Bob Sullivan

Black-and-white photo of a long-haired white cat curled up on a chenille bedspread. The cat looks over at the camera with an affectionate expression, but also maybe a little bit smug like it knows how beautiful it is.

Royalty. 👑 Photo from my collection, 1963.

This story is nuts, but it's real. Spoke with Republican Senator Bill Cassidy and Democrat Richard Blumenthal about the (easy) fix. But .. nothing is easy. Chester and many like him have no idea how to pay their tax bills now that criminals have wiped them out redtape.substack.com/p/scammed-th...

From my other life....at the famous Paddy Reilly's NYC tonight

Please read my story. This isn't about discount airlines charging a little extra for bags. It's about algorithms destroying free markets.

Flying this holiday? Sitting down will cost you extra. We are losing the war against Gotcha Capitalism

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Facebook, incidentally, makes it impossible for followers to really report that a page has been hijacked. It's like they don't even care that this is going on.

Facebook acknowledges it's in a global fight to stop scams, and might not be winning — bobsullivan.net Facebook publicly acknowledged on Thursday that it’s engaged in a massive struggle with online crime gangs who abuse the service and steal from consumers worldwide. In a blog post, the firm said it ha...

Facebook acknowledges it’s in a global fight to stop scams, and might not be winning

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I'm always working on projects to point out Gotchas and help people navigate this incredibly complex world; and I try to point out potential solutions as they arise. Always happy to hear from others interested in this effort.

My focus today is on scams and cybercrime...but I willl tell anyone who listens that poor customer service (or downright customer abuse) is our greatest security vulnerability. There's a reason people trust criminals more than the institutions designed to protect them. ...

Once you start looking for Gotchas in the economy, you spot them everywhere. From the 60-cent fee for ordering a burrito at a brewery kiosk to that annual doc visit not being covered because it's only 364 days since your last one. ...

Because large institutions (corporations, mainly) have perfected the use of surveillance marketing and supercomputing power to confuse and steal on an industrial scale....

Hello to all the new folks here. Fifteen years ago, I wrote a book called Gotcha Capitalism where I chronicled what I called the Death of the Price Tag... Which has taken down our free market economy as well. Endless frustration and unfairness has followed. Things are worse today .....

For consideration -why some won't join Bluesky

Gave a talk at Amazon's HQ2 in DC this week at the Global Anti Scam Alliance conference. Interesting place; very interesting people. Good work being done in this space...