As the Right Leaning Plutocrats in Washington sleep the day away while companies steal your identity and fraudulently charge untold millions of dollars each year comes yet another scam.
It seems fellow Daynoter Dave Markowitz has a post on something called the Pluto Data Scam (see also this thread here from Broadband reports). It seems a charge to Dave's credit card popped up last month from something called 888 323 8955 PLUTO D - Nicosia. Only, he hadn't purchased anything from said company. He did some searching and found others had been hit by the scam.
This really shows just how important it is to check your credit statements each month. If you find something wrong, immediately double check and then, if needed, call/write your credit card company and dispute the charge.
What with the ChoicePoint scandal affecting at least 145,000 (including 600 to 700 here in Hawaii'i) and others not yet made public, the only defense you have is to vigilantly guard your money. Because, Lord knows, no one else will.
Aloha!
