SnaKe
09-08-2009, 12:04 PM
Sep 04, 2009 -- Tagged.com promises photos but delivers headaches
Have you been "Tagged" lately? Clark recently became a victim of this annoying e-mail ploy that automatically signed him up for an expensive voicemail service.
The consumer champ and his wife recently had lunch with another talk show host and his significant other. After the meal, Clark got an e-mail from Tagged that said his friend had some pictures available online. Clark naturally assumed the pictures were taken during their meal together and wanted to see them.
The catch was that he had to register at Tagged.com in order to view the supposed pictures, according to the e-mail. Once he completed the registration, he got another e-mail saying he had been signed up for a voicemail service. The cost? $14.95/month automatically billed to his home phone number!
The penny-pinching guru immediately called to cancel the service and got a real runaround before he was able to do so.
Several days later, he got an e-mail from his friend explaining that Tagged is a virus-like program that goes through your address book and falsely blasts out notifications about photos online.
Snopes.com has a lengthy explanation about the dangers of Tagged.
Don't fall for it if you receive an e-mail asking you to register for Tagged. Be sure to let the sender know you received the message, and then direct them to read the Snopes briefing.
Source: http://clarkhoward.com/liveweb/shownotes/2009/09/04/16588/
Have you been "Tagged" lately? Clark recently became a victim of this annoying e-mail ploy that automatically signed him up for an expensive voicemail service.
The consumer champ and his wife recently had lunch with another talk show host and his significant other. After the meal, Clark got an e-mail from Tagged that said his friend had some pictures available online. Clark naturally assumed the pictures were taken during their meal together and wanted to see them.
The catch was that he had to register at Tagged.com in order to view the supposed pictures, according to the e-mail. Once he completed the registration, he got another e-mail saying he had been signed up for a voicemail service. The cost? $14.95/month automatically billed to his home phone number!
The penny-pinching guru immediately called to cancel the service and got a real runaround before he was able to do so.
Several days later, he got an e-mail from his friend explaining that Tagged is a virus-like program that goes through your address book and falsely blasts out notifications about photos online.
Snopes.com has a lengthy explanation about the dangers of Tagged.
Don't fall for it if you receive an e-mail asking you to register for Tagged. Be sure to let the sender know you received the message, and then direct them to read the Snopes briefing.
Source: http://clarkhoward.com/liveweb/shownotes/2009/09/04/16588/