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		<title>DOLLAR RENT A CAR TRICKS CONSUMERS WITH INSURANCE SCAM</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/dollar-rent-a-car-tricks-consumers-with-insurance-scam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dollar Rent a Car has a new scheme to scam consumers. Dollar employees trick consumers into signing up for optional insurance even after consumers say they don’t want the extra insurance. 
The scheme operates like this: Dollar does a high-pressure sell of their insurance without disclosing that most credit card companies, and most personal car [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APPLE FINED  FOR MISLEADING CONSUMERS IN ITALY</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/apple-care-rotten-in-italy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Apple  just got busted in Italy for selling bogus extended warranties to cover Apple products.The scheme was simple.  Apple sold “Apple Care” extended warranties  to cover Apple products for one year past their traditional one year warranty.The problem was, though, that Apple failed to tell consumers that products in Italy are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers Take on Delta Over Delayed bags</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/baggage-claim-hell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE DEC 7 2011 Consumers now take Delta to court over delayed bags
If you ever travel you know the hell of finding your luggage lost or delayed . What you didn’t know was that the airlines have been not being honest with travelers about their rights when  their bags are delayed .The contract of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JUDGE  REJECTS GOVT. &#8220;SWEETHEART&#8221; SETTLEMENT  WITH CITIGROUP, OVER ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD.   Judge rules deal not in the public interest.</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/judge-challenges-sec-sell-out-to-citigroup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a stunning move, U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff rejected a sweetheart deal between the SEC and Citigroup that would have ended a massive investigation of allegations of fraud by Citigroup in the sale of mortgage-backed securities. The judge ordered the parties to prepare for trial. As we noted earlier (see below article) the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BANKERS WANT  ANOTHER BAILOUT FROM HOMEOWNERS</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/bankers-want-another-bailout-from-homeowners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homeowners  Asked To Bail Out Banks With Their  401Ks
It&#8217;s hard to believe anyone would propose yet another bank bailout, but Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga) and Representative Tom Graves (R-Ga)  have just such a plan. They propose that Americans be allowed to withdraw from their 401K accounts without penalty to make mortgage payments to banks.Now on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merchants Pile on Extra Credit Card Fees and Restrictions</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/merchants-pile-on-extra-credit-card-fees-andrestrictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.investigativeguy.com/merchants-pile-on-extra-credit-card-fees-andrestrictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you tried to use a credit card in a mini-mart recently?  As if  the hidden fees that go with credit cards weren’t bad enough, now add the insult of  being charged a “convenience fee” for simply using them. Convenience fees? Really?
A convenience fee is an additional charge that some merchants try [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BANKERS ARE UPSET WITH CONSUMER ADVOCATES…GOOD!</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/bankers-are-upset-with-consumer-advocates%e2%80%a6good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Events, Two Heros
When a Wall street banker attacks you, you know you are doing something right.
Elizabeth Warren, who oversees the the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, was grilled by members of the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. The reason for the grilling and attack by committee members was that she helped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highway Robbery At Coachella</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/highway-robbery-at-coachella/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes it is true scumbag scalpers bought out the tickets to Coachella. As if the $320 price wasn’t bad enough the scumbags are now selling the tickets for $1000. Yes not a $100 markup but a $700 markup.  Here are some of the scalpers involved Ticket Gumbo, Turbo Tickets, Stub Hub, findticketsfast.com and dozens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCAMMERS TO GET RICH OFF STRANDED TRAVELERS</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/scammers-to-get-rich-off-stranded-travelers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The misery of stranded travelers in airports worldwide  could mean record profits for companies that swindle travelers at airports. Case in point, BBG Communications which has 350,000 pay phones in airports world wide.The company has a policy of not disclosing to consumers the outrageous amounts consumers get charged when they swipe a credit card [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BANK PRESIDENTS WHO LOOTED BANKS TO BE FORCED TO GIVE BACK THE MONEY</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/bank-presidents-who-looted-banks-to-be-forced-to-give-back-the-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.investigativeguy.com/bank-presidents-who-looted-banks-to-be-forced-to-give-back-the-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOW, what a concept. In the old days the cops used to make bank robbers return the loot, but somehow that tradition changed. In recent years bank robbers  (i.e. directors and presidents) somehow got the idea that if they looted banks and left them broke, they could get a bailout and keep what they [...]]]></description>
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