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What to Do about Smishing Text Messages

May 11, 2022 by Connie Lewis Leave a Comment

Fraudsters are nothing if not innovative. They keep up with the times and trends. As emails have given way to text messaging as a communication preference, scam artists have followed suit with smishing text messages. Email usage has shrunk and now has a smaller audience, with texts having a higher read rate. So, those wishing to separate you from your money or information … [Read more...]

Did These Utah Multi-Level Marketing Companies Really Need Giant PPP Loans?

December 7, 2021 by Eric S. Peterson Leave a Comment

Utah multi-level marketing companies thrived during the pandemic, so why did they need PPP loans? The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with Utah Stories. While many U.S. industries have gone under or struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic, many multilevel marketing businesses appear to be bounding through it without a … [Read more...]

Mark Hofmann’s Forgeries in the Rare Coin World Still in Circulation Today

April 9, 2021 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Murder among the Mormons is the new Netflix film Directed by Jared Hess. The documentary film depicts the life of Mark Hofmann. The film does not spend much time on how Hofmann began producing successful forgeries of coins as young as fourteen. Hofmann's early forgery career was almost exclusively in coins and rare Mormon currency and he likely created hundreds of … [Read more...]

Corporate Credit Card Sucker Trap

January 16, 2015 by Wina Sturgeon Leave a Comment

There are many ways to keep from getting caught in the 'Sucker Trap' of store credit cards, starting with the obvious: never signing up for one in the first place займ 10000 рублей на карту. But the bait used to trap you may prove too tempting to resist. So, here are six ways to protect yourself if you get caught in the sticky web of store credit cards: There are two … [Read more...]

Utah Senate OKs Prison Move –Big Payday For Senator Niederhauser

March 6, 2013 by Richard Markosian 1 Comment

  One of the sleaziest forms of get-rich-quick schemes found especially in Sandy and Draper is developers going into the business of politics in order to find and accomplish special favors. Senator Wayne Niederhauser scored a big win yesterday passing a bill in the Utah State Senate that would move the Draper prison. This would be a great idea for State Senator … [Read more...]

Karma Catching up to Westgate Owner David Siegel

August 20, 2012 by Richard Markosian 21 Comments

Utah Stories began reporting on David Siegel and his timeshare ripoffs beginning before the housing bubble in 2008. At that point Siegal was at the top of the world, looking to post $1 billion in sales with his company Westgate Resorts. We learned from attending a Westgate Resorts timeshare presentation that his sales associates flat out lied to customers. After we initially … [Read more...]

Westgate Resorts Class Action Lawsuit

March 10, 2011 by Richard Markosian 97 Comments

Nevada court might finally deliver timeshare ripoff victims the justice they deserve. It has been amazing that such a blatantly dishonest company as Westgate Resorts has been able to continue lying to customers and selling timeshare rip-off scams for as long as they have. It actually appears that Westgate might finally get what they deserve. A class action lawsuit has … [Read more...]

Timeshare Scam from Westgate Resorts

June 13, 2008 by Richard Markosian 19 Comments

Part III in the ongoing story of attempting to fight back against Westgate Resorts rip-off time share scam. See our previous story on Vegas time share scams. In the previous installment I described how Westgate Resorts in Las Vegas used dishonest practices to sell us a time share single-week package for Miami Beach, Florida. We bought the package with the assurance that we … [Read more...]

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