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Monday, February 14, 2022

New research claims drinking red wine reduces risk of Covid

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
~ Leo Tolstoy

The Australian Taxation Office's proposed zero tolerance approach will force managers and colleagues to be on the lookout for behaviour that might indicate someone in their team is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or might be impaired from it, such as a hangover.

ATO's 'hardline' drug, alcohol policy will drive substance abuse underground, union warns


To alcohol. The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems

New research claims drinking red wine reduces risk of Covid


Great balls of fire: A monk named Gervase saw ball lightning way back in 1195 Ars Technica


Nine killed in three days as a hundred avalanches hit Austria France 24


An Unlikely Meditation on Modern HappinessHedgehog Review



Top Stories
 FTC examines data on frauds using social media

  • 25% of fraud complaints say scam started on social media, for losses of $770,000
  • Those 18-29 twice as likely to be scammed there
  • More than half of investment scams started there; tops list
  • Romance scams #2. More than 1/3 in 2021 found person on Facebook or Instagram
  • 45% of reports about losses on social media were to online shopping; 70% never got the goods they ordered

Chinese young people held captive in Cambodia to take part in romance scams and other internet frauds against Chinese
 
Victim of moving scam finds her goods because she put an Airtag in the box
 
Scam complaints just the tip of the Iceberg?   Paper by FTC economist on who scam victims report to and how often; finds that only 4.8% complain to the BBB or a government agency
 
National Consumers League releases top ten scams of 2021; lottery scams top the list
 
FBI warns that scammers are impersonating real companies on job boards; realistic looking web sites
 
Thought of the week.   Before the American Revolution British troops posted in Boston fired on a crowd, killing several people.  John Adams represented these soldiers at their trial, partly to prove that they could get a fair trial in the Colonies.  In urging the jury to be fair he famously noted “facts are stubborn things.”  They are indeed, and in these fractious times we need them, and those reporting issues of the day, left or right, do us no service if they bury or misrepresent them.
 
BBB Studies. Here are links to the study topics of my studies: puppy fraudromance fraudBEC fraudsweepstakes/lottery fraud,  tech support fraudromance fraud money mulescrooked moversgovernment impostersonline vehicle sale scamsrental fraudgift cards,  job scams, and online shopping fraud.
 
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