Other LanguagesToday's USA Today story about cybercrooks creating fake Web sites and malicious software to take advantage of economic anxiety comes at no surprise to us in the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division. ... Experts say people are antsy right now for information and therefore, may be more likely to click without thinking. ...
Puget Sound residents have several options this fall to shred sensitive documents at no charge.
The most frequent gripe we hear from consumers who bought concert or sports tickets online is the hefty service fees that these companies sometimes charge. But a business named TicketsMyWay.com appears to have a questionable policy to punish consumers who try to dispute charges for tickets they paid for but never received.
A Klickitat County couple who sold motorcycle parts on the Internet are accused of taking their customers for a ride.
In an era of drive-through wedding chapels and even quicker divorces, it’s still possible to reach a roadblock. ...
Ding Ding Ding! The school bell is ringing again, and most kids are back in the classrooms; or they will be soon. Besides all the new clothes and long lists of school supplies you have been buying, there are other things you and your family can do to make the school year a success.
Here are some of the back-to-school safety tips from a Seattle P-I article and an online safety blog by Linda Criddle, author of Look Both Ways: Help protect your family on the internet.
There is a virus circulating the Web right now that is targeting Facebook users. This virus is being spread through a well-disguised e-mail that appears to be a video from a friend.
Spammers are using e-mails that appear to be from MSNBC.com and CNN to try to trick recipients into visiting Web sites laden with malware.
The Washington Attorney General’s Office is at the frontlines in the fight against online fraud, according to a new report by the Center for American Progress and the Center for Democracy and Technology. ...
Several news stories have us thinking about the future of online education and how consumers may be impacted. … With both legitimate colleges and diploma mills heavily advertising heavily online, how is the average Joe or Jill to know which courses are worthwhile? …