Brits stung by phone-charge Net fraud

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Brits hit by surge in phone-charge Net
fraud

Brits hit by surge in phone-charge Net
fraud 06/23/2004 02:05 PM
Are Trojans behind a surge in complaints from Web users billed for accessing premium-rate sites that they say they never visited?

Brits mad for latest tech and one in 20
get it by fraud

Brits mad for latest tech and one in 20
get it by fraud 04/15/2004 10:25 AM
Silicon.com Apr 15 2004 1:52PM GMT

Brits voice fraud fears over high-tech
voting

Brits voice fraud fears over high-tech
voting 03/30/2005 09:46 AM
MORI poll reveals love of ballot box

CA May Be Close to Settling Fraud Charge
(AP)

CA May Be Close to Settling Fraud Charge
(AP) 09/20/2004 12:41 PM
AP - Computer Associates International Inc. and federal prosecutors reportedly are near a deal that could end a two-year accounting fraud investigation of the software company.

Swiss fraud charge for Abacha son

Swiss fraud charge for Abacha son 04/15/2005 12:09 PM
The son of former Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha is extradited to Switzerland to face fraud charges.

SEC to Charge 11 Former Symbol Execs
with Fraud

SEC to Charge 11 Former Symbol Execs
with Fraud 06/03/2004 04:51 PM
Boston Globe Jun 3 2004 8:50PM GMT

Malaysia minister on fraud charge

Malaysia minister on fraud charge 02/12/2004 01:32 AM
Malaysia's land minister is charged with corruption - the second high-profile arrest in Malaysia this week.

CA May Be Close to Settling Fraud Charge

CA May Be Close to Settling Fraud Charge 09/20/2004 01:27 PM
San Jose Mercury News Sep 20 2004 5:44PM GMT

SEC to Charge 11 Former Symbol Execs
with Fraud (Reuters)

SEC to Charge 11 Former Symbol Execs
with Fraud (Reuters) 06/03/2004 10:50 AM
Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday it will charge 11 former Symbol Technologies Inc. (SBL.N) executives with securities fraud, stemming from a probe of the company's accounting practices.

Report Claims SCO Intends to Charge IBM
with Fraud

Report Claims SCO Intends to Charge IBM
with Fraud 09/18/2004 10:44 AM

Martha Stewart Seeks Dismissal of Fraud
Charge

Martha Stewart Seeks Dismissal of Fraud
Charge 11/14/2003 10:53 PM
Reuters via Wired News Nov 14 2003 10:28PM ET

Ofcom orders mobile phone charge cut

Ofcom orders mobile phone charge cut 06/01/2004 09:10 AM
'Bout time too

Concern over net phone fraud

Concern over net phone fraud 06/24/2004 06:49 AM
UK police are investigating complaints about net diallers which call premium rate numbers without permission.

Ireland launches phone fraud crackdown

Ireland launches phone fraud crackdown 09/22/2004 11:50 AM
Regulators are trying to prevent scams caused by software that computer users may not even know is on their PCs.

Why hotels need to charge you $7 for a
phone call (hint: Bill Gates is
involved)

Why hotels need to charge you $7 for a
phone call (hint: Bill Gates is
involved) 02/14/2004 02:39 PM

If you stay in a lot of hotels, as I do, it seems odd that after reaming you out of $150 per night they also need to charge you $7 for a short phone call, $7 to wash a T-shirt, $20 for breakfast, $13 for Internet access, etc.  A friend who owns hotels explained what is happening...

A standard travel agency sells you a hotel room for $X and takes a commission, usually 10%, passing the remaining 90% on to the hotel.  Thus 90% of what you pay can be used by the hotel to make your stay pleasant, invest in high-speed Internet, put in a phone system.  Some online services such as Orbitz and Travelocity act as travel agents, finding the best rooms that they can and taking a fixed percentage commission.

Expedia, a company spun off by Microsoft in 1999 but presumably still substantially owned by Microsoft and Bill Gates, uses its dominant market position to arrange favorable deals with hotels.  The deal might be that Expedia gets to buy up to 50 rooms per night for $75 each, for example.  If the market is soft Expedia can resell those rooms to consumers for $100 per night.  If the market is tight Expedia can resell those rooms for $200 per night, pocketing the $125 difference between what they charge the traveler and what they pay the hotel.  If things are so bad that nobody wants to pay $75 on a particular night, Expedia dumps the vacant rooms back on the hotel.  Much of the profits that hotels formerly earned and invested back in their properties is now being captured by Expedia.

So if you book via Expedia and have to pay $20 for breakfast, have some sympathy for the hotel owner.  He might have gotten less than half of what you paid Expedia for that room.

Stung!

Stung! 09/09/2004 09:14 AM
A swarm of new media stories on young George W. Bush's dereliction of duty pops his heroic-leadership bubble.

Stung By Sting

Stung By Sting 09/24/2004 03:52 PM
A Fool misses a concert, but a restaurant comes to the rescue.

Agere Stung by 3G (Again)

Agere Stung by 3G (Again) 07/21/2004 09:28 PM
Unstrung.com Jul 22 2004 1:22AM GMT

eBay scammer gets stung

eBay scammer gets stung 05/24/2004 06:17 AM
Powerbook fiddle ends in humiliation

RIAA stung by court ruling

RIAA stung by court ruling 12/22/2003 05:37 AM
Silicon.com Dec 22 2003 4:45AM ET

Wal-Mart Stung in $1.5 Million Bar-Code
Scam

Wal-Mart Stung in $1.5 Million Bar-Code
Scam 01/05/2005 11:34 AM
Police charge two Tennessee couples in a scheme to use bogus bar codes at hundreds of stores in 19 states.

Alligator Sellers Stung by Undercover
Cops (Reuters)

Alligator Sellers Stung by Undercover
Cops (Reuters) 07/08/2004 08:53 AM
Reuters - An alligator has been rescued from the trunk of a car by undercover police who answered an advertisement offering the creature for sale.

LA porn industry stung by first condom
fines (Reuters)

LA porn industry stung by first condom
fines (Reuters) 09/17/2004 11:55 PM
Reuters - The lucrative Los Angeles porn film industry is reeling from news that two production companies had been slapped with the first fines for allowing actors to perform without condoms.

Scorpion Queen Stung But Eyes Record
(Reuters)

Scorpion Queen Stung But Eyes Record
(Reuters) 08/30/2004 09:54 AM
Reuters - A Malaysian woman holed up in a glass container with 6,000 scorpions has been stung twice, but is still determined to reclaim a world record for living with creatures, an aide said.

France, stung by Libyan WMD deal, admits
US policies showing results

France, stung by Libyan WMD deal, admits
US policies showing results 12/22/2003 07:40 PM
France, stung by Libyan WMD deal, admits US policies showing results Ok. Agreed. You don't like Bush. And the French government does not like Bush. But here is what the French now say about Libya: [...] The media, which have long criticised the US war and invasion of Iraq, grudgingly allowed that that conquest had borne fruit in terms of putting pressure on other countries Washington considers "rogue states" or part of an "axis of evil"[...]

the Brits have all the fun

the Brits have all the fun 12/19/2004 03:40 PM
CNUK (as in CN-UK) (as in the webcast radio station in Exeter) has launched "a non-profit organisation that is dedicated to creating and promoting creative works that can be built upon, shared and sampled. All not-for-profit, with for-profit options left available to the creators."

Brits value PC more than heirloom

Brits value PC more than heirloom 09/12/2004 11:59 PM
Press Association Sep 13 2004 3:42AM GMT

Brits welcome Luvania to EU

Brits welcome Luvania to EU 04/29/2004 11:58 AM
Proud new member of family of nations

12% of Brits use UK e-government

12% of Brits use UK e-government 04/06/2005 02:26 AM
ZDNet Apr 6 2005 5:32AM GMT

The Brits: Did the right bands win?

The Brits: Did the right bands win? 02/17/2004 03:41 PM
The UK music industry is honouring the best in British and global talent at the 2004 Brit Awards. Send us your thoughts

Brits unimpressed by e-Gov

Brits unimpressed by e-Gov 07/19/2004 04:23 AM
Cost billions, but totally invisible

Brits avoid MMS in droves

Brits avoid MMS in droves 05/12/2004 08:27 AM
Just not interested, it seems

Brits apathetic? Apoplectic, more like

Brits apathetic? Apoplectic, more like 09/16/2004 07:05 AM
Letters Vive la revolution!

Brits develop streetwalking PC

Brits develop streetwalking PC 09/08/2004 08:34 AM
Stick it on your desk and get on the job

Brits still blind to benefits of Wi-Fi

Brits still blind to benefits of Wi-Fi 08/06/2004 11:44 AM
So much for Intel's Centrino advertising

Brits are text maniacs

Brits are text maniacs 04/27/2004 01:07 PM
2.1bn messages sent in March

Brits willing to carry ID cards

Brits willing to carry ID cards 04/30/2004 05:05 AM
There was a report on the BBC last week (link below) that 80% of British citizens were willing to back a national identity card scheme. The biggest objection was that it might cost them 35 GBP (roughly $60) for the card. Contrast this with the thoughts of security spokesmouth Bruce Schneier (link below) - "My objection to the national ID card is much simpler. It won't work."

In pictures: Brits in action

In pictures: Brits in action 08/21/2004 05:49 AM
Pictures from Athens as Britain's rowers get the day off to a great start at the Olympic Games.

Brits still a far cry from Americans
(Reuters)

Brits still a far cry from Americans
(Reuters) 09/20/2004 07:30 PM
Reuters - Men are abandoning their stiff upper lips but still do not wear their hearts on their sleeves like Americans, a new survey shows.
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