The recent disclosure that certain online loyalty rewards programs may be misleading people into unwittingly signing up to make monthly payments has sounded an alarm that has even echoed through the committee rooms of the US Senate.
That's the main focus of our snippets issue this week, in which we also look at a cunning retail-related scam -- phony gift card purchase schemes.
And there's just room to squeeze in a couple more topical scam snippets -- a widespread bogus offer for people wanting to be movie extras and the latest H1N1 "swine flu" scams.
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