Tuesday, March 25, 2008

"Mortgage Rescue" Scams Hit Close to Home. Pierre Thomas, Jack Date and Theresa Cook report for ABC News: "As the mortgage crisis continues to unfold, the FBI says incidents of suspicious financial activity banks reported to the bureau has skyrocketed, jumping from 28,000 cases in 2005 to 48,000 last year. Among the factors fueling this two-year, 71 percent increase is a spike in scams targeting citizens facing foreclosure, one of which is known as the 'home foreclosure rescue scam.'" [t r u t h o u t] 2:28:22 PM    comment []

A Victory for Peeping Toms. A court in Oklahoma holds that upskirt photos, taken without consent, are perfectly legal. Have we really ceded our privacy rights this much? [AlterNet.org] 2:24:50 PM    comment []