Prescott woman falls for timeshare sale scam
Timeshares Daily
Police in Prescott are looking into a timeshare scam case in which a woman talked a woman into selling her property in Mexico. The man allegedly was able to fraud her into wiring $990, in exchange for timeshare selling services. …

Better Business Bureau Warning Residents to Watch Out for Charity Scams
NewsWest9.com
Natural disasters can bring people together but they can also bring out scam artists and the Permian Basin Better Business Bureau is issuing a warning for donors after Friday's earthquake in Japan. That quake sparked a tsunami killing 200 to 300 people …
Better Business Bureau says beware of charity scamsBizjournals.com
Contact 2 : Quake Charity ScamFOX2now.com
Be cautious of charities soliciting donations for quake victimsKMOV.com
Willcox Range News -CHQR -WANE
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$1 flights: Spirit sparks LA-Las Vegas fare war
USA Today
Spirit Airlines sparked a fare war Tuesday as it announced it would enter the crowded Los Angeles-Las Vegas market on May 5. Spirit plans to fly five daily round-trip flights between the cities, but — in doing so — it …
Spirit Airlines starts daily nonstop LA-Las Vegas service in May with $9 each …Los Angeles Times
Spirit Airlines Launches $1 LA-Vegas FareAOL Travel News
Spirit Airlines Riding the Charlie Sheen Madness, Offers Winning FaresReuters
LAist -msnbc.com -Las Vegas Review – Journal
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Spring Broke: Tips and Resources for an inexpensive Spring Break
KSLA-TV
Rush recommends FareCompare.com's domestic airline fee's page. It's a one-stop comparison shop of every airline's hidden fees; every airline's hidden fees. Back to your luggage, sometimes you can beat luggage fees with your hotel. …

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Lloydshare to Focus on Stabilizing the Timeshare Industry at ARDA Conference 2011
PR.com (press release)
One of the other topics to be addressed at the ARDA Conference will be how to shut-down the scamming and defrauding companies who operate on the fringes of the timeshare industry. The companies who's main function is to scam and defraud their clients …

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Jekyll Island Club Hotel Announces New Club Cuisine Package
PR Newswire (press release)
Resort fee extra. The Club Hotel's dining options include the Grand Dining Room, award winning dining featuring fresh seafood and regional cuisine. The glow of candlelight and piano music create an atmosphere of romance and anticipation of the gourmet …

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Rip-off alert!
Irish Independent
Smart Consumer reader Tom Cleary got in touch to warn readers to be on the lookout for high-priced bird foods. Tom was shopping in Lidl on Parnell Street in Dublin recently when he spotted a man who was buying up huge stocks of Erdtmann Wild Bird foods …

Jefferies Discusses Boyd Gaming (BYD)
Benzinga
Jefferies & Co. is out with a research report on Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD). It has a Hold rating on shares. slightly positive for BYD given each operator's relative EBITDA exposure to Illinois and their respective properties' performance …
Boyd Gaming (BYD) Downgraded by Goldman Sachs (GS) to “Sell”American Banking News
Goldman Sachs Smacks Boyd Gaming with DowngradeSchaeffers Research
Boyd Gaming (BYD) NewsBite – BYD Downgraded By Goldman SachsMarket Intelligence Center

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Banks reveal ignorance over fees, groups say
Sydney Morning Herald
Consumer activists say recent comments from Westpac and ANZ suggest they don't know the underlying costs for overdrawn accounts – potentially embarrassing admissions as the banks fight a class action suit on unfair fees. Westpac chief Gail Kelly's …

State cracks down on unlicensed telemarketers
Orlando Sentinel
Since January, police in Orlando have conducted a series of raids of unlicensed telemarketers suspected of using cold-call schemes to scam time-share property owners. Police suspect there are likely dozens of similar scams being run in the area. …

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