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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>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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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>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>
		<comments>http://www.investigativeguy.com/judge-challenges-sec-sell-out-to-citigroup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.investigativeguy.com/?p=979</guid>
		<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>Walmart Short Changes California Consumers</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/walmart-short-changes-california-consumers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Clown Car]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Walmart is now shortchanging thousands of consumers in California when they return merchandise. Here is how the scheme operates. Consumers who bought an item prior to July 1, 2011 were charged the price of them item plus sales tax which might in some areas be as high as 8.50%.  On July 1, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fed Secretly Provided Drive up Discount Loans to Bankers  While Stiffing Homeowners In Need</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/fed-secretly-provided-drive-up-discount-loans-to-bankers-while-stiffing-homeowners-in-need/</link>
		<comments>http://www.investigativeguy.com/fed-secretly-provided-drive-up-discount-loans-to-bankers-while-stiffing-homeowners-in-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was such a closely guarded secret that it took a court order to force the Federal Reserve to admit the details of its discount loan program for bankers. Now the details are out. 
As tens of thousands of homeowners faced foreclosure in 2008, big banks were showered with billions in quick easy loans at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dollar Rent a Car  Refuel Scam</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/dollar-rent-a-car-refuel-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.investigativeguy.com/dollar-rent-a-car-refuel-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Car rental companies are notorious for tacking on hidden extra charges when you you get your bill ,but Dollar Rent A  Car has one that takes the cake. Dollar now has a  refuel charge  if you return the car with the tank full but you don’t have a receipt . Yes even [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.investigativeguy.com/bankers-are-upset-with-consumer-advocates%e2%80%a6good/#comments</comments>
		<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>VA FAILS TO PAY VET BENEFITS, BLAMES SNOW</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/va-fails-to-pay-vet-benefits-blames-snow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.investigativeguy.com/va-fails-to-pay-vet-benefits-blames-snow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Veterans Affairs just confessed that 55,000 veterans have not received their housing and tuition checks this month. The veterans should receive checks as part of the Post 9-11 GI Bill.
The reason that Vets have been left without checks, according to the VA, is that it snowed. Yes you heard me right. We [...]]]></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>BBG GLOBAL PHONE SCAM</title>
		<link>http://www.investigativeguy.com/bbg-global-phone-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.investigativeguy.com/bbg-global-phone-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmattes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a href=&#8217;http://youtu.be/unAUBO5YypM&#8217; >BBG COMMUNICATIONS PHONE SCAMUPDATE A CONSUMER CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED  DEMANDING REFUNDS FOR ALL CONSUMERS.
TO JOIN IN GO TO  http://www.bbgovercharge.com
BBG Communications overcharges  thousands of consumers a day at payphones around the world .The scam is simple, their payphones which are in international airports list the price for coin [...]]]></description>
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