One Will Notice You Moved Back Home
The Way We Live Now: At home. With Ma. And Pa. And the leaky basement pipes, and the laundry machine, and our broken dreams. And the jug we rent from the United Homeless Organization. It's a living, hey! Amirite? More » -
#lawsuits
Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads
Facebook and Zynga are the defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, which seeks upwards of $5 million for social network users scammed in online game ads. Neither company's top-drawer investors can be happy.
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#howthingswork
Investors Punish Online Scam Trafficker with $15 Million
Just as the public was learning that a huge chunk of Zynga's social gaming revenue came from scammy "quizzes" and "special offers," Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capitalists rewarded the company with $15 million. Hey, that's just how VC's roll. More » -
#scams
Why the Oxford University Press' 'Word of the Year' Is a Huge Scam
When I read that this year's Oxford University Press Word of the Year is "unfriend" I began typing a post about interpersonal relations on the Internet. Then I realized that the Word of the Year is a huge scam.
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#facebook
Scam-Brokering CEO Dissed His 'Bullshit' Ethics Class
Mark Pincus recently cut off the scamsters who supply his company with revenue. But before he bowed to controversy, the Facebook games merchant was more cavalier about corporate morality, even griping about his "bullshit" Harvard ethics class and idiot classmates. More » -
#games
The Secret Shame of Social Networking: How Silicon Valley Got Hooked on Scammers
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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#creativeunderclass
Class Only Works for Teacher
"Find A Mag Job When The Economy is Crap." How? Start teaching a class called "Find A Mag Job When The Economy is Crap," like Ed2010 founder Chandra Czape Turner. Cost of class: $150. Actual value of class: $0. -
#oopsy
Our ad sales team fell for a malware scam. Sorry if it crashed your computer.
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#losers
The New York Mets' Only Win: Bernie Madoff
When the Bernie Madoff scandal broke, New York Mets fans were momentarily terrified because the team's owners had huge accounts with Madoff's firm. Turns out that was the Mets' best investment. Hey-o! More » -
#thecutespiracy
Click This Post One Million Times to Save a Baby Seal!
Sometimes you just want to grab The American Consumer about the shoulders, and shake him, and yell: "Hey, stop being such a sucker!" Because...OMG a fuzzy wuzzy baby seal! I must buy so much Dawn® brand product, or he dies. More » -
#marketing
Is Men's Body Wash Actually Way Gay?
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 » -
#recessionomics
Math Nerds Getting Richer, Sexier
The Way We Live Now: Revenge-d by the nerds. Statisticians are the new Hedge Fund Guys. The less math-y among us are just marks for con artists and shady Metrocard machines. But: hot stock tip, below!
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#recessionomics
The American Dream Returns, Modified
The Way We Live Now: Out of proportion. Small portions of the housing market may be stabilizing. The world economy may not collapse any further. Ah well. We're already fully invested in jewel thieving and brilliant ATM scams. More » -
#mediacrack
Can We Ever Trust the Ahwatukee Foothills News Again?
In your muggy Monday media column: New bosses at Interview Magazine, CBS keeps Walter Cronkite around, the Ahwatukee Foothills News' reputation is tarnished by a faux chef, and Cody Willard sits at a bar. More » -
#kariferrell
Hipster Grifter Catching Mad Charges, In Utah
Just when you were about to give up on life, there's a Hipster Grifter news update! Kari Ferrell had more charges filed against her out in Utah yesterday. Let's learn about them!
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#polls
Who Has Sympathy for Ruth Madoff?
Ruth Madoff—loyal, pampered, tight-lipped wife of the single worst financial criminal in American history—seems to be unpopular. But why?? Is it feminist backlash? Anti-feminist backlash? Or, uh, something else? Poll and analysis below!
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#classwar
The Three Stages of Madoff Victimhood
Bernie Madoff's been sentenced to die in prison. Now, all those victimized by him have found peace. Just kidding! They're all in anguish. Seriously, we're worried about them. The victims are dealing with their rage in three distinct ways:
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#thomaskinkade
World's Worst Artist, Jesus Team Up For Scam
Thomas "Painter of Darkness" Kinkade, the world's single most objectionable mass-producer of wall-hangings for middle American Baptists, is not just a terrible offender against aesthetics—he's also a crook!
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