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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."-- Aldous Huxley

As the prostitute said, "It's not the work, it's the stairs." As told to me by Elaine Stritch, star of stage, screen, & TV, right after she won her 1st Emmy. Ago 79.

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ID Theft/Credit Card Protections

The Federal Bureau of Investigation wants everyone shopping this holiday season to enjoy purchasing gifts for loved ones and friends without the fear of becoming a victim of credit card fraud, credit card ID theft and financial information fraud. There are plenty of protections you may easily take to protect yourself from the unscrupulous criminal element looking to steal your money.

The FBI's Financial Crimes Section, Criminal Investigative Division, and the Cyber Crime Section, Cyber Division, oversee investigations of such crimes not only in the United States but work with international police agencies on computer frauds around the world.

You can protect yourself by not providing any credit card or financial information to any person or company you are not familiar with. Be sure you are communicating with a reputable company when making credit card purchases in person and ensure that clerks are not using your credit card in an unorthodox manner.

When making purchases on the Internet, the Cyber Division has some very important tips:

* Try to obtain a physical address rather than merely a post office box or phone number;
* Send e-mail to verify e-mail address of a company and be wary if they use free e-mail services;
* Check with the Better Business Bureau from the seller's area;
* Inquire about returns and warranties;
* Maintain records of all online transactions.

* Remember, do not give out your social security or driver's license number to the seller or anyone else.
* Important, if it's too good to be true, it probably is.

The FBI works closely with other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in protecting you. Should you become a victim of credit card/financial/Internet scam, contact the FBI or your nearest police agency to report. Providing as many details as possible gives investigators that much more information to work with while investigating the crime.

The FBI's site is at, would you believe, www.fbi.gov . No I'm no going to make that into a hot link.

MY ADVICE endeavors at keen.com. The number is 1-800-275-5336 (800-ask-keen) + ext. 0329063 for tech stuff, 0329117 for running a small business, and 0329144 on investing. Want to CHAT, I use Yahoo's IM as the_web_ster. View me in the Friends & Family part of webcamnow.com, just click on "view cams", then in the Java window click on WebcamNow Communities drop down arrow & select Friends & Family. Under the live webcams look for & click on me "the_webster".

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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."-- Aldous Huxley

As the prostitute said, "It's not the work, it's the stairs." As told to me by Elaine Stritch, star of stage, screen, & TV, right after she won her 1st Emmy. Ago 79.

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The restructuring of Euro Disney's 2.4 billion euros ($1.8 billion) in debt will allow it to avoid bankruptcy.
Irate shareholders decried the company's financial situation, drawing parallel between it and other penny stocks.

The rest of the story

MY ADVICE endeavors at keen.com. The number is 1-800-275-5336 (800-ask-keen) + ext. 0329063 for tech stuff, 0329117 for running a small business, and 0329144 on investing. Want to CHAT, I use Yahoo's IM as the_web_ster. View me in the Friends & Family part of webcamnow.com, just click on "view cams", then in the Java window click on WebcamNow Communities drop down arrow & select Friends & Family. Under the live webcams look for & click on me "the_webster".

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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."-- Aldous Huxley

As the prostitute said, "It's not the work, it's the stairs." As told to me by Elaine Stritch, star of stage, screen, & TV, right after she won her 1st Emmy. Ago 79.

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Yeah, now doesn't that make you feel good. I shoot myself in the foot. Now not only am I still down one puter, remember I have to clean out a worm, but I just had to buy a new router. What happened, well let me put this way "make sure your router get all the air to cold itself it needs. Linksys are pritty EZ to over heat, I put an SUB hub on top of mine and partcial covered the top vent holes. That's all it took, pop creakle and snap and it was all over and I after sending 7 hrs. working with Linksys and SBC had to find the problem myself. And did.

Now it coming time for Chrismas and I've got to get going on that, so I won't be HOLE it next yr. But now we get the benefits of my work again and this time for free right here.

But it's Thursday and that means Mossberg on tech, look at the next entery for that news.



MY ADVICE endeavors at keen.com. The number is 1-800-275-5336 (800-ask-keen) + ext. 0329063 for tech stuff, 0329117 for running a small business, and 0329144 on investing. Want to CHAT, I use Yahoo's IM as the_web_ster. View me in the Friends & Family part of webcamnow.com, just click on "view cams", then in the Java window click on WebcamNow Communities drop down arrow & select Friends & Family. Under the live webcams look for & click on me "the_webster".