An old, but evil scam is back bigger than ever, according to a report in the St. Petersburg Times. It targets people on the Internet who use a dial-up connection. DSL and cable subscribers are not affected. What happens is you’re surfing at home, and a pop-up appears. You try to click out of it, but you don’t quite hit the “X.” And when you’re not at home or on the computer, or when you’re asleep, a dialer program takes over your telephone line and makes calls to places you’ve never heard of. Your phone has been hijacked. Unfortunately, the phone industry has taken the position that you are responsible for the charges. That is ridiculous. There is a lot of gray matter when it comes to resolving these issues. The industry knows all about it, but many companies claim they don’t know anything about it. Verizon is at least notifying customers that it is going on. But, the only solution is to get “international call block” on your phone if you have no need to make international calls. Even if you need to make international calls, Clark has ways other than dialing “011” first on his site. Click here for more. You can also block pop-ups from appearing on your screen in the first place. On Clark’s site, we have information listed about this. Or Clark is fond of the toolbar.google.com.